Phase One Industrial designed a new camera specifically for drones, billed as the smallest 80 megapixel medium format camera in the world. The iXU 180 camera features an 80 megapixel CCD sensor, taking 4:3 ratio images with your choice of five Schneider-Kreuznach lenses and an overall modular design. The camera won’t be arriving until the middle of next month, but Phase One Industrial has detailed its specs ahead of time. Read more
Month: April 2015
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Der Mann im Kleid: Ein unaufhaltsamer Trend
Männer sehen in Kleidern einfach wahnsinnig gut aus. Vor allem in figurbetonten Gewändern kommen männliche Hüften besonders gut zur Geltung. Leider hat sich die Mode des kleidtragenden Mannes aus mir unverständlichen Gründen noch nicht so richtig durchgesetzt. Brandheißes Archivmaterial bezeugt:
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31. März 2015
Das Bild des Tages von: Sabek R
Im Ausblick: Ein Interview, ein Ausstellungstipp und Bilder aus Frankreich.
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Hole in the Ground: 5 Ideas to Fill Downtown Chicago Spire Void
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Designed by a world-famous architect, the Chicago Spire was set to be the second-tallest building in the world, but now that plans for its construction have been abandoned local firms are stepping up to suggest novel ways to reuse the voided project’s remnant space.
Submitted to Chicago Magazine, these various schemes to replace the failed vision of Santiago Calatrava are bound to resonate with residents, created by and for the local population and context, featuring everything from underground performance spaces and wildlife sanctuaries to urban lighthouses and swimming holes.
One proposal invites people to occupy the hole in the form of a seven-story underground amphitheater, allowing loud late-night events to operate freely in the subterranean space. This Underground Amphitheater scheme by SPACE Architects + Planners is likened to a headphone buried in the Earth, its emissions audible when you get up close and keep an ear to the ground.
A radically different tactic suggests a steel aviary trellis surrounded by native vegetation. serving as a stopping point and bird-watching spot for migratory species. Dubbed Birds in Horto by designer Hoerr Schaudt, the void in this case remains inaccessible, a mystery at the center of a larger natural park space. “A 10-story spiraling trellis of steel and wood serves as armature for nesting and perching, while a surrounding thicket of native plants, such as crabapple and plum trees, offers sustenance. An elevated walkway lets you observe the warblers, cardinals, and sparrows without disturbing them.”
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