Architecture - Housing

Click the image above for a story and photo spread about the Melfi House in Los Angeles designed by architect Steven Shortridge. John Melfi was a producer for the famous "Sex in the City" television show.

Who Is Happiest?

According at a recent article by the Associated Press and reprinted on Yahoo.com, citizens from Utah, Hawaii and Wyoming are among the happiest in the nation.

As I read through the article, I tried to understand what these areas had in common. Not much. Except that each area has its own unique outdoor beauty. I think that's the lesson.

Museum Photography

What you see here is an interesting series by Joseph O. Holmes. No, he's not related to someone else you may know by that name. I know some of you pervs thought about him. No, Joseph O. Holmes is a photographer with an interesting style. The pic above takes you to a nicely demonstrated portfolio where he observes and takes pics of people at the American Museum of Natural History. The pics are beautiful and were taken with a very consumer level Nikon D70.

Falling Water

Fallingwater from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo.

This is a great video of one of the world's greatest architects, Frank Lloyd Wright. It's also a wonderful example of 3D animated modeling. I can't imagine the time involved to pull this off.

I have never been to his home or works in Wisconsin. I have seen some of his work throughout the Midwest, especially Chicago. I was also lucky enough to visit his home (now also museum and school) in Phoenix during a work conference a while back. Picked up a nice Acme Pen as well. This is a fun video for any fan of FLW. If you're not a fan, you should be! He's an organic and amazing artist.

Timelapse

This is a cool photo I found on the Internet. Click on the photo and it takes you to an interesting page. Place your cursor on the far left side of the pic and then slowly drag it to the right side of the picture. Really cool little trick. Fun photography and Flash programming in a cool cityscape.

50 People...

Fifty People, One Question: London from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

I wanted to take a brief moment to present another video in the "50 People, One Question" series. (This is a reblog, so click the links.) I posted this today in honor of a family friend that resides in Great Britain. Actually, they are from Great Britain, but I'm not sure exactly where they currently live. The father worked for Shell and they have lived all over the world. They have sons near the age of my brother and me that also are well traveled. I visited the family during my first trip to England many years ago. A family that my mother had made contact and friends with many years prior, during the times of pen pals. I stayed with part of the family in Great Yarmouth, an interesting little tourist town on the southeast coast.

In any case, one of the family members passed away about a week ago. This video is set in London and for some reason, it just took me back. I love the first guy's answer. He thinks it isn't creative, "I've got a shit answer" is how he starts out...

It's also an interesting question, really. "If you could wake up anywhere tomorrow, where would it be?" I'm not sure about my answer. Probably somewhere new. But with whom? Today, perhaps I would say New York City. In honor of that choice, another video in the series...


Fifty People, One Question: Brooklyn from Fifty People, One Question on Vimeo.

Creativity

I've been finding some cool things on the Web recently...


Almeria 2008 from Vicente Sahuc on Vimeo.

...which I find interesting because I thought I had stumbled upon the last page of the Internet a while back...

Hmmm, I leave you with this last parting thought in Hindi (which you will find I will be speaking more often on here. Because I can.)

इफ यू कैन रीड थिस, थें हिन्दी यू कैन रीड.

Slumdog - Where Do You Live?

Photo courtesy of Joel Newell. All rights reserved.

Check out the picture above. It's of the slums in Mumbai. Crazy, but this is how some people live. (The link from the previous sentence is an incredible site.)

Also, you should really watch Slumdog Millionaire. I implored my friends on FB to watch it many months ago before it (finally) started to get good press. Call me a helpless romantic or a sap, but I think it's a beautiful film. Sure, it didn't hurt that the female lead is gorgeous, but the cinematography is stunning, the pictures moving and disturbing. It's a must see. It's the one movie this year that may bother and excite you. Allow you to see everything good and bad in the world. Yet still come away with the feeling of love and hope.



Watch the movie. Be inspired.