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Bjarke Ingels Group â“ BIG â“ is a Copenhagen based group of 50 architects, designers, builders and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development (taken from website).
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Cool Car by Harbour
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This geezer was hanging on the harbour watching the construction work on the other side. What a wicked ride.
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Stundars door
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A nice door on an old wooden building in the outdoor museum area of Stundars in Korsholm, outside Vaasa.
From Stundars.fi site:
Stundars in Korsholm is a large open-air museum and a living centre of culture and art. The museum area is made up of about 60 buildings, for example, a village shop, a school, a farmstead, and crofters cabins.
In Hemmersgården art exhibitions and cultural events are held. There are also art studios, a printing museum, a handicraft shop, café and restaurant (opened on request).
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Nurmela-Raimoranta-Tasa Architects from Finland have produced some awe-inspiring works, from residential to commercial. (Site not available in English)
A recurring theme in Scandinavia is the blending of architecture into the surrounding landscape. At times however, the contrast between modern architecture and nature can be quite dramatic. The use of wood as a key building material and overall aesthetic is also attributed with Scandinavian architecture, where each country has its preference in wood. The Danes use beech, the Swedes pine, and the Finns prefer birch. (reference: Scandinavian Living by Magnus Englund & Chrystina Schmidt)
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The very first thing I saw today on Nordic Design Blog dashboard was the link from Scandinavia for Visitors by Terry Mapes, the guide of this section on About.com. I was very glad to see that our blog has noted by editors of About .com. I consider their site as remarkable since early years of Internet. The Scandinavia for Visitors section offers valuable information about Nordic Countries and definitely worth to read on everyday basis.
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Light by Ango is a kind of allegory about how we can live alongside nature in a technological world, and usually takes pattern of nature as one of the starting points.
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Swedish designer Frida Ottemo Källström has a very stylistic approach, both in her chair designs that utilize the age old bicycle, and in her lighting design, that overall, creates a warm and unique ambiance. (Site not available in English)
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Copterline and Sikorsky disagree on cause of August 2005 crash
“Copterline says that the accident was caused by a failure of the main rotor servo, which rendered the aircraft impossible to steer. Sikorsky has not put forward any precise assessments of the causes of the crash, but says that it could not have been caused by the kind of chain of events that Copterline suggests.”
Technorati Tags: copterline, crash, Tallinn, Finland
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norm69_square.jpg
Originally uploaded by slimmer_jimmer.
Norm 69 is an awarded lamp shade from normann copenhagen that has attracted much attention all over the world. Gives maximum exploit of light and has no dazzling construction. Designer: Simon Karkov
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