IcreativeD 9-3-14

Tree House For the Grown-ups in Colorado Posted: 08 Mar 2014 04:27 PM PST You must remember since you were a child, what a delight it was for you to be able to run away from your parents house in the tree house and hide there with your friends and play with no adults around to disturb you. The tree house is a great getaway for adults also, and a proof to that is this adult size tree house we want to present to you today. This beauty is build somewhere in Vail, Colorado. It seems the architect Missy Brown was also fond of the childhood tree house, and now managed to build an adult orientated, elevated living space right in the middle of the woods just like the owner of it wanted. The house is anchored to a 90 foot tree and a few fallen/dead pine trees help give it a stabilization and some extra support. The entrance to the house is made after you go up the spiral stair case, entering directly to an open living space. You can use a working desk, sleeping quarters or simply enjoy the rooftop patio that really is a delight for taking a cooling drink in a sunny summer day. For the cold days in the year, the house is equipped with an electrical baseboard that will help keeping warm.

The Column Furniture Posted: 08 Mar 2014 03:55 AM PST Sophie Mensen is a Dutch designer born in 1985 in Hertogenbosch. She began analyzing thoroughly the things in her surroundings essences, from the simple fascination for certain fabrics and customs. The resulted works are a proof of monumentality combined with a strong sense of purpose. Today, we wish to discuss a furniture piece that was designed by Sophie: the Column. The column or the pillar is a structural element that transmits the weight of an above structure to other structural elements below it. In few words, the column is a compression member. Columns are often used for supporting arches or beams on which the upper parts of walls or ceilings rest. In architecture the column is a structural element that has certain proportional and decorative features, since a column might also be decorative, it not being needed for structural purposes. This seems to be the case of Sophie Mensen's Column. In her opinion, the column is a shape that can easily get absorbed by the space while it is also an impressive monument for remembering important events in one's life. Therefore, the equivalent of this column is column as a monument and as a constructive element, but in sizes that fit an interior. As you can see, the obvious purpose of this piece is blurring the line between architecture and furniture. What is your opinion on it?