Watch TEDx Cape Town 2012 via Livestream Recording

TEDx Cape Town

TEDx Cape Town

Good Monday morning to you all, I hope that you had a great weekend and are looking forward to a rocking week. If you’re not and need a little motivation, inspiration and some food for thought, check out today’s post to learn about an initiative called TED, the local event held recently called TEDx Cape Town and watch the whole event right here for free.

TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is a global non-profit organisation dedicated to the mission of ‘ideas worth spreading.’ The “x” in TEDx Cape Town means it is an independently organised event, licensed by TED.

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Modern Japanese Architecture by Tezuka Architects

Modern Japanese Architecture by Tezuka Architects

Modern Japanese Architecture by Tezuka Architects

Ever since visiting Grenada in Nicaragua I’ve enjoyed the idea of living spaces which feature living spaces designed around a central courtyard. Thinking back it’s also an aspect of design I’ve noticed and enjoyed in many martial arts movies as well. For me, the whole idea of having the outdoor living space incorporated into the overall house design in such a way that it’s private, open and accessible is brilliant and makes for a comfortable living space that I’d be more than happy to spend time in.

This led to me knocking around in my StumbleUpon favourites looking for inspiration and ideas on modern living spaces and architecture when I found a collection of some sublime modern Japanese architecture by Tezuka Architects that blew my mind. The following Modern Courtyard Home Designs by Tezuka Architects represent my idea of almost perfect living spaces.

Check out the following examples of their work and be prepared to be inspired:

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Papermation: Paper Parkour Stop Motion Video

Check out this stupidly cool stop motion parkour video I found via Dark Roasted Blend.

Paper Parkour is a black and white stop motion papermation video concept which features awesome parkour illustations by Serene Teh and some slick post producion work by Noel Lee.

Concept and art are fused to create one super sick parkour video (47 seconds) which is an essential viewing experience…. watch this you must!