An Ocean of Emotion: The View from Otter Cove

 [Carmel, California]

Posted by Sifter in HOMES & BUILDINGS 

The Otter Cove Residence by Sagan Piechota Architecture is the definition of an oceanfront property. Located in Carmel, California with stunning views of the Pacific, this private residence may cause jaws to unhinge.
Unfortunately, details are sparse on this stunning 10,000+ square foot home. The Sagan Piechota site offers no additional information and ArchDaily only has the following:
Upper Level: Four en-suite bedrooms, powder room, three-car garage. Open plan kitchen, dining and living rooms feature two fireplaces and expansive light exposure from both East and West directions.
Lower Level: Offices, en-suite bedroom, screening room, gym, game room, bar & lounge.
Thankfully there are plenty of pictures to oggle courtesy of Adam Brant






























This home was first spotted on ArchDaily. This is my favourite site online for architecture, check them out for more incredible buildings and properties.



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Surreall Art

This week, loving to bring a collection of the most meaningful and conceptually creative surreal artworks. Surreal Art has now become a very familiar medium of art and it is growing continuously in its popularity because in this medium of art, artist has much more room to show his creativity and convey his feelings and way of thinking to his audience.
Here is a collection of a very conceptual and momentous Surreal Artworks for you. For sure you will be inspired and enthused by this attractive surreal art collection.
Hope you all will enjoy this post. Feel free to share your feeling about this post with others.

Idee fixe

Time

The weakness of silence

Saroja

The cage

I wasn’t born to suffer

The dream

Six Experts

Too Much Heaven

Monkey Voodoo

Nostalgia

The Remnant

A new life

Hope

Brainwash

Every God Damn Thing

Bonsai

Linking Meditation

Linking Meditation

Life is about..

Kubicki

Stop time III

CONSCIENCE

Under The Last Moon

Deepration

Ex luce mutatio

Moles and Trolls

Hardware Psychoanalizing

Illucinati

Whoah! Never expected that Lima’s illusion would trigger so many reactions (over 400 in less than 24 hours)! Unfortunately, not that many of you guessed it right. It seems that even I was tricked by it. My guess was that the hand is in front of the object, with bars painted on it to make it appear as it was positioned behind the structure.
Anyhow, the real solution was kindly provided by Joao Lima: “The trick is very simple. The wall is very thin and on the other side there is the same structure, where the shadow is a projection behind the wall. I mean, the spot light is behind the wall so there is no reason to look for the hand shadow.
This illusory object was created by an artist called Joana Corona, and can be seen at the exposition at Oscar Sanchez  Museum in Curitiba – Brazil.” In the mean time, check this animated .gif file showing Escher’s Relativity in action! Whoever incorporated the escalator surely did a great job, and completely understands M.C. Escher and his work!

I couldn’t resist sharing this optical illusion comic with you guys. The impossible figure is quite familiar, yet the comic is great. There is just one little favor I’m gonna ask you – Is there anyone among us, who knows how to decipher the artist’s signature (so we could give proper credit to him)? I think it’s Dave Copp-something…  can’t read the rest. Is it only me, or does the very same signature appear on almost every Garfield comic? Update – naaah, just checked this. Can’t believe I couldn’t remember it was Jim Davis who does Garfield…

Hasbro: trivial pursuit cerebro

Con laberintos y un cerebro Hasbro promociona su antiguo juego de trivia: trivial pursuit, el eslogan dice: "Sabes más de lo que piensas". 

Sabes más de lo que piensas.
Agencia de Publicidad: DDB París, Francia
Director Creativo: Alexandre Hervé
Director de Arte: Steve Robert
Redactor: Arnaud Viallaneix
Ilustrador: Steve Robert
Equipo de cuenta: Marie-Laure Freer, Lilith Love, Juliette Ferre

Surfrider Foundation: devolver basura

Posted: 28 Apr 2011 La Surfrider Foundation creó esta acción de guerrilla, lo primero que hizo fue recoger la basura de las playas, posteriormente las envió por correo a varias personas, con el copy: "La basura que se produce en el océano finalmente regresa. Para todo el mundo. Ayúdenos a proteger los mares del mundo." http://youtu.be/9FW92t40dSc La basura que se produce en el océano finalmente regresa. Para todo el mundo. Ayúdenos a proteger los mares y océanos del mundo. www.surfrider.org Agencia de Publicidad: Script, Río de Janeiro, Brasil Director Creativo: Ricardo Real Inter Redactor: Fidel Castro Producción de Cine: Tico Filmes Producción Ejecutiva: Nando el Gato Director: Nando Bosch DP: Nando Puma e Fernando Fernandez Edición: JP Braga La gradación del color: Nando Puma Banda sonora: Daniel Medeiros, Leo Cruz, Marcelo Frota / Buena Musica Publicado: Marzo de 2011

Surfrider Foundation: Acuario Posted: 28 Apr 2011 06:05 AM PDT Con este espectacular visual los señores de Surfrider Foundation nos quieren dar un ejemplo del tamaño tan reducido de lo que se protege en los mares, es por ello que apenas podemos observar una especie de pecera. Sólo el 0,7% de los océanos está protegido. Ayúdanos a mantener el océano limpio. Agencia: Young & Rubicam Francia Director Creativo: Laurent Bodson / Les SIX Directora de arte: Stéphanie Musgrav Redactor: Barthélémy Desplats Pintor female: Jean-Marie & Adri Ramie