Posted By CarlH on Apr 09, 2012 at 9:58AM
Kulturpark, Berlin
What if....
...you discovered an abandoned amusement park?
What would you do?
From June 28-July 1, 2012, Kulturpark will re-open an abandoned amusement park located in the sprawling Treptow Park in Berlin. Throughout the entire month of June, Kulturpark will host a creative investigation of this jungle of recent ruins that will embrace histories, illuminate presences, and imagine cultural futures. The Kulturpark project will activate this magical site as a place for creative exchange, site-specific art, urban design, historic memory, social connection, and public imagination.
Posted By CarlH on Feb 24, 2012 at 10:17PM
From Carl:The trend for ever more luxurious tents hasn't passed UHOTW by. But its all so beige...or khaki... Don't get us wrong! We love Yurts. They have a proper front door - and Glamping - a wood fired hot tub and feather pillow in the great outdoors, something we all could do more of.But they miss the spontaneity of grabbing a sleeping bag, a few friends and a mysterious bag of bits that will (hopefully) turn into something more cosy if the weather turns nasty.L
Posted By CarlH on Feb 21, 2012 at 7:41AM
The Ultimate Guide to Parahawking in Nepal and Alicantewww.parahawking.comWhat is Parahawking?In an effort to advance the interaction between man and bird, and to provide a unique opportunity to interact with birds of prey in their own environment, Scott Mason conceived and developed Parahawking. Parahawking is paragliding with trained birds of prey.By combining ancient falconry methods with the modern techniques of Paragliding, birds of prey are trained to fly and interact with paragliders and their tandem passengers and to guide them to thermals.S
Posted By CarlH on Nov 11, 2011 at 4:22AM
housebites reinvention of the takeaway
The takeaway.
The busy Brit's staple meal. Quick, convenient, ready when you want it ... and,
let's be honest, too often underwhelming. Imagine if you could have the ease of the takeaway, but
with the quality of a restaurant meal, delivered to your door. Imagine that it's all prepared by
experienced local cooks (all taste-tested beforehand).
housebites have turned the power over to you and the
chef.
Posted By CarlH on Oct 05, 2011 at 5:09PM
Picture a high-end golf club but replace the links with 4.1 miles of twisty baby-smooth asphalt and you’ve got the Monticello Motor Club,
along with all of the amenities you’d expect: a stunning glass and
steel clubhouse with classrooms, bar, kitchen, pro-shop,
breakfast/coffee bar, private member’s lounge, lockers and showers, and
attached temperature controlled garages overlooking the South Pits, an
automotive service center to prep and keep your car on track, private
car storage, trailer storage, off-road courses, karting for kids, and
more.T
Posted By CarlH on Jul 30, 2011 at 5:14AM
The Cloud / An Urban RefugeSleep in a wood and plexiglass sculpture of a cloud sleeping 7.From June 20 until October 31, the collective noise of the fridge in partnership with the city of Lormont in Aquitaine, offer visitors to the park De L'Ermitage St. Catherine, an overnight adventure. Titled Sleep in a Cloud, it is situated on the western
shore of the lake, embedded within the surrounding nature, a few
kilometers from the city.
Posted By CarlH on Jul 21, 2011 at 3:40AM
July
7 – September 4
Marina 59, 5914 Beach Channel Drive, Far
Rockaway
Artist and boat-builder Constance Hockaday has
constructed a series of floating hotel rooms and a theater at Marina 59 at
Far Rockaway in New York City. Boggsville is a floating hotel and
theater built in the Neutrino tradition, that is, fashioned out of abandoned
and re-claimed boats from the marina.
Posted By CarlH on Jul 19, 2011 at 10:54AM
Carl gets a lot of cool - and often quirky invitations, and recently saw the following post about artist Madhu Kaza, who travels to strangers homes in the New York City area to read them bedtime stories.In Here Is Where We Meet, artist Madhu Kaza will travel to
individual participant’s homes by appointment to read to them at
bedtime. This project is part of the artist’s ongoing Hospitality
series, which includes projects that explore
social conventions, rituals of domestic and daily life, relations
between strangers, hosts and guests, and boundaries of public and
intimate space.I
Posted By CarlH on Jul 08, 2011 at 3:59AM
It isn't everyday that you see someone doing something that you just think needs to be shared and celebrated. Perhaps as much for the courage of "getting up and doing something", without the safety of a big bank balance as for "treading a path that no others have trodden before" - I thought my fellow uhotw fans would appreciate this note;Kyle Durrie, a letterpress printer from Portland, Oregon and lover of traditional printing, has converted an old truck into a mobile print shop using traditional methods, and is touring the USA to showcase the art and pleasure of just printing stuff yourself.&