Sunday, March 23, 2008
"The Minipod loudspeaker follows an organic design, where form follows function. Each characteristic of the design has a precise acoustical justification. The Minipod is essentially an amalgamation of three spheres to form one pressure-vessel, minimizing cabinet vibration, sound radiation and distortion, allowing sound waves to move more freely.” [via honeybee at Stylehive]
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Barbara Cohen’s jewelry designs are anything but ordinary. Each piece combines both natural and synthetic materials to become a hybrid. There’s both minimalism and decorative embellishment, hard and soft, ancient and modern. Cohen writes, “Upon seeing my collection of fossil pendants a fellow artist called me an organic perfectionist.” In this seeming contradiction lies the intrigue and the beauty of her series: Mesh, Cocoon, and Stone. Thanks to Stylehiver, fiction, for bookmarking these to the Hive.
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