Formado em arquitetura pela FAU/USP, também freqüentou a Universidade Nacional de Arte e Música de Tóquio, com bolsa concedida pela Fundação Japão. Nas artes plásticas, iniciou-se com o pai – Tikashi Fukushima – e estudou com Luiz Paulo Baravelli. Expõe individualmente desde 1971, quando apresentou seus trabalhos na Opus Galeria de Arte (São Paulo). Das diversas exposições coletivas das quais fez parte, destacam-se as Bienais Internacionais de São Paulo (1973 e 1975 [Prêmio Aquisição]), as várias edições do Salão Paulista de Artes Plásticas (premiado em 1976 e 1987), a I Bienal do Design (Curitiba, 1990, Prêmio de Excelência) e VI Prêmio Museu da Casa Brasileira (São Paulo, 1991, Menção honrosa). Além das artes plás-ticas, concebeu cenários para peças teatrais com os quais ganhou diversos prêmios (Mambembe, Molière e Revelação do Ano [1987], concedido pela APCAO
Claudio José Tozzi (São Paulo SP 1944). Pintor. É mestre em arquitetura pela Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo – FAU-USP. Em suas primeiras obras, o artista revela a influência da arte pop, pelo uso de imagens retiradas dos meios de comunicação de massa, como na série de pinturas Bandido da Luz Vermelha (1967), na qual remete à linguagem das histórias em quadrinhos. O artista trabalha com temáticas políticas e urbanas, utilizando com freqüência novas técnicas em seus trabalhos, como a serigrafia. Em 1967, seu painel Guevara Vivo ou Morto, exposto no Salão Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, é destruído a machadadas por um grupo radical de extrema direita, sendo posteriormente restaurado pelo artista. Tozzi viaja a estudos para a Europa em 1969. A partir dessa data, seus trabalhos revelam uma maior preocupação com a elaboração formal e perdem o caráter panfletário que os caracterizava. Começa a desenvolver pesquisas cromáticas na década de 1970. Nos anos 80, sua produção abre-se a novas temáticas figurativas, como é possível observar nas séries dos papagaios e dos coqueirais. Apresenta também a tendência à geometrização das formas. Na realização dos quadros utiliza um rolo de borracha de superfície reticulada, o que agrega novos aspectos às suas obras, como textura e volumetria. Passa a realizar trabalhos abstratos, nos quais explora efeitos luminosos e cromáticos. Cria painéis para espaços públicos de São Paulo, como Zebra, colocado na lateral de um prédio da Praça da República e outros ainda na Estação Sé do Metrô, em 1979, na Estação Barra Funda do Metrô, em 1989, no edifício da Cultura Inglesa, em 1995; e no Rio de Janeiro, na Estação Maracanã do Metrô Rio, em 1998.
Claudio José Tozzi (São Paulo, 1944- ). Painter. Holder of a Masters’ Degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of São Paulo (FAU-USP). In his first works, the artist revealed the influence of Pop Art, through the use of images taken from the mass media, as in the series of paintings Bandido da Luz Vermelha [The Red Light Bandit] (1967), which referred to the language of comic strips. The artist worked with political and urban themes, often using new techniques in his works, such as serigraphy In 1967, his panel Guevara Vivo ou Morto [Guevara Alive or Dead], exhibited at the National Salon of Contemporary Art, was destroyed with blows from an axe by a radical far right group, being subsequently restored by the artist. In 1969, Tozzi went to study in Europe. From this date onwards, his works revealed a greater concern with formal elaboration, losing the pamphlet character which characterised them. During the 1970s, he began to develop chromatic researches. During the 1980s, his output opened to new figurative themes, as may be observed in the series of parrots and coconut groves. He also showed a tendency towards the geometrisation of his forms. In executing his canvases, he used a rubber roller with a netlike surface, which added new aspects to his works, such as texture and volume. He began to realise abstract works, in which he explored luminous and chromatic works. He created panels for public spaces of São Paulo, such as Zebra, placed on the side of a building of Praça da República, as well as others at the Sé metro station, in 1979, the Barra Funda metro station in 1989, the Cultura Inglesa [British Council] building in 1995; and the Maracanã metro station in Rio de Janeiro, in 1998.
O atual processo de produzir e consumir a cidade modifica-se com o crescente e diversificado processo cultural. Substitui-se o conceito tradicional de pensar e olhar a cidade, de propor-lhe sobre o existente, conferindo-lhe imagens que a apontam como o lugar onde novos protagonistas trabalham de maneira singular, estimulando novas relações espaciais. Anseios, valores, ritos, enfim, suas emoções urbanas mesclam-se de imagens públicas e privadas onde as artes plásticas integram-se nesta nova metodologia de ver e pensar a cidade. A arte é estimulada a se projetar fora de seu tradicional meio – galerias de arte e museus, espaços herméticos e fechados – invadindo ruas, praças, espaços comunitários e coletivos, lugares públicos. A imagem da cultura urbana, da sociabilidade, tomando o seu espaço na paisagem, no ambiente urbano, na vida das pessoas.
Assim, permite-se verificar que, na arte contemporânea pós-vanguardista cabe ao artista o desafio da atitude criadora de fazer aquilo que julgar interessante.
Claudio Tozzi é um desses protagonistas que traz indagações com uma expressão singular de imagens comuns de fatos e objetos públicos e do cotidiano, que trabalha além da mera transposição formal. Obras que se tornam referências, pois foram pensadas naquele espaço total incorporado dentro desta visão poética.
Conheço o trabalho do artista Claudio Tozzi desde os idos do início de setenta e, desde meados da mesma década, tenho compartilhado de aulas com o também arquiteto e professor Cláudio Tozzi, onde falamos sobre estrutura da linguagem visual e as questões imagéticas urbanas que envolvem percepção visual na FAU-USP, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo. Com o passar dos anos e das oportunidades, continuei sempre desfrutando de sua amizade e pude confirmar a retidão de seu caráter. Tanto é verdade que, na virada do século, aceitei ser seu orientador na sua carreira acadêmica de doutorando.
Claudio Tozzi traça uma leitura sistemática de sua trajetória artística mostrando suas imagens incorporadas no espaço da arquitetura e da cidade. Destaca-se a nítida parceria do artista com o arquiteto num singular processo multidisciplinar. Enfim, uma arte única. Afirma que o seu processo da construção da imagem e sua aplicação são sempre relacionados com o espaço urbano.
Mui didaticamente o professor Tozzi atravessa nosso olhar perante a realidade visível: Guevara, astronautas, bandido da luz vermelha, parafusos, papagálias, colcha de retalhos, trama urbana, passagens… Depois, revisitação mágica e alegórica no tempo e no espaço, geometrias no tempo, rememorações, arquitetura, ambiente e artes plásticas, unidades de ação e pensamento. Massas de cor, pinturas objetos, land art, intervenções, performances, instalações tornam-se linguagens que se integram e se fundem com a arquitetura, com a cidade, com a paisagem urbana e com a natureza.
A sua trajetória no panorama das artes no Brasil está contextualizada na sua produção artística e profissional. Daí a questão do processo de construção de suas imagens aplicada e relacionada com o espaço da cidade. Configura-se, finalmente que é arte no lugar da arquitetura no fazer de um artista plástico e arquiteto.
Jaime Hayón Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid in 1974. As a teenager, he submerged himself in skateboard culture and graffiti art, the foundation of the detailed, bold-yet-whimsical imagery so imminent in his work today.
After studying industrial design in Madrid and Paris he joined Fabrica in 1997, the Benetton-funded design and communication academy, working closely with the legendary image-maker and agitator Oliverio Toscani. In a short time he was promoted from student to head of their Design Department, where he oversaw projects ranging from shop, restaurant and exhibition conception and design to graphics. Eight years later, Jaime broke out on his own, first with collections of designer toys, ceramics and furniture, followed by interior design and installation.
His singular vision was first fully exposed in ‘Mediterranean Digital Baroque’ at London’s David Gill Gallery, an exciting mise en scène, largely executed in ceramic, followed by ‘Mon Cirque’, which traveled to Frankfurt, Barcelona, Paris and Kuala Lumpur.
These collections put Jaime at the forefront a new wave of creators that blurred the lines between art, decoration and design and a renaissance in finely-crafted, intricate objects within the context of contemporary design culture.
Jaime further defined his vision in subsequent solo exhibitions and shows at London’s Aram Gallery, and Milan’s Salone de Mobile and his work has been displayed in Germany’s Vitra Museum, London’s Design Museum, Rotterdam’s Vivid Gallery, the Gronginger Museum (also in Holland) and the Basel Art Fair and has attracted the attention of prestigious art collectors. Jaime’s esteem and knowledge of artisan skills and his inherent creativity has allowed him to push the boundaries of many mediums and functions, resulting in collections for clients as diverse as ArtQuitect (bathrooms) b.d. ediciones, Established and Sons and Moooi (domestic furniture), Metalarte and Swarovski (lighting fixtures), Berhardt Design (textiles), Piper Heidsieck (champagne buckets), Gaia and Gino (vases) and Bosa Ceramiche (ceramic objects). He has conceived two important collections for Bisazza. Most recently, he has created the ‘Rencontres’ collection for Baccarat; a collection of vases and lamps that reinterpret the firm’s famous cut crystal by adding elements in ceramic and plastic. His ongoing work as a creative consultant for the Spanish porcelain manufacturer Lladró has resulted in a new direction for the company, as well as Jaime’s own collection ‘Fantasy’. Adding to his acclaimed intramurals for Madrid’s La Terraza del Casino restaurant and Camper footwear stores, Jaime is currently working on interiors for leading hotels, restaurants and retail establishments around the world. Jaime currently resides in London, with offices in Barcelona and Treviso (Italy).
His work has appeared in the most prestigious art and design publications worldwide. He has won numerous awards including ‘Best Installation’ (Icon Magazine), ‘Breakthrough Creator’ (Wallpaper Magazine) and the 2006 Elle Deco International Award. In 2008, Jaime was guest of honor at Belgium’s Interieur Biennial, the youngest person ever to receive the accolade.
El proyecto explora el balance estético entre el pasado y el futuro utilizando un estilo que conecta harmoniosamente con la cocina imaginativa e innovadora del chef.
This unusual bathroom presented designer Jaime Hayon (Hayon Studio) . The combination of the organic with minimal and colors, concluded at this idea makes bathroom bright and delightful.
Sneak preview: Italian mosaic brand Bisazza will present installations by young designers Jaime Hayon and Studio Job in Milan this April, during the city’s furniture fair.
The installations will showcase a range of new objects by the designers for Bisazza’s homeware range Bisazza Home, which will be shown at Superstudio Più in Milan’s Zona Tortona.
Upcoming Spanish designer Hayon will present an installation featuring “Pinocchione” – a giant Pinocchio-type figure – plus a range of new products including lights and pedestals clad in Bisazza mosaics (top image).
Com o aspecto geral de um conjunto montanhoso – formado pelo Maciço de São Sebastião e Maciço da Serraria, além da acidentada Península do Boi –, a Ilha de São Sebastião se destaca como um dos acidentes geográficos mais elevados e salientes do litoral paulista, tendo como pontos culminantes o Pico de São Sebastião, com 1379 metros de altitude; o Morro do Papagaio, com 1307 metros; e o Morro da Serraria, com 1285 metros.
Banhado pelo oceano Atlântico, o município está localizado no estado de São Paulo, a 135 quilômetros da capital e a 140 quilômetros da divisa com o estado do Rio de Janeiro. Está situada pouco abaixo do trópico de Capricórnio que passa sobre a cidade vizinha de Ubatuba (um pouco mais ao norte), porém nas partes mais baixas apresentam características de clima Tropical devido a zona de transição entre a zona temperada sul e a tropical sul. Definindo-se como Subtropical tipo Cwa. Já nos picos acima de 1000m o clima é subtropical Cwb, pois a temperatura diminui sensívelmente em função da altitude, das massas atlânticas e polares, e da própria posição, por ser abaixo do Trópico de Capricórnio.
O clima tropical úmido do arquipélago está sujeito a temperaturas normalmente altas, porém não excessivas; pluviosidade anual entre 1.300 e 1.500 mm; umidade do ar elevada, sobretudo na face voltada para o mar aberto e nas montanhas; temperatura média oscilando entre 22° e 23°C.
As usinas nucleares da Central Nuclear Almirante Álvaro Alberto situam-se em Angra dos Reis, no distrito de Cunhambebe e são responsáveis pelo fornecimento de grande parte da energia elétrica consumida no estado do Rio de Janeiro.
As atividades econômicas giram em torno da pesca e atividades portuárias (terminal petrolífero), da geração de energia nas usinas Angra I e Angra II, da indústria, do comércio e serviços, da indústria naval(estaleiro Keppel Fels, antigo Verolme) e também do turismo, em suas praias, ilhas e locais de mergulho submarino, principalmente na Ilha Grande. Embora mais lembrada por suas ilhas e pela beleza natural, realmente indescritível, Angra dos Reis possui um rico acervo patrimonial, com inúmeros prédios tombados pelo IPHAN. Seu conjunto arquitetônico é composto por grandes sobrados coloniais e edifícios religiosos como as igrejas de Santa Luzia e a a Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Conceição, assim como os conventos de São Bernardino e o Convento do Carmo, tendo sua pedra fundamental lançada em 1598. Podemos citar também a Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Lapa, de 1752, onde funciona um museu de arte sacra com riquíssimo acervo.
O município conta com um porto importante, o Porto de Angra dos Reis. No século XIX este chegou a ser o segundo maior porto do país, responsável pelo escoamento de grande parte da produção de café do Vale do Paraíba.
Após 1872 entra em decadência com a inauguração das estradas de ferro, voltando a ocupar posição de destaque na terceira década do século XX quando um ramal ferroviário liga-o aos estados de Minas Gerais e Goiás, por ele escoando a produção agrícola dos mesmos. O ramal ferroviário, em bitola métrica, ainda existe, sendo operado atualmente pela Ferrovia Centro-Atlântica.
Em meados do século XX torna-se crucial na implantação da Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional – CSN, em Volta Redonda, sendo o porto por onde a mesma era abastecida de carvão de coque proveniente de Santa Catarina. Atualmente esta empresa também utiliza o porto para fazer parte das suas exportações de aço.
Sua importância atual se dá pelo fato de ter como instalação subordinada o Terminal Marítimo da Baía da Ilha Grande – TEBIG da Petrobras, que movimenta grandes quantidades de petróleo e posiciona o porto de Angra como um dos mais movimentados do país.
Hoje em dia, devido a beleza de suas praias e das regiões próximas, Angra virou ponto forte do turismo não só estadual, mas também nacional. Possui mais de três centenas de ilhas, muitas delas tendo por donos celebridades nacionais e internacionais, sendo a maior de todas denominada de Ilha Grande. Destacam-se as praias de Guaratecaia, de Mambucaba e a praia de Conceição de Jacareí (distrito de Mangaratiba), além da praia da Sororoca.
SAO PAULO
A história da cidade de São Paulo ocorre paralelamente à história do Brasil, ao longo de aproximadamente 450 anos de sua existência, contra os mais de quinhentos anos do país. Embora tenha sido marcada por uma relativa inexpressividade, seja do ponto de vista político ou econômico, durante os primeiros três séculos desde sua fundação, São Paulo destacou-se em diversos momentos como cenário de variados e importantes momentos de ruptura na história do país.
São Paulo surgiu como missão jesuítica, em 25 de janeiro de 1554, reunindo em seus primeiros territórios habitantes de origem tanto européia quanto indígena. Com o tempo, o povoado acabou caracterizando-se como entreposto comercial e de serviços de relativa importância regional. Esta característica de cidade comercial e de composição heterogênea vai acompanhar a cidade em toda a sua história, e atingirá o seu ápice após o espetacular crescimento demográfico e econômico advindo do ciclo do café e da industrialização, que elevariam São Paulo ao posto de maior cidade do país.
O auge do período do café é representado pela construção da segunda Estação da Luz (edifício que hoje recebe tal denominação) no fim do século XIX. Neste período, o centro financeiro da cidade desloca-se de seu centro histórico (região chamada de “Triângulo Histórico”) para áreas mais a Oeste. O vale do rio Anhangabaú é ajardinado e a região do outro lado do rio passa a ser conhecida como Centro Novo. Os melhoramentos realizados na cidade pelos administradores João Teodoro Xavier e Antônio da Silva Prado contribuem para o clima de desenvolvimento: estudiosos consideram que a cidade inteira foi demolida e reconstruída. Neste período a cidade passa a ser chamada, por estes estudiosos como a “cidade da alvenaria”, visto que o sistema construtivo adotado passa a ser a alvenaria, especialmente aquela importada da Europa. Tal mudança altera profundamente a paisagem da cidade: seus habitantes consideram os estilos arquitetônicos do período colonial como “antiquados” e “provincianos” e passam a adotar o ecletismo possibilitado pela alvenaria. O atual edifício da Pinacoteca do Estado (construído em 1900 para sediar o Liceu de Artes e Ofícios de São Paulo) é exemplar deste período da cidade.
O interior tem destaque por possuir um conjunto cultural muito rico, inclusive com vários sotaques próprios e diferentes daquele da cidade de São Paulo e do litoral paulista.
Essa área é fortemente industrializada e caracteriza-se por sua economia forte e bastante diversificada, sendo uma das regiões mais ricas da América Latina Cerca de 1/4 do PIB do interior se concentra na Região Metropolitana de Campinas, principalmente nas cidades de Campinas e Paulínia. O interior paulista destaca-se por apresentar uma boa infra-estrutura, tornando-se um pólo de atração de investimentos.
Decorating with LED is easy. After learning about many LED enabled home fixtures, we’ve understood that the most of them if not all can be installed by regular contractors or plumbers, with no special skills required. Really, all it takes is to plug in a LED powering connection via low voltage adapter that comes with the product (some can even run on batteries). LED is definitely in the trend. Already today you can decorate your home with LED. Be the first to surprise your guests. But before we’ll show you a few great products that will set this new trend in your home, let us comfort you with a few important facts about LED…
Bathroom: Chromatheraphy – set your mood with the right color
WellSpring Steam Shower by Hansgrohe … Light up your steam shower with the LED color, change it based on your mood. The WellSpring’s LED chromotheraphy in 4 colors is only one of many features to enjoy you bathing with in this high-end system.
HansaColourShower by Hansa … take a shower with the LED colored rain. Let it light on when water on automaticaly or manualy change between 8 colors including white from the lit control panel, as you desire. LEDs installed right in the showerhead, combined with multiple spray options help to create a very relaxing showering experience.
Whole House: Practical LED
Brighthandle LED lit door handle … it changes its color from Green to Red when you lock the door. What a practical way to show others that the room is occupied. Brighthandle also brings colors to home interior. We find the Brighthandle to be one of the most practical LED application in home decor.
Bathroom: Changing Colors with TemperatureAnother LED’s fascinating feature that brings art and unexpected to modern home decor – the ability to change color with changing temperature. In the case of Nephopia basin, the glass color is changing, and with Hansacanyon the color of the water is changing.
Hansacanyon LED lit faucet from Hansa … is a high-tech water and light control system – with water temperature changing from cold to hot, the water color is changing from Blue to Red. Along with the faucet, also available is the illuminated waterfall spout that can be either a tub filler or an overhead shower. Even the temperature control buttons are illuminated.
Bathroom: LED Lighted Faucet, Lavatory and Tub – practical and beautiful
Take a clear or translucent material and make faucets, sinks and tubs out of it, then light them up with LED… how thoughtful and how aesthetic. These fixtures don’t just set a nice atmosphere and make a very modern statement, they create a friendly glow by night so you won’t trip over when looking for your loo. You can leave the LED light on – it won’t cost you more than leaving your computer on.
The Neve Brick Faucet by Neve Rubinetterrie… more like art in your bathroom that mixes water and light. The two versions Brick Glas (transparent) and Brick Ice (opal) are available with a choice of white, red, orange, blue or green LED light.
The LTT tubs and LTB lavatories from Wet, and Italian company … these objects are some of the most impressive LED driven designs. You see them and you want them, and they are priced on a budget. And not just for adults – would it be much easier to convince your child to take a bath in a lighted tub? Both the bathtub and the sink are made from polyethylene and are illuminated with a built-in multicolored, low-voltage electronic LED device that can be programmed for time, color and color intensity. A transformer is included. Buy them at Giant.
“Why LED?”, people ask. Because… LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, bring FUN, FUNCTION and BEAUTY to home decor.
On a more technical note…
LED is virtually maintenance free – it rarely burns out; it lasts for 100,000 hours on average. No filament to burn out, unlike in ordinary incandescent bulbs. By some sources, LEDs can last for as long as 40 years.
LED is a low cost light source – in LED bulbs, 90% of energy is converted into light, while in incandescent bulbs 90% of energy goes to heat and only 10% to visible light. LED is safe – it requires low voltage DC electric current and can run on batteries, and it’s safe to the touch – it doesn’t get hot.
LED light is easy to see even in bright sunlight.
LED can be illuminated in many colors including a very recent addition of White and Blue. Other are Green, Cyan, Red, Red Orange and Amber.
LED can change its light color.
LEDs are very inexpensive – some priced at .50 cents.
LEDs are easy to implement – they are just tiny bulbs that fit easily into modern electric circuits.
LEDS are durable – they aren’t glass but small plastic bulbs.
Do you need more LED advantages…?! And there’s more… Incidentally, just when we were writing this article, the news came up about the LED discovery made accidentally… The news basically say the LEDs will replace the common incandescent bulbs.. See how LED works in more details.
LED will lead and light up the future.
LED will play a major role in contemporary decor. If today’s contemporary style means decorating with colors … tomorrow’s contemporary style will be decorating with colors of LIGHT… The LED revolution in the interior design has already began…
Now that we know why LED is in, let’s see some examples of how it transforms the home decor of today, room by room…
Dining: Add Magic with LED
The LED table by Ingo Maurer … Thinking about a romantic candlelight dinner under the stars? Instead, spend a ‘starry’ night at this LED lighted table, and you’ll fill your romance… ‘above’ the stars. Designed by Ingo Maurer in 2003(!), this magic table lights up with 278 white LEDs per leaf and is available in 2-leaf ($14,850) and 3-leaf ($22,421) version at Unica.
Kitchen: Lighted Water
The KWC Eve Kitchen Faucet … Illuminating water is not new but when your kitchen faucet does it, is. Imaging yourself entertaining your guests in a darken kitchen… and suddenly they see the blue lighted water… this will set the party trend. Eve has only became available since August of 2005, from Swiss KWC. It’s fascinating how this small and elegant faucet is made so innovative and practical. It has a pull-out that you don’t see right away. The LED-lighting ring is integrated into the pull-out. You press a button on the pull-out, and Eve will not only illuminate water flow but provide effective lighting of the workplace as well. The LED application is supported by the Luminaqua light technology that uses a low voltage of 6.75V and is absolutely safe. It will automatically switch itself off after 45 minutes, and will use up very little electricity thanks to the LED efficiency. The pull-out extends up to 2 feet and the swivel rotates 270 degree. Available with no LED as well.
Kitchen: Cooking with Fun
Imago LED Illuminated Hood from Faber … a mood setter in the Kitchen. Add some fun to your boring kitchen appliances. Besides LED lights, it comes with a built-in TV.
Once upon a time people used to hunt animals for their meat and skin. The meat used to keep them well fed and the skin well protected from the vagaries of nature. As they progressed in evolution, the animal skins found a place in their homes first used as sleeping rugs and later for beautification.
The rugs, no matter what type you would choose, would instantly make the room look prettier and interesting looking. Try putting one as the fist thing that your feet touch on the floor in the morning or in the drawing in front of your favorite arm chair and so on, and see the difference.You will find that wherever you put the animal print rugs, there would be an instant and very beautiful change to the room and overall to the house. A word of warning in case you use it on freshly polished wooden floors, you might need some anti skid tape under it, or you would risk injury by falling as soon as you put your foot on it.
The History Of The Animal Print Rugs
That was once upon a time when human beings were primitive; then came an era when human beings developed a peculiar thirst for animal blood giving hunting the name of royal game where royalty and other people of influence chose to animals not for their meat (to eat) or skin (to cover) but for greed and relaxation.
At that time it was considered chic to have the hide of the animal you slew tanned and displayed on your wall in the drawing room, or as a rug on the floor in a prominent place. Almost all the kings would have some type or other animal rugs in their palaces along with huge stuffed animals that they hunted, or their heads as trophies.
The Animal Print Rugs Today
Thankfully, hunting is no more considered a great “sport” everywhere in the world as people realize that there is nothing glorious in killing an animal with the latest gun while hiding in a machan. However, the trend of having animal print rugs in your home has not yet died. Of course, today animal print rugs do not mean animal skin. In fact, if you would be careful, the very name indicates that this is not supposed to be the real skin but only their prints.
In this way you have plenty to choose from you could choose from the following animal print rugs – lion, tiger, zebra, goat, wild cat, leopard, panther, grizzly bear, polar bear, wolf and many more.
Animal Print on Wall Coverings
Animal Print Architecture
Modern Homes
Demonstrating the pervasive influence of animal prints – there is now even a stunning luxury home with a nature inspired camouflage exterior! Even modern homes can get in on the animal print trend – as shown by the eco-friendly Orchid House designed by Featherstone Associates. The outer shell of the fascinating UK home is of laminated veneer lumber and covered in timber shingles, sporting a pattern they will help it to fit into its 450-acre nature reserve habitat!
Tiles are a practical and decorative way to add animal prints anywhere. The Animalier tiles from Settecento combine great looks and a fun tactile element. Leo, Zebra and Cobra patterns can be combined or used individually on walls or around key features in the bathroom for emphasis. Wild Thing Daktari also favours a surrealistic twist for high impact. These animal printed tiles are a playful option – the patterns appear abstract – copied from an animated jungle inhabitant rather than a real one! A timeless, sophisticated interpretation of the animal print trend, the Leopardo is from the 2008 Mosaic Tiles collection by Bisazza. Formed by an intricate pattern of tiny mosaic tiles, the Leopardo is truly precious. Mosaic tiles, by nature of their small size, are fantastically versatile too.
Animal Print Accessories
Lamps
Whether you are looking for an accent for a neutral decor, or seeking to pick up your chosen animal print themes, accessories are the perfect solution. The Vivarini Giraffe and Zebra collections of Murano glass lamps from Formia are bold yet refined. Their abstract animal print patterns allow the light to shine out from within, to emphasise their pretty, delicate glass forms. The lamps come in a variety of different shapes, appropriate for wall, ceiling, table or floor.
Vessels
With the exciting Ethnic collection of animal print vessels from Vitruvit you can choose your favourite pattern from a wide range including snake, leopard, giraffe, and crocodile. Not only that, you can also choose from a range of distinctively shaped sinks. Focusing on the great prints and forms of the sinks, Vitruvit designers Manuela Busetti and Andrea Garuti have chosen the most minimal of slits for the water to escape, keeping your focus firmly on the shape and print of each vessel.
Vanities
Vanities can be used as a showcase for animal prints too… the AdattoCasa Couture vanities show their true stripes in the best possible way! Topped with a modern basin, the body of the vanity is wrapped in a terrific animal print, adding a new dimension of interest to a functional piece. Whether finished with a glossy black snakeskin or an impressive tiled zebra or giraffe print, these simple Couture vanities are totally contemporary.
·1963: Pan Am Building, in collaboration with Pietro Belluschi, New York
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Walter Gropius was a German architect and art educator who founded the Bauhaus school of design, which became a dominant force in architecture and the applied arts in the 20th century. Gropius taught that all design should be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. The Bauhaus school pioneered a functional, severely simple architectural style, featuring the elimination of surface decoration and extensive use of glass.
The Bauhaus school attracted many artists, including painters Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, graphic artist Käthe Kollwitz, and expressionist art groups such as Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter.
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When Gropius resigned from the Bauhaus School in 1928, architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe became the next director. Other influential Bauhaus architects included:
Although Gropius is best known for the Bauhaus style, his architectural reputation was first established when, working with Adolph Meyer, he designed the Fagus Works (1910-1911) and the office building for the Werkbund exhibition in Cologne (1914).
After several years in England, Gropius began teaching architecture at Harvard University. As a Harvard professor, Gropius introduced Bauhaus concepts and design principles – teamwork standardization, and prefabrication – to a generation of American architects.
Between 1938 to 1941, Gropius worked on several houses with Marcel Breuer. They formed the Architects Collaborative in 1945. Among their commissions were the Harvard Graduate Center (1946), the U.S. Embassy in Athens and the University of Baghdad. One of Gropius’s later designs, in collaboration with Pietro Belluschi, was the Pam Am Building (now the Metropolitan Life Building) in New York City.