Read the entire interview women in mobile - 16 orchestrated by Rudy de Waele…

Photograph: Liesbeth de Fossé

Interview, Rudy De Waele’s Carnival of the Mobilists entry, mentioned in The Mobile Gadgeteer | ZDNet.com | Carnival of the Mobilists #46

I have always liked the Bouroullec brothers’ work, since their débuts with the 2000 Lit Clos. This time it is Les Tuiles, the 2006 project for the Kvadrat showroom that caught my attention. A textile wall totally packable… carry your walls with you… needless to expand further on it, as the description of the project is rather clear:

Image comes from their website © Ronan et Erwan Bouroullec

“The Kvadrat showroom is structured by textile walls made of independant « Tiles » assembled together via an ingenious folding system. The Tiles sytem was conceived specifically for the textile showroom activity. It aims at highlighting the various textures and materials of Kvadrat’s collection by dressing the spot with sensuality and warmth.

Moreover, it grants a certain flexibility and a wide range of possible evolution to the showroom. The extreme easiness of the pieces’ assembling to build walls leaves Kvadrat free of changing the configuration and the atmosphere of the place.

Then, the doors themselves are conceived as self-supporting and mobile modules like « furniture-boxes » that can be moved easily. Accesses, corridors and transitions can be changed, thus making the general architecture of the space fully evolutive.

But the Tiles system is also a new way of building walls with independant modules in the tradition of Algues and Twigs. It is the realisation of some long-incubated ideas about constructing soundproofing spaces with textile.
Conceived like sorts of scales, the Tiles can follow infinite shapes, be they organic or geometric. Thus, the high modularity of this system allows to consider multiple applications in order to build autonomous and soundproofing spaces.

The industrialization process of the tiles is surprisingly easy and fast : 20 seconds only are needed to mould the hard foam core between 2 pieces of material. With the assembling simplicity of the tiles, anyone can consider creating variable-geometric surfaces, building walls with a soft and rythmical aesthetics and thus creating astoning places with a muffled atmosphere.”

Not digitally enabled? Yet neo-nomadism is about the mix of both, physical and digital mobility… hence the post!

I thought we were already true walking advertisements, except if you wear Muji (= no brand in Japanese)… But Philips has gone a step further :) Read the press release: “Philips illuminates IFA 2006 with production-ready Lumalive textile garments” and check this video about the light emitting T-shirts!!!

image from Philips’ website

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Aug 19, 2006 - Jul 6, 2007
Beyond Basketry: Japanese Bamboo Art

What does it have to do with neo-nomads? Maybe because it is about baskets… well… it is just so beautiful!

In Transit
In London, Upgrading Airport Time
By JENNIFER CONLIN
Published: September 10, 2006
New York Times

“With security continuing to cause delays at British airports — particularly for passengers heading to the United States — hanging out in a plush airport lounge rather than trying to find a seat in a chaotic concourse may seem more a necessity than a luxury,” says Conlin.

She mentions rejuve, a service that, as the website informs us, has been created for us to “Refresh. Restore. Relax. Re-charge. Check-in to Rejuve. And prepare to travel well. Changing time zones…different climates…unfamiliar surroundings. Long-haul travel is always demanding. Even with best itinerary, the rigours and stresses quickly take their toll.”

As well as the possibility to book a seat in an airport lounge through simplylounges for example. As advertized, “Each lounge is uniquely designed and welcomes both business and leisure travellers. You don’t have to be important to get the V.I.P treatment!”

Better keep the stress low in these times of travel.

The point of this post? Mobility involves immobility; we spend a large chunk of time in transit; limiting the stress of travel costs us…

cell pixs taken and e-mailed to me by DK… :”Reminds me of our conversation that day about communicating with your phone…”! Discussing about some idea put forth in the post myapartmentmap…