Eyeliner & Bamboos

Doesn’t this seem like something you’d see on the Sci-Fi Channel? Can you believe it’s a boat? Using natural materials to blend the interior spaces with the superstructure and skylights to introduce natural light below deck, Foster + Partners designed the Panthalassa yacht, which launches today at Perini Navi’s boatyard in Viareggio, Italy. The 56-metre-long vessel is conceived as a luxurious and flexible yacht for charter.

I don’t know if you’ll get more kids (or adults) to read in this libary but you’ll def get them through the door. It’s just so colorful, bright and wonderful.

According to architect Aat Vos of Aequo, libraries comprise the last truly safe, publicly accessible place since the disappearance of community centres. In his opinion, the times call for a new library typology. A typology that is also visible in the interior design in Lelystad, described by Vos as follows: the library as ‘third place’ for the have-nots (the less fortunate in society), and as ‘compatible place‘ for the haves. In other words: the library must be able to compete with the places intended for those that are of means, such as department stores. Following from this, in Lelystad people can use the library’s different functions in a veritable shopping flow: public meeting point, silence centre, and book temple.

Awesome. Lol.

Isn’t this cool? Singapore-based advertising firm Leo Burnett had a new office space created by a local firm called Ministry of Design. The focus of the space is a large drawing of the agencies founder, Leo Burnett, along side a scaled pencil bearing the company name.

This element draws visitors into the “space to impress” a welcoming area highlighting the firms past successes. From there, the space is broken up into two more distinct areas – a place for relaxation and a place for work. Ministry of Design took inspiration for Burnett’s stature as a “quintessential ad man” mixing up playful graphic with utilitarian ply wood desks.