<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133469327366345030</id><updated>2012-02-16T19:29:40.141-08:00</updated><title type='text'>objet trouve</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7133469327366345030/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Cristina Sabau</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05686991839733918811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133469327366345030.post-415105329302779489</id><published>2011-09-05T12:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-06T14:13:36.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Japanese object</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EwtaqffONCA/TmaM9KNcCSI/AAAAAAAAAMI/mp3R2T9SH8s/s1600/olfa%2Bcutter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 131px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EwtaqffONCA/TmaM9KNcCSI/AAAAAAAAAMI/mp3R2T9SH8s/s320/olfa%2Bcutter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649357764923492642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;style&gt;@font-face {   font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face {   font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }&lt;/style&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Strong and thin, reliable and fitted to its (many) purposes, I remember so well my first Japanese object: a cutter from Olfa. It was at the middle of the ’70. I remember very well it’s honest form (ergonomically fitted in my fragile hand) and distinct color (black and yolky-yellow) with its body made of painted metal and plastic. And, perhaps, above all its snap off blade which can be snapped easily at the end of the cutter. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;After so many years, and many encounters with quality objects, I strongly believe that this Japanese object definitively shaped my perception of &lt;i style=""&gt;good design&lt;/i&gt; – i.e. simple, durable, with little design as possible (“less but better” – Dieter Rams).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7133469327366345030-415105329302779489?l=cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/feeds/415105329302779489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/2011/09/japanese-object.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7133469327366345030/posts/default/415105329302779489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7133469327366345030/posts/default/415105329302779489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/2011/09/japanese-object.html' title='Japanese object'/><author><name>Cristina Sabau</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05686991839733918811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EwtaqffONCA/TmaM9KNcCSI/AAAAAAAAAMI/mp3R2T9SH8s/s72-c/olfa%2Bcutter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133469327366345030.post-8764843954204909910</id><published>2011-09-04T14:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T05:58:23.961-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Form for a future content</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CA4isrzHz4o/TmPrGe5LRoI/AAAAAAAAALg/ybaLcvmD6hc/s1600/P8105815.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; 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height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QAb2PIxOdjU/TmPqTGm6aSI/AAAAAAAAAK4/nD7nvotj1xg/s320/P8105787.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648615971564972322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-op8vW0F-JWI/TmPqS5pihJI/AAAAAAAAAKw/-vlCtFIdpMw/s1600/P8105792.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-op8vW0F-JWI/TmPqS5pihJI/AAAAAAAAAKw/-vlCtFIdpMw/s320/P8105792.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648615968086328466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-up4J1j-OLHo/TmPqSUuMhtI/AAAAAAAAAKo/4aXnMKomWn0/s1600/P8105796.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-up4J1j-OLHo/TmPqSUuMhtI/AAAAAAAAAKo/4aXnMKomWn0/s320/P8105796.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648615958173746898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;          &lt;style&gt;@font-face {   font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face {   font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }&lt;/style&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;I wished to see Calatrava’s architecture live. This was the main reason to spend few days in Valencia this summer. Valencia is the Calatrava’s birthplace. I wished to touch his architecture, to go around and pass through it, to look at it by day and by the evening. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Mi-am dorit mult sa vad arhitectura de Calatrava ”live”. Asta a fost principalul motiv al sejurului in Valencia – orasul natal al arhitectului. Am vrut sa ma plimb prin ea, sa o ating, sa o privesc pe timp de zi si pe inserat. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Acest ansamblu cultural si educativ – cu cele 5 componente: Palatul artelor, Palatul stiintei si omului, Umbrarul, Agora si Oceanografic-ul – este in sine, &lt;i style=""&gt;in forma&lt;/i&gt; sa, prin arhitectura, cultural si educativ. O tema rezolvata cu stiinta si indrazneala, cu forme si detalii bine desenate (poate mai putin unele finisaje bune ca intentie, putin experimentate si verificate in timp). Palatul stiintei este de vazut ca arhitectura atit in interiorul sau cit si in exterior. Continutul tematic mi s-a parut depasit si demn pentru anii 70, nu pentru inceputul secolului 21. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0RjsrHwyKfc/TmPpBBVWZ3I/AAAAAAAAAKI/h8NTEvvfaAg/s1600/P8105813.JPG"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7133469327366345030-8764843954204909910?l=cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/feeds/8764843954204909910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7133469327366345030/posts/default/8764843954204909910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7133469327366345030/posts/default/8764843954204909910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post.html' title='Form for a future content'/><author><name>Cristina Sabau</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05686991839733918811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CA4isrzHz4o/TmPrGe5LRoI/AAAAAAAAALg/ybaLcvmD6hc/s72-c/P8105815.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7133469327366345030.post-5538134631595135206</id><published>2011-08-25T14:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T07:37:42.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'>City's hallmark</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E-HS9_mDvgc/TmjTGbZN84I/AAAAAAAAAOA/uXr4cyYTgDg/s1600/namur.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; 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height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_toTWsUrhfXM/TGrP8YTu0wI/AAAAAAAAABE/QgA05ChIpYQ/s320/irma+boom_5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506442130638164738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       &lt;style&gt;@font-face {   font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face {   font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }&lt;/style&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;At first sight it seems to be a joke, a good one, of course, because Irma Boom makes it. Regardless of the author, when you see “Irma Boom: Biography in Books” you cannot ask yourself: is this a book? With its size (40x50x25 mm) it is quite difficult to keep it with the fingers. My amazing was bigger because only a couple of hours before to buy this very small book, I saw in the permanent exhibition of Breda Graphic Design Museum a very big one: Irma Boom “SHV, Think Book”. But this book is not at all a joke, it is as serious as all those designed before by Irma Boom and full of design lessons. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La prima vedere pare o gluma: este aceasta o carte? Are dimensiunile 40x50x25 mm (lxLxh), designul e semnat de Irma Boom, despre Irma Boom. Dar cum sa o citesti? E dificil chiar sa o tii intre degete, sa ii rasfoiesti paginile!&lt;br /&gt;In “Bography in Books”, Irma Boom (probabil, cel mai bine cotat si rivnit designer de carte olandez) isi prezenta activitatea ca intrun cv, in reverse chronological order, de la cea mai recenta realizare pina la cea mai timpurie. 25 de ani de activitate cuprinsi in 704 de pagini si 450 de imagini.&lt;br /&gt;Inevitabil te intrebi: de ce o carte atit de mica? Mai ales daca ea este o monografie si, deci, doresti sa o citesti, sa ajungi repede la informatie. Pare o penitenta. Poate chiar este. Pentru ca, asemenea labirintului medieval (unde credinciosul refacea pelerinajul la Locul Sfint parcurgind in genunchi labirintul catedralei pina in centrul lui) si aici parcursul este un exercitiu de vointa, dar minat de curiozitate nestapinita. La capatul acestui parcurs, ca intro initiere, te simti mai aproape de designul Irmei Boom – de demersul facut, de explorarea ideii, de pregatirea si redactarea unui concept. Si intelegi un prim lucru, unul simplu, spus direct fara menajamente: designul de carte nu e lucru usor! Asta e prima lectie.&lt;br /&gt;Cind scoti cartea din suportul ei, te trezesti ca tii in palma chiar o carte. Nu ai cum sa nu admiri toate elementele tehnice: supracoperta de hirtie, copertile “de piele”, legatura caietelor, pagina de garda, contrapagina etc. Efortul de la inceput, care te solicita sa te obisnuiesti cu suprafata mica de lectura, dispare odata cu concentrarea asupra cotinutului, iar lectura incepe sa “curga”. Trebuie sa intelegem: aceasta este o carte “de palma”. Nu e o carte de pus pe raft, trebuie sa o tii altfel. Si aici se verifica ”small is precious”. Mesajul fiind: designul de carte este valoros. Iar asta e a doua lectie.&lt;br /&gt;Sentimentul de surpriza este si mai mare in fata acestei carti daca ai vazut din lucrarile anterioare ale Irmei Boom. Carti mari, generoase ca numar de pagini si/sau ca dimensiuni, cu pagini interioare pliate care le deschizi asemenea hartilor. De fapt “surpriza” este elementul definitoriu pentru designul Irmei Boom. Fiecare creatie a sa se bazeaza pe asta: fie ca e vorba de literele sau imaginile care ies din pagina, de felul in care trateaza muchia cartii sau interiorul paginilor (mereu alt concept de la o pagina la alta). Iar surpriza (ca mobil al continuei descoperiri) este esenta designului contemporan. Si asta este a treia lectie de la Irma Boom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Irma Boom: Biography in Books. Books in reverse chronological order, 2010-1986, with comments here and there. Special Collection of University of Amsterdam)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7133469327366345030-1097461446889899622?l=cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/feeds/1097461446889899622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/2010/08/irma-boom-biography-in-books.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7133469327366345030/posts/default/1097461446889899622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7133469327366345030/posts/default/1097461446889899622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cristinas-objet-trouve.blogspot.com/2010/08/irma-boom-biography-in-books.html' title='Irma Boom: Biography in Books'/><author><name>Cristina Sabau</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05686991839733918811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_toTWsUrhfXM/TGrQqBDcx_I/AAAAAAAAABk/sHrbVf5pc2A/s72-c/irma+boom.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
