<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">YHBHS </span><span style="font-style: italic;">voyage</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">into sound, space, + light</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"The Integratron is an acoustically perfect tabernacle + energy machine sited on a powerful geomagnetic vortex in the magical Mojave Desert..."</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5205164661_620fca85ec_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5205164661_620fca85ec_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 724px; height: 482px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1054/5119200926_f95a7829ff_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1054/5119200926_f95a7829ff_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 724px; height: 543px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">YHBHS</span></span> is traveling to <a href="http://www.integratron.com/Welcome.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">the Integratron</span></span> </a>this weekend to gaze at the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Perseid Meteor Shower</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Star Party</span>... An annual benefit for the Mojave Desert Land Trust sponsored by Joshua Tree National Park Association. I've got a booking for the <a href="http://www.integratron.com/6ComeOnIn/ComeOnIn.html#SoundBath"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sound Bath</span></span> </a>at 9 a.m and a schedule of events planned for this desert getaway. Any opportunity I have to drive into the desert sun, I'm game! Also coming up in October,<a href="http://www.highdeserttestsites.com/hdts"> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">High Desert Test Sites</span></span></a> weekend.....<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">"HDTS returns this fall for a weekend of new experimental art, architecture, and design projects sited in the Southern California high desert. Curators the McCarthy Family, Robert Stone, and Brooks Hudson Thomas have invited an exciting group of emerging and established artists, architects, and designers to create new works for HDTS 2011.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">"</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">What is the Sound Bath?</span></span><br /><br />"The Sound Bath is a 30-minute sonic healing session that you can experience while resting comfortably in the Integratron's highly resonant, multi-wave sound chamber. We play a series of quartz crystal singing bowls live, each one keyed to the energy centers or chakras of the body, where sound is nutrition for the nervous system.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Imagine lying on comfy mats in the center of this relaxing and resonant high-energy field, while having your body bathed in exquisite sound for 30 minutes</span>. The results are waves of peace, heightened awareness, and relaxation of the mind and body. "<br /><br /><br /><br />"<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">George Van Tassel,</span></span> creator of <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">the Integratron</span></span>, was a legendary figure, an aeronautical engineer and test pilot who worked for Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft and alongside Howard Hughes at Hughes Aviation . He was also one of the leaders in the UFO movement who held annual "Spacecraft Conventions" at Giant Rock for 25 years. Van Tassel said UFO channelings and ideas from scientists such as Nikola Tesla led to the unique architecture of the Integratron. He spent 18 years constructing the building."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">images sourced from flicker...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">----------------------------</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5205164661_620fca85ec_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />

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<br /><br />"We consciously aimed for <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">simplicity</span></span> - in planning, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">use of light and air</span></span>, building organization and circulation - because it is our expereicne that simplicity leads to economy, efficiency, and improved performance."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tphifer.com/#/home"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />- Thomas Phifer and Partners</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/6035953484_f66b64bc67_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6140/6035953484_f66b64bc67_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 724px; height: 423px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6035398647_60fc74f1f9_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6035398647_60fc74f1f9_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 727px; height: 452px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6035398775_9a7e15414b_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6191/6035398775_9a7e15414b_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 725px; height: 472px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6035953530_6e3b3f30ca_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6035953530_6e3b3f30ca_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 725px; height: 424px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6035987144_7f42f6399f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/6035987144_7f42f6399f_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 728px; height: 473px;" /></a><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6090/6035953746_f7afe5c258_b.jpg"><br /><br /></a><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6203/6035398647_60fc74f1f9_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><br /></a>"We really seek to open buildings up again…to nature and to the sun, to the sound of the wind; to bring back that sense of nature which is part of architecture.” <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/103925/ad-interviews-thomas-phifer/" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">via ArchDaily interview here</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thomas Phifer and Partners</span></span> is recognized for its <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">distinct transformation of modernism</span>.</span> The essence of timeless buildings—simplicity—is achieved through thoughtful responses to the natural environment, study of the human ecology of the site, and a search for appropriate modes of construction, which dictate the forms, spaces, and appearance of buildings. The firm believes that every structure should occupy <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic;">a harmonious place within its surroundings </span></span>by balancing human needs and environmental imperatives. This <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0847835251?ie=UTF8&tag=arch05-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0847835251" style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">book</span></a> explores all of Phifer’s major commissions, including Salt Point House in New York, Salt Lake City Courthouse, and his most recent achievement, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, which opens in April 2010. "<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">above images are selected from</span><a href="http://www.tphifer.com/#/home"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Thomas Phifer and Partners site here...</span></span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-------------------------------</span><br /><br /><br /><br />

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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cini Boeri </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">"strips"</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Soon after, Boeri created another masterpiece with the Strips sofa, which could be described as either a lounge made from <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">sections of sleeping bags </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;">or a</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span>bed-sized puffer jacket!</span></span>"</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6030077867_95a93e4248_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6085/6030077867_95a93e4248_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 719px; height: 440px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6030631878_7f7e902fd2_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6188/6030631878_7f7e902fd2_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 858px; height: 609px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p>"Born in Milan in 1924,<span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Cini Boer</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">i</span></span> graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1951 and began a long period of cooperation with Marco Zanuso, founder of Italian furniture firm Arflex. She set up her own studio in 1963, concentrating on civil architecture and industrial design. In 1967, Bobo Divano was released by<a href="http://www.arflex.it/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Arflex</span></span></a> and became the first mono-block seat in polyurethane foam with no internal structure. The Serpentone, designed in 1971, was another revolutionary sofa made from thin sections of polyurethane articulated around a flexible central core, allowing for free-flowing shapes of unlimited length.</p> <p>Soon after, Boeri created another masterpiece with the Strips sofa, which could be described as either a lounge made from sections of sleeping bags or a bed-sized puffer jacket!</p> <p>The sofa’s impact would prove to be lasting – she eventually won a prestigious Compasso d’Oro industrial design award for it in 1979, and Patricia Urquiola recently stated that her critically acclaimed <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://style-files.com/images/tuffibank500x397.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 51, 51);">B&B Italia ‘Tufty-Time</a></span>’ sofa was her homage to Boeri’s Strips sofa.</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.homelife.com.au/home+ideas/decorating/cini+boeri,5610"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">all text taken from here....</span></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

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