So here’s a wiwt: Norse Projects - Visvim - MadeMe
"Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas."
— Madame Curie
• Ask me anything
Madame Curie was my mother.
Madame Curie was my mother.
I’ve been waiting ages for this: visvim Launching “WMV” Women’s Line
Hiroki Nakamura and visvim is reportedly set to launch a new women’s line, called WMV. Although details are scant at this stage, this is a rumor we’d love to see come to fruition, and we can imagine a sizable female demographic are also crossing their fingers for a Hiroki-designed line with their needs in mind. We will of course keep you posted on developments here.
Source: slamxhype
You’re so contagious, I can’t take it.
b-wills-is-dope asked: Can you recommend a running shoe that is practical for running but also stylish for casual wear?
Nike Free 3.0 V4 and Flyknit Luner 1+
Anonymous asked: I don't doubt that you're a very nice person, but you seem so distant and cold sometimes. What made you the way you are?
Life.
blogdp asked: Are you sure "The woman who follows the crowd..." quote is Einstein's? It's a great quote nonetheless.
Pretty sure, it was written in this book called “Quotable Einstein” quoting some of the things he said in interviews and letters he wrote.
b-wills-is-dope asked: Where did you find your vintage noragi?
Depends on which one you’re asking about.
The blue one was a gift from my bf and the black/white one is from a vintage Japanese furniture store.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
— Albert Einstein
Ground/artificial ground
Metabolism develops a deeply ambivalent attitude towards Japan’s ground, which is usually too densely populated, expensive, mountainous, flood-prone, beautiful, or seismically unstable to build on. So the Metabolist conceive “artificial ground” structures that hover over the ground on platforms or pilotis, still in a close relation with the topography even in its attempts at defiance, and occasionally lunging upwards, desperate for liberation. Kawazoe writes: “The very difficulty of obtaining land is actually unfolding a new possibility for housing…”
___________________________________________________________________
Sakaide Artificial Ground
Otaka, Masato
With Sakaide’s tradition of salt production in decline and former farmers now living in slum conditions, Otaka attempts liberation from the chaotic, degraded urban plan by creating a housing complex on an urban platform raised six-nine meters. The platform stages social housing; below the platform, parking and shops. Otaka says: “Artificial ground is a means to create an artificial nature, using reinforced concrete. If carefully applied, reinforced concrete can last for more than 200 years, which allows us to use it just like natural ground. Artificial ground should be supplied to people for a very reasonable price as it should be built by infrastructural companies (gas, water, etc.). Artificial ground is … an alternative means of creating new land without reclaiming the sea.” The project grows in three more phases; the last is completed in 1986.
(Source: everyoneeatscookies)
