ARTIVIST : iPhone home by JoFF Rae

ARTIVIST : iPhone = 3 months of images from October to December 2011; random collection of images - not heavily edited; selection a distant second priority to collection...

 

Container House - Owhiro Bay by JoFF Rae

The iconic Container House in Owhiro Bay, Wellington by Industrial Designer Ross Stevens...

Ross Stevens House

Industrial designer Ross Stevens built this distinctive house in Wellington, New Zealand. Repurposed shipping containers form an intriguing contrast to the surrounding hill. In fact, the unique home makes use of the hill itself, expanding interior space beyond the containers.

Parts of the Ross Stevens house are surprisingly spacious and comfortable. There's even a cool table made from a repurposed door.

Read more:

Cliffside Shipping Container Home in New Zealand | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

PRESS PAUSE PLAY by JoFF Rae

A film about hope, fear and digital culture.

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites.

But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?

This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.

http://www.presspauseplay.com/

& you thought my riders were demanding!?! by JoFF Rae

Any time I write a rider I'm thinking of the comfort of everybody...
Lupe Fiasco requires that concert promoters provide him with an “Ice  crème sundae bar” stocked with three flavors, sprinkles, hot fudge, warm  brownies, and Kr…

Any time I write a rider I'm thinking of the comfort of everybody...

Lupe Fiasco requires that concert promoters provide him with an “Ice crème sundae bar” stocked with three flavors, sprinkles, hot fudge, warm brownies, and Krispy Kreme doughnuts.Now that's comfort!

Touring his chart-topping album “Lasers,” Fiasco (real name: Wasalu Muhammad Jaco) also has some specific food requirements, ranging from “4 pans of Corn Bread from House of Blues” to “Hebrew National Hot Dogs”.

standard requirements like face wipes, Arm & Hammer deodorant, “Degree Sports Deodorant,” Tums, Tylenol, three Oral B toothbrushes, and “Colgate Total plus whitening Toothpaste” are all specific...

... the rider even demands “Ear plugs.”