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In a heavily wooded country like Sweden, it comes as no surprise when one comes across a hotel deep in the forest. However, the Treehotel is something beyond the ordinary. Located in Harads, a village in the northern part of the country with only 600 inhabitants, the hotel has made the forested region a touristic attraction.

Designed by some of Scandinavia’s leading architects such as Martin Videgård and Bolle Tham as well as Mårten & Gustav Cyrén, the hotel promises to reconnect its guests with nature. The hotel, which first opened in July 2010, consists of five tree-rooms and the owners Britta and Kent Lindvall, expect to build a total of 24 tree-rooms by 2012.  All of the rooms harmoniously blend into the natural environment with the aim of making a minimal ecological footprint. Each room is located four to six meters above the ground and they all share the magnificent views of the surrounding natural environment. This is a dream come true also only 3 hours from the Ice Hotel by car i, I just died and went to Swedish heaven ! BLISS!

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Random black & white images that inspire me…

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The FACETURE series consists of handmade faceted vessels, light-shades and a table. The idea behind them is simple but effective. Each object is produced individually by casting a water-based resin into a simple handmade mould. The mould is then manually manipulated to create the object’s form before each casting, making every piece utterly unique. Phil Cuttance kindly reveals the formula behind the creation process: ‘‘First the mould of the object is hand-made by scoring and cutting a 0.5mm plastic sheet. This sheet is then folded, cut and taped into the overall shape of the product that is to be cast. The mould’s final shape, and strength, is dictated by which triangular facets I pop in and out. I do this each time I ready the mould for the next object, meaning that no two castings are the same. I then mix a water-based casting resin that is cast in the mould where it sets. The resin is poured into the hollow mould and rolled around to coat and encase the sides which is controlled by me on the casting jig on the machine. The material soon sets creating a hollow solid object. Then another, different coloured measure of resin is poured into the same mould, and swirled around inside, over the first. When it has set, the mould is removed to reveal the solid set cast piece. The casting takes shape complete with sharp accurate lines and a digital quality to its aesthetic, a visual ’surprise’ considering the ‘lo-fi’, hand-made process involved. The mould is then cleaned and ready for re-use.”

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The 2012 Color Run Tour begins in Arizona and ends in Florida. In between, we will bring color running magic to 16 other US cities. Everyone is invited… we have plenty of running, fun, and color to go around.

Trends ……Primal beats bring us down to earth as we travel into our future . its our base line for our new exixtance.

The laboratory is our new playground , experiment and to re-invent…

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