christian vivanco: from a lost city

an exercise about today´s social behavior.

inspired by the shanty towns all around south america,
from las ciudades perdidas in mexico city to las favelas in rio de janeiro,
FALC try to preserve the improvisation´s essence, the grids absence,
the disorder´s liberty.
fabrics, wood sticks and boxes in different dimensions and materials
(from bamboo to polycarbonate)are part of a piece of furniture -
a shelf inspired by houses on piles.

shanty towns are units of irregular self-constructed housing that are typically unlicensed and occupied illegally. they are usually on lands belonging to third parties,and are most often located on the urban periphery. shanty town residences are built randomly, although ad hoc networks of stairways, sidewalks, and simple tracks allow passage through them. most are inaccessible by vehicle, due to their narrow and irregular streets and walkways and often steep inclines. This design project was born out of a conversation with a brazilian friend. we talked about the situation in the favelas, the violence and how people survive in such a hostile environment. but we also thought that those people are as happy as most of us in a luckier situation. in simplicity lies the joy of life. I tried to recreate the feeling of this experience and to express it within this shelf.

Found

Filed under: Furniture, Social

Hungry Planet

	‘hungry planet: what the world eats’ by peter menzel — ecuador: the ayme family of tingo food expenditure for one week: 31.55 USD family recipe: potato soup with cabbage photographer peter menzel published his first book of photojournalism ‘material world, a global family portrait’ in 1994. the book looked at the material lives of people around the world. more recently, menzel and his wife faith d’aluisio published ‘hungry planet: what the world eats’. this latest book details the weekly food purchases of families around the world. “the centerpiece of each chapter is a portrait of the entire family surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries accompanied by interviews and detailed grocery lists.” china: the dong family of beijing food expenditure for one week: 1,233.76 yuan or 155.06 USD favorite foods: fried shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce japan: the ukita family of kodaira city food expenditure for one week: 37,699 yen or 317.25 USD favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips germany: the melander family of bargteheide food expenditure for one week: 375.39 euros or 500.07 USD favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon & herring, fried noodles with eggs & cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding kuwait: the al haggan family of kuwait city food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or 221.45 USD family recipe: chicken biryani with basmati rice chad: the aboubakar family of breidjing camp food expenditure for one week: 685 cfa francs or 1.23 USD favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat From Designboom

Filed under: Social, World