Restaurants have to strike a fine balance between eerily quiet and shouting-across-the-table loud. At Oakland's Oliveto, the high-tech solution is a set of mics, speakers, and sound-absorbing panels that constantly record, modify, and pipe back the ideal background noise—essentially real-time Photoshop for sound.
PrettocraigThis is a bit too Hannibal Lecter for me.
Despite being one of the most commonly used materials in the world, leather production is still an extremely inefficient process due to its origins. In efforts to make leather more sustainable, Spanish designer Jorge Penadés created a new method of production to revitalize discarded leather waste from factories.
Structural Skin is a capsule collection created from this new material that is made completely of discarded leather waste, including any binder or resin used during production.
Structural Skin consists of a hanger and side table, both made completely of leather offcuts, giving new life to what was once considered waste. Jorge is currently contemplating new ways of creating different monochromes and color mixes for different aesthetics.
Video by Aitor Baigorri & Jorge Brizuela.
Prettocraig@dani - so there are no qualifying games with Canada in Van. We could take a risk and buy one of the quarter final games or just the final...or wait and buy them once we know
Don’t miss FIFA Women’s World Cup action in Vancouver this summer as Canada hosts the most important international competition in women’s soccer from June 6th to July 5th, 2015. This is the first major sporting event in Canada to be hosted from coast to coast, with matches to be played in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec and Moncton.
Ticket passports went on sale in September, the VISA pre-sale has been happening throughout February, and as of 9:00am on Thursday, February 26, 2015 tickets will go on sale for the public.
Individual tickets for all six venues will be on sale through FIFA.com/Canada2015, on a first-come, first-served basis. All prices listed are for each full match day, with the group stage featuring 15 doubleheaders and 6 single matches. The knockout stages include the Round of 16, Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, 3rd Place and Final Match and are all single matches.
This will be the first opportunity for the public to purchase individual match tickets, including tickets to the final match at BC Place. Tickets will start at $20.15 for group stage matches and fans will also have the opportunity to attend any match, competition-wide, for fifty dollars or less – including the final in Vancouver – making this an extremely affordable world-class event.
Reigning FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Japan will kick off its World Cup campaign with two matches in Vancouver before heading to Winnipeg for its final group stage match. FIFA top-ranked Germany will play its first two matches in Ottawa, and a third in Winnipeg. Second-ranked team USA will be launching its World Cup bid in Winnipeg, with a third match in Vancouver. Third-ranked France and sixth-ranked England are featured on the Atlantic coast in Moncton. View the full schedule online.
Follow Canada Women’s National Team soccer updates on Facebook and Twitter with tag #CANWNT.
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Prettocraig@dani for the courtyard...or our patio for that matter
Ping Pong has been making a steady comeback in the last decade and Australia-based POPP, Public Ping Pong Worldwide, is making it even easier to play. The company makes free-to-use, permanent ping pong tables for parks and open spaces around Australia. The tables, like The Ephemeralist, is an outdoor table for the minimalist.
The weather-proof table, with its subtle architectural details and bright yellow top, is the perfect minimalist option for any table tennis enthusiast.
The company partners with various designers to create different table designs that are then commissioned by and then permanently installed in different locations.
Prettocraig@dani
I grew up watching James Bond films. My favorite part was always the same: the part where "Q" would outfit our hero with the latest in spy technology. Ralph Osterhout also grew up loving Bond movies too — but he took it to the next level. He spent his life building real spy gadgets, for secret agents in the field.
PrettocraigFriends for life...
Indonesian wildlife photographer Hendy Mp has captured absolutely amazing images of a tiny Reinwardt’s tree frog riding atop a giant rhinoceros beetle, like a tiny cowboy upon his steed. Giddy-up!
photos by Hendy Mp
via Daily Mail, Bored Panda
Jeff Jackson, a young Democratic NC State senator is the only senator in the general assembly today due to the snow.
I never thought this was a sentence I’d ever say, but I think I have a new favorite state senator.
Prettocraigwell it took a long time for someone to invent that
You know how annoying it is when you want to pin up a photo or a poster on your wall but you don’t want to ruin it by putting a hole in it? Mark Weiser designed Pon as an alternative and it’s pretty clever.
Pon takes the puncture out of the push pin and saves your sacred items from the usual holes that hanging brings. The circular coil lets you slide your item in for easy hanging. The right amount of spirals means it fully grips without crumpling your object.
The maker of Pon successfully reached their funding goal on Kickstarter, which hopefully means they’ll find their way on the market very soon.
Feeling bored? You need a store that sells ridiculous, confusing products that probably shouldn't even exist. Let me introduce you to one of my favorite online retailers: Dealextreme.
It's one of the internet's largest purveyors of cheap tablets, obscure cables and amazing off-brand oddities.
The President of the United States can mass-message the entire phone-carrying nation at the same time whenever he deems it necessary, as a Wall Street Journal video reminded us today.
Prettocraiganybody heard of or been to Mott 32
Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver is going to be home to a location of Mott 32, the acclaimed Chinese restaurant that is drawing raves in Hong Kong. On Thursday, […]
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Prettocraigsharing for the awesome picture
It's tempting to think of Microsoft as some aging dinosaur. But it's wrong. Change has been building for almost a year now. Yes Windows 8 was a mess, and the Xbox One's early days were embarrassing, but Microsoft's been sharpening its game with impressive speed. And now it is once again , hands down, the most exciting company in tech.
If you've always wanted to dabble in cryptocurrency speculation but you were just waiting until you could acquire some Bitcoin that you knew was FOR SURE used in digital drug deals, I have some good-ass news for you: the United States Marshals Service is auctioning off 50,000 Bitcoins seized from Ross Ulbricht's personal computer.
Going outdoors is an intense reminder that we're part of something larger. In moderation, drugs can enhance that connection, help you enjoy the sights and sounds and feelings even more, and help you push reset on all the craziness involved in modern life. Want to try them sometime? Here's how to get started.
Prettocraigis this for real?
Yesterday we reported on a troubling policy at the University of Massachusetts of Amherst . The school banned Iranian nationals from enrolling as graduate students in several engineering and natural science programs. After much uproar and protest, U. Mass has backed down, and will admit Iranian students again.
PrettocraigI am just going to leave this right here.
Before Listerine found its true commercial calling as a mouthwash, it was a general purpose antiseptic meant to be used on cuts, sore throats, dandruff, and, most horrifying of all, down there. "It possesses great penetrating power," touts the ad!
Today's BitStream has the drama of a failing technology giant, the suspense of mobile payments getting serious, and an unexplainable Kickstarter of weird. Come get all the small news bits and rumors you might have missed in the last 24 hours.
Did you grow up in the ’90s? If you did or are just an avid fan of that glorious decade, then head on over to the Waldorf Tiki Bar on […]
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PrettocraigNBD...wifey is on the board of the DVBIA
The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association is celebrating its 25th anniversary! Since its inception in 1990, the DVBIA has helped bring major change to fruition – such as successfully advocating for […]
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This is a wedding chapel unlike any other wedding chapel out there. Located in the garden of a resort hotel in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan, the freestanding Ribbon Chapel boasts panoramic views of the Inland Sea, which can be viewed from its two spiral stairways that are intertwined. Hiroshi Nakamura, of NAP Architects, designed the spiraling structure with two stairways to help make the volume more structurally sound.
The two ribboning forms seamlessly join together, just like the two lives getting married, after going through twists and turns, before uniting together as one at the very top.
Centered at the core of the structure is the light-filled chapel that’s hugged tightly by the smooth spirals on the exterior.
There’s a summit at the top for the couple to meet.
The stairways widen at points to help protect the chapel from the sun.
The chapel is set up with a particular route in mind – the bride walks down the aisle with her father and after the ceremony, the aisle becomes the departure route for the bride and groom. The bride and groom then climb the stairs to meet at the top where they are to ask heaven’s permission to join as one. They then walk down the stairs together.
Photos by Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc.
Prettocraiginteresting...
A Vancouver-based company has offered Ray Rice a $1 million contract to become its spokesperson on the condition he does not commit domestic violence otherwise he is required to repay […]
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Here's a nice way to have fun without doing drugs: pour different colors of paint on top of other colors of paint on top of a wooden block. The layers of paint will stack on top of each other and the colors will expand and you'll get a super psychedelic art piece that looks like the world has melted down.
Prettocraig@dani...lets go!
A staggering 80 pieces from pop art legend Andy Warhol will be up for exhibition in a Vancouver warehouse during the month of March. The ‘Warhol – A Different Idea […]
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Beer lovers of Vancouver, do you know why your Lambic is served in a tulip, or why a Dopplebock works well in a Weizen Vase? If you love beer but […]
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Prettocraig@dani
Meet Mama Lee. Mama Lee is 86-years-old, enjoys ballroom dancing, and has been a full-time resident of a cruise ship for the past ten years. It costs her about $164,000 a year, but it really sounds like she's loving her permanent vacation.
Prettocraigwow....what a terrible execution of their strategy here
Target announced Thursday the company will close all Canadian stores, completely halting operations in the country. Target Canada has also filed for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (the […]
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Prettocraigsharing as a follow up to the previous ice hotel comments...this is unreal
This is literally the coolest hotel ever.
ART SUITE: 7 , 5 ° Rø by Wolfgang-A. Lüchow, Sebastian Andreas Scheller, Anja Kilian, Germany. Photo: Paulina Holmgren
Every year, 50,000 plus visitors flock to ICEHOTEL, a hotel in Jukkasjärvi, a small village in Northern Sweden. Not only is this hotel made of ice, it transforms itself every year with a new design theme.
ART SUITE: Borderland by Tomasz Cjazkowski & Eryk Marks. Photo: Paulina Holmgren
This year marks its 25th anniversary, where different designers came to help sculpt each room. Not only is each room different, there’s also an ice bar, church, and pillar hall.
ICEBAR by ICEHOTEL Jukkasjärvi. Boom by Wouter Biegelaar, Viktor Tsarski & Maurizio Perron. Photo: Paulina Holmgren
During March and April, ice is harvested from Torne River and then stored until November and December, when designers from around the world come to help take part in the artistic construction that is ICEHOTEL. The hotel lasts from December to mid-April, then slowly melts back into the Torne River. Pretty much a circle of life (or ice?). We’d love to get the chance to stay in one of these incredible rooms.
ART SUITE: Spring by Wilfred Stijger & Edith Van De Wetering. Photo: Paulina Holmgren
ART SUITE: Abject Beauty By Lotta Lampa & Julia Gamborg Nielsen
ART SUITE: Two As One by Jose Carlos Cabello Millán
Which one is your favorite?
