http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:56:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My office recently bought a couple nifty Brompton fold-up bikes for the staff which are pretty cool but what about a bending bike that becomes it's own lock? We'll just put aside the thought of what might happen should you take a spill. Some text from Design Boom: Design ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/07/29/if-bikes-can-fold-why-not-bend/ A trip to the ocean with another couple allowed us to score a really cool vacation beach house, obviously owned by some sort of designer that probably built many things themselves. There were a lot of great details throughout with great uses of wood and metal, like the ledge ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/07/27/beach-house/ I happened upon this piece of unique art piece during a recent trip to my hometown of Port Angeles and I thought it was so simple and lovely. This resident installed an old bike wheel upon one of the poles on his chain link fence and attached some glasses ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/07/21/art-upon-a-fence/ One of the things that really struck me about Europe is that the ideaof water conveyance channels right out in the open urban world was not only ok but rather frequently seen. Some are old, some new, but either way they flow right through plazas, down pedestrian alleyways ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/07/16/urban-water-conveyance-freiburg-bachle/ Is it July already? Sure wouldn't know it given the weather. But while it may not be the most spectacular summer for us people, the plants are loving the extra rain. The image above was taken while walking through my new neighborhood in Seattle where people love ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/07/03/july-already/ On my way to run some errands the other day I drove down a road that had obviously been driven on while the striping had still been fresh because the white on one side suddenly started weaving all over the road. It was interesting because one, I continuously like ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/05/31/real-time-path-mapping/ Just as I believe there is essentially a soundtrack for everything, each day has its own unique sound as well. I believe the world moves to the sound of music...or is it, the sound of music moves the world? Designer Craig Colorusso agrees and attempts to create a ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/05/12/the-day-in-sound/ The picture above is of the sheet metal panel covered organic walls of the Experience Music Project building by Frank Gehry. I shot this will walking through the Seattle Center on my way from Queen Anne to downtown during some amazing sunny weather in my soon-to-be new home. ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/04/27/moving-north/ The photo above was taken while I was walking over a bridge in Venice, Italy where I had paused to take a picture and noticed that there were padlocks attached to many spots on the bridge and that each one had writing on it. I was told that this ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/04/21/loved-locked/ Tara Donovan, installation artist out of Brooklyn, New York, creates pieces made out of everyday ordinary objects like drinking straws, cups, fishing wire and paper. These simple objects when are then transformed into amazing textural and topographical works of art. The individual object then is almost no longer ... http://lisastown.com/inspirationwall/2010/04/14/tara-donovan-ordinary-objects-into-art/