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Floris Hover
December 4, 2010
I think that the reason I am so drawn to Dutch designer Floris Hover's work is that there is a certain naivete about it. Shaker like in his simplicity yet industrial in his approach. He says that he works from intuition and that he is influenced by his childhood, and I can see this in the pure and uncontrived nature of his work. What makes his designs effective is his excellent sense of scale, proportion, and his natural talent for design. With some designers you can tell that there is nothing contrived about their work...they are not trying too hard but rather simply creating from deep down in their hearts. I think it is interesting that his father owns a cement factory and growing up in this environment, it allowed him to start experimenting with creating objects when he was a boy. He is intrigued by simple industrial forms and construction and this is made very clear in the three examples of his work that I would like to share. No screws or bolts but instead forms are slotted into one another and he uses rope to "tie" it all together. I am in awe.
Posted by Ghislaine Viñas on December 4, 2010 |
Comments (2)
March 25, 2012
In response to:
Floris HoverYusuke commented:
From a March 1, 2005, interview with head of U.S. Central Command John Abizaid:JIM LEHRER: On the pitloical side on the ground in Iraq, General, a lot of people predict not a lot of people some people predicted that if the Sunnis are not brought in, somehow into the power structure after the elections, that there could be civil war in Iraq. What's your best intelligence on that right now?GEN. JOHN ABIZAID: I don't see civil war as being on the horizon. I think a civil war is possible if everything goes exactly wrong. If people abandon the path towards a sovereign and free Iraq and start moving only towards the selfish interest of specialized groups; I don't think that's likely.
March 24, 2012
In response to:
Floris HoverAntonio commented:
News story came to me as a News Alert from NYT. Out there for everyone to see. I was irpxesseng my disgust at the way this played out.Thanking military persons for their service is a popular and respectfully intended sentiment.Their service. Service.I've seen the pics. Big guns in their hands. Like the movie billboards you see everywhere while driving around.And the violent video games so avidly advertised, just in time for Christmas. Advanced military training? Oh yes.So I respectfully ask, what service was provided, and for whom? And why? What GOOD was done? How did any people benefit from our invasion and occupation of a country that did nothing to harm us?And most of all, will the lives of our young, well intended sons and daughters, so shamelessly used for corporate profit, ever be the same as they were before they served? The power of lies have truly ruined so many lives throughout history. Yet we continue in the gargle.
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