OSWall (Open Source Wall) will be shown at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary as part of the exhibition titled "Envelop{e}s: Architect's Unfinished Experiments with Building 'Skins'". It will open on September 18th and will run through October 31st. This collection of full-scale, experimental constructs and material assemblies was curated by Christopher Hight, Associate Professor at Rice University, and originally appeared at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
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Blair will be a juror for the upcoming international design competition REPEAT, presented by TEX-FAB. The competition is open to all and the winning entry will be built, exhibited and subsequently given to the Winner. The design and fabrication of the piece will be paid for in full by TEX-FAB and installed to coincide with the TEX-FAB exhibition REPEAT, in February 2011. TEX-FAB is run by Andrew Vrana (Houston), Brad Bell (Dallas/Fort Worth), and Kevin Patrick McClellan (San Antonio). All three are professors and practitioners and all three do outstanding work in both practice and academia.
To find out more about the competition and the symposium place your cursor on the image above or the word REPEAT.
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This entry features uploaded images of Blair's journey to the Northwest. Click on Vancouver Travel Blog under the Blog heading or on the image above. Stay tuned.
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Pretty tough to top this one. University of Minnesota recent graduates Amber Sausen and John Steingraeber surprised us at a recent graduation pig roast by pulling out this one-quarter scale OSWall "app" made out of orange Jell-O! The best app idea yet? Could be.
In related news, we'll be posting the results of our OSWall "Design Your Own App" Competition soon, so check back. Three winners were recently on display in New York at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery's "Envelop{e}s" Exhibition.
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HouMinn is excited to announce that Blair is moving north by northwest and relocating in Vancouver, British Columbia. He will join the faculty at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture this fall. Stay tuned for more on the move to B.C.!
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We want to thank everyone who attended the opening of "Envelop{e}s" at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery last week on Thursday, March 4th. The exhibit was curated by Associate Professor of Architecture at Rice University, Christopher Hight. There was an impressive turn out of students, academics, and local professionals. We were honored to be included with such a sophisticated, thoughtful, accomplished group of designers and architects.
Also, thank you to those of you who entered the "OSWall Design Your Own App" competition. We ultimately picked three winners whose app strategies were displayed alongside our prototype in the exhibit. Look for a blog post later this week along with a special section of our website that will feature the winning designs.
Finally, a HUGE thank you to our good friends Dave Hultman from Engineering at the University of Minnesota and Susanna Hohmann from Terrazign in Portland for their tireless efforts in helping us pull this off. It would have never happened without them.
Check out some photos of the installation here.
We will have a new section on our site under the "Prototypes" heading featuring diagrams, drawings, and photos of this latest version of OSWall.
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On Thursday night, February 25, we spoke at the Walker Art Center as part of their "Drawn Here (and There)" lecture series. The lecture was well-attended by students, colleagues, and interested folks from the Twin Cities community. The Walker has already posted the lecture here, so if you missed it, don't fret...you can check still check it out. Thanks to all of you who attended and a big thanks to Andrew Blauvelt for inviting us.
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HouMinn is proud to announce we will be speaking at the Walker Art Center on Thursday, February 25th as part of the "Drawn Here (and There)" lecture series. Drawn Here (and There) : Contemporary Design in Conversation looks at two leading design partnerships - one half of each partnership is based in the Twin Cities, the other thousands of miles away. The lecture is part of Target Free Nights sponsored by Target. Contact the Walker at 612.375.7600 or at design.walkerart.org.
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The "Design Your Own App" competition has almost drawn to a close. Today is the last day to submit your sketches, models, drawings, or animations for OSWall App designs. Remember, we're not necessarily looking for extensive documentation of your idea, just a quality idea. If we pick your design, you will have time to develop it more later. So, head over to the "OSWall App Design Competition" page to review the details and upload your work.
Thanks to those of you who have already submitted! The ideas are wide-ranging, innovative, and exciting. Coming up soon, we will post the ideas for your viewing and solicit comments on what you think are the best strategies. Until then...we want your ideas!
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