Just build it as it's drawn..

Does anyone out there want to claim this?


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Thanks Mark!

Less than Meets the Eye

Bloomframe is a window. No...Bloomframe is a balcony. No, that's not quite right either. It's both...but neither, really. At first Glance, Bloomframe, designed by Dutch architecture firm Hofman Dujardin, seems like an awesome idea. It looks cool, it moves (that's pretty hip, I guess), it's Dutch, it can be installed in existing buildings, and apparently cute Dutch girls just can't get enough of it (and that NEVER goes out of style).

Unfortunately, I'm not so sure it's practical. As a window, its a little high for my tastes, and personally I don't really want muddy tread plate as wall ornament. Maybe if the materials were a little different - if the decking was made from wood slats or another material that might complement the interior wall finish - THEN my interests would be perked, because I want to love this thing, I really do. I've always had a bit of thing for a useful, adaptable facade, and Bloomframe is a great idea.

It's just not all there yet.

via Gizmodo

A Magically Realistic Mexican Hideaway

Author Maragaret Hook's new book Surreal Eden, tells the tale of eccentric art patron Edward James and his escapist sanctuary, La Pozas. In an interview at The Morning News, Hook talks about James and the quixotic path that lead him to Mexico, with accompanying photos that can't be missed. La Pozas is a picturesque masterpiece of surreal fantasy - imagine Piranesi's Carceri in the jungles of Mexico.

In a lavish show of eccentricity, James claims that he decided to settle in Mexico after a magical experience of his own: while swimming in a river, James witnessed a friend emerge from the water covered in a cloak of butterflies. Gabriel García Márquez would be proud.