#brent comber

[icha-ichaparadise]

Small trendy courtyard concrete paver patio fountain photo with no cover

#gallant and jones #brent comber #bold art #french doors #patio off den #farrow and ball #patio

[plastolux]

The artwork of Brent Comber#mid century, #architecture, #MCM, #modern, #design, #modernism

[smallstudiodesign]

Yaletown’s Heritage Seating — The “Chapel Arts” benches — a multi-year project involves reclaiming old growth lumber from warehouse beams, then working with crafts houses able to handle items weighing many tons. The engineering alone became a project within a project. STREET FURNITURE — Back in 2011, the Yaletown Business Improvement Assn (YBIA) launched the “Heritage Street Furniture Project” to commemorate the City’s 125th Anniversary. Utilizing large heritage beams recovered from retrofits/demos in the heritage district, new #publicart & street furniture was commissioned to reflect Yaletown’s historic beginnings. ••• Artists fabricated the #streetfurniture from this #reclaimedlumber to showcase the massive size of #timber used in this #heritage warehouse district. Furthermore, Yaletown’s #railwayheritage (as western-most terminus of the CPR /CNR & our National Dream) is highlighted in the elements’ design. The incorporation of materials incl. railway tracks /spikes (ie. bench legs, etc), give visual cues to the district’s industrial origins. ••• Location: Stroll down Mainland Street to discover “Chapel Benches”, locally designed & manufactured by Wiens Studios, & others by Brent Comber Originals & City of Vancouver’s Engineering Services. #heritagevancouver • #yaletown • #vancouverhistory • #heritagedistrict • #vancouverheritage • #industrialstyle • ••• iPhone photos by @christopherlylesmall @smallstudiodesign • Shot #onlocation along Mainland St., Yaletown, Vancouver 🇨🇦 • #smallstudiodesign • (at The Distillery Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGeRX7LBIJd/?igshid=gj6qdca00i2k

#publicart #streetfurniture #reclaimedlumber #timber #heritage #railwayheritage #heritagevancouver #yaletown #vancouverhistory #heritagedistrict #vancouverheritage #industrialstyle #onlocation #smallstudiodesign

[usfwspacific]

Why Save Sea Turtles?

By Laura Todd

Photo: Comber the green sea turtle being released into the Pacific Ocean off southern California, October 23, 2016, Photo credit: SeaWorld San Diego

I’ve been asked, “What difference does one turtle make?”  

It is absolutely true that one turtle, in comparison to the entire world’s population, represents a small contribution to that population.  However, rehabilitating that one individual from an endangered or threatened population can ensure decades of offspring over a lifespan of up to 80 years.

Every turtle that strands and is treated, successfully or not, teaches us something.  The first lesson they teach us is how to successfully respond, which is vital to know if we ever have a spill or catastrophe that causes mass turtle strandings. And erratic ocean conditions like algal blooms, El Niño, oxygen depletion, and warming sea surface temperatures are resulting in greater numbers of stranded turtles.

Photo: Track of Comber, a rehabilitated male green sea turtle released back to sea on October 20, 2016. Data courtesy of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (Dr. Brent Stewart)

Additionally, many of the turtles we have treated are juveniles or very young adults.  This age group is crucial as the future breeding population, and very little is known about them.  The period between hatching and return to the nesting area is known as the “lost years” because when the turtles leave their nests, they are too tiny to track with conventional satellite equipment, and they are seldom encountered until the females return to nest 20 or more years later – unless we find them stranded.  And males are even more mysterious since they spend their lives at sea.

And each stranded turtle we successfully release has a story with important lessons.  A green sea turtle named Comber, stranded in Canada in 2015 and released in November 2016, was the first ever successful sea turtle rescue from Canada.  With a satellite tag attached, Comber was released to the sea southwest of San Diego. He shocked us by heading straight back to Canada!  When his transmitter finally failed on March 30, 2017, he was in British Columbia a few miles north of where he stranded, showing signs of normal turtle activity.   He was able to swim over 1,500 miles in frigid waters in the dead of winter, and based on another turtle released in 2011, it may be more common than we know. Two turtles can tell a story, but we need more information to develop a pattern.

Photo: Tucker in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the Virginia Mason Center for Hyperbaric Medicine with a team of experts that included Seattle Aquarium veterinarian Lesanna Lahner and Jim Holm, MD, medical director of hyperbaric medicine. Photo credit: Seattle Aquarium

Hopefully, the pattern will fill in a bit more brightly this fall. Three sea turtles, stranded in December 2014 and 2015, are returning to the Pacific Ocean on September 11!  All three will be equipped with satellite transmitters to map their travels.  And all three have already provided us with valuable information, teaching us lessons in treatment of cold-stranding and buoyancy.

Bouyancy is a common problem for stranded turtles. Air becomes trapped under the shell or in their organs, and the turtle has difficulty expelling the trapped air.  Bouyant sea turtles have difficulty diving, swimming, and feeding, and if unable to be successfully treated, cannot be released.  

Photo:  Lightning in a hydration bath during her rehabilitation at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Photo credit: Oregon Coast Aquarium

All three of the soon-to-be-released turtles had health issues that were difficult to resolve.  Solstice’s severe buoyancy required almost 3 years and tenacious care to successfully treat. Lightning’s buoyancy problems were less pronounced, but her injuries and cold-stunning were critical. She had infections; pneumonia; several broken bones, including one at the base of her skull; and her eyes were so badly damaged we thought she had lost one or both eyes. With meticulous care at the Oregon Coast Aquarium and SeaWorld, her eyes healed, she underwent surgery to remove bone fragments in her neck, and she now feeds and rests comfortably at the bottom of her pool.  Both of these young adult females are healthy and ready to return to sea.

Tucker was even worse.  I drove him from Seaside Aquarium to Seattle to receive critical treatment, and by the time he was handed off to the Seattle Aquarium team, he looked dead. Veterinary staff spent two days manually breathing for him through a tube.  He revived, but it was apparent he had severe pneumonia and buoyancy.  He received a unique treatment in a hyperbaric chamber at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle where veterinary staff attempted a new technique to further expel gas from his tissues and blood.  His improvement was nothing short of miraculous and provided us new potential solutions to a common problem in stranded turtles.

Photo: Solstice during rehabilitation at SeaWorld San Diego, CA. Photo credit: SeaWorld

The road to recovery for these turtles was long, but the Seattle Aquarium, the Oregon Coast Aquarium, and SeaWorld San Diego all worked together to revive, treat, transport, and release them successfully. Together, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, we all continue to support the science behind the treatment, recovery, and release of these threatened sea turtles.  

The difference that a rehabilitated sea turtle makes is not just in its ability to reproduce or teach us lessons.  Perhaps more importantly, turtles clearly have value to humans just as turtles.  Witness the human connection to turtles in the millions of car decals and tattoos or the wonder expressed by visitors seeing a turtle on the beach in Costa Rica or Mexico or Hawaii. People love turtles. Sea turtles are seen as peaceful, wise, mysterious and interesting ocean ambassadors that travel the world and symbolize the great unknown sea.  People want to help sea turtles live freely in their natural environment, whether it means recycling more plastic, cleaning up litter, improving fishing practices, or saving turtles that need human assistance.  The public expects us to do our duty to work with others to conserve and protect sea turtles and their ocean habitat, and saving stranded sea turtles helps us fulfill that mission.

#turtle #turtles #cool #conservation #sea turtles #turtle takeover #sea world #Oregon Coast Aquarium

[suspicious]

music of 2017

i wonder if subscribing to apple music contributed to my year of passive music listening. i also championed individual songs more than albums this year, and a lot of the releases i had to look forward to somewhat disappointed (e.g., the national, lcd soundsystem, arcade fire, broken social scene, phoenix). 

great albums:

cigarettes after sex - [self-titled]

harry styles - [self-titled] *some shame in including this but w/e

japanese breakfast - soft sounds from another planet

jay som - everybody works

joji - in tongues

kendrick lamar - damn.

the national - sleep well beast *though not on the same echelon as their other releases

rostam - half-light

tyler, the creator - flower boy

the xx - i see you

great songs (spotify, itunes):

animal collective - man of oil *third most played

banks - crowded places

beach house - chariot

brent faiyaz - talk 2 u

bruno mars - that’s what i like^

calvin harris & frank ocean - slide

childish gambino - sober^

cashmere cat & ariana grande - quit

daniel caesar & h.e.r. - best part

drake - passionfruit

drake - teenage fever *the j lo sample ruins me

the drums - blood under my belt

fabolous & tamia - into you^

frank ocean & jay-z - biking

frank ocean - chanel

girlpool - it gets more blue

goldlink, brent faiyaz & shy glizzy - crew^

harry styles - from the dining table

harry styles - meet me in the hallway

haim & mura masa - walking away

jamila woods & chance the rapper - lsd

japanese breakfast - this house

jay som - the bus song

joey bada$$ - love is only a feeling *second most played

kendrick lamar & zacari - love *clearly a corny gal, but i love the “ride blade on curve” bit

lana del rey & a$ap rocky - groupie love

lcd soundsystem - oh baby

mac demarco - let my baby stay^

martin garrix & dua lipa (medasin remix) - scared to be lonely

mura masa & a$ap rocky - love$ick^ *reminds me of 2000s hip-hop

noname - bye bye baby

the obsessives - when one thing ends

radiohead - lift *lovelovelove

real estate - beach comber

rostam & kelly zutrau - half-light

rostam - i will see you again

sampha - (no one knows me) like the piano

sam smith - the thrill of it all *there might be other songs i might like more but this one is safe lol

shannon saunders - creatures *much prefer this version to the recorded one 

snakehips & mø - don’t leave

st. vincent - new york

syd - know

tennis - modern woman

travis scott - goosebumps^ *this song gets me 

tyler, the creator, frank ocean & steve lacy - 911/mr. lonely

tyler, the creator & kali uchis - see you again

the xx - replica

the xx - on hold *most played track

+ song title word count: 5x love, 4x you, 3x baby (’baby’ shows up in the lyrics of many more songs)

enjoyed but can’t see myself revisiting:

drake - more life

girlpool - powerplant

kendrick lamar - damn. *oops

still need to process:

dvsn - morning after

phoenix - ti amo

st. vincent - masseduction

yaeji - ep/ep2

^ not from ‘17 but found this year

#music #note #list

[steamedtangerine]

Don Yeomans (Haida tribe) and Brent Comber side table or Alder Cube

Douglas Reynolds Gallery

https://douglasreynoldsgallery.com/artwork/cultural-group/haida/don-yeomans-x-brent-comber-side-tables/

#art

[mindahofer]

Brent Comber Tables at Vancouver’s Salt Tasting Room http://bit.ly/2XTkFrX

#IFTTT #WordPress

[connorrenwick]

IDS Vancouver 2018 + Design from Around Vancouver

I always love attending IDS Vancouver because they do a fantastic job of showcasing local design, and the Van design scene is one not to be missed. Beyond just the trade show, there’s been an expansion of exciting offsite shows and events surrounding IDS that demonstrate the growth of this design scene.

We sponsored The Mix, alongside LA Design Festival, which paired an LA designer with a Vancouver-based designer resulting in some great conversation and exhibitions offsite and some beautiful vignettes on the trade show floor. Featuring Hinterland (Van) x Bari Ziperstein (LA) and Ben Barber (Van) x Another Human (LA).

Beautiful and fun cardboard booth space by Matthew McCormick.

I loved the Finnish design booth, curated by Susanna Björklund, titled “What the HEL from Finland“!

This particular bathroom vignette in the DXV-powered Open Studio / Retreat area was my favorite. Designed by Angela Robinson Interior Design, the spa-like bath space had a stunning window and outdoor shower/garden that stole the show.

Loved the new artwork and rugs that Zoe Pawlak was showing.

Caesarstone’s “Altered States” installation with Snarkitecture was so cool – the fog was our favorite.

Loved these Dear Human tables and objects.

This gorgeous 84 series light from Bocci had mesh inside.

Base Modern teamed up with New Age to create this gorgeous crystal-embedded table with a built-in lazy Susan. I love all the colors and shapes happening here.

The Wilson School of Design teamed up with materials exploration experts Envisions to create a fun moving textiles exhibition… I couldn’t help but think these were kind of like designy air dancers!

I discovered Ryspot Design, who creates fun, speckled and organic concrete designs – fun!

Beautiful “Potions” glass collection by Jaan Andres Glass Design.

Kate Duncan’s ADDRESS was a stunner featuring 20+ brands from Kate’s own brand to Propellor, Brent Comber, artist Lynn Falconer, ANTIPOD Workshop and more.

Jeff Martin Joinery, New Format and friends created a space called Field Trip where he showcased some of their Excavated Vessels, furnishings, artwork and more.

via http://design-milk.com/

from WordPress https://connorrenwickblog.wordpress.com/2018/09/25/ids-vancouver-2018-design-from-around-vancouver/

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[whitehotel]

Brent Comber, China grove (21st century)

#art #sculpture #wood #tree trunk #brent comber

[plastolux]

The artwork of Brent Comber#mid century, #architecture, #MCM, #modern, #design, #modernism

[assistar-blog]

Brent Comber

Brent Comber는 캐나다 밴쿠버에 있는 디자인 스튜디오를 운영하고 있습니다. Brent Comber는 떨어지거나 이미 베어진 나무, 버려진 나뭇 조각 등을 이용해 가구를 만드는 프로젝트들을 진행해 왔습니다. 오리나무로 테이블·벤치 등의 가구를 만든 프로젝트 Alder, 제각기 다른 모양으로 쪼개지고 깨진 나무조각을 가지고 조립해 만든 프로젝트 shattered 등입니다. 프로젝트에 쓰인 버려진 나뭇조각들은 개인이나 작은 제재소 및 공장 등에게 공급 받았습니다.

http://www.brentcomber.com/

#Brent Comber #alder #shattered #recycle design #재활용 디자인 #green #sustainable design

[connorrenwick]

10 Faves from IDS Vancouver 2017

Going to shows and finding local folks is our favorite part of design shows, and we just got back from IDS Vancouver, where we were delighted to discover new designers and brands we hadn’t seen here in the States.

Tokyo Exchange concept by FSOARK

Our team at Design Milk once again curated the Tokyo Exchange showcasing innovative works by Tokyo-based design studios we+ and Design For Industry with an installation space designed by FSOARK Architect Inc.

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Design for Industry

Design for Industry

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A small, collaborative space featuring work by Brent Comber and Eindhoven-based Studio OS ∆ OOS was one of my favorites

The incredible work of Alberta-based Wronko Woods in the Prototype section was probably my best of show… yes! This stuff is SO GOOD. The inlaid wood, the simple shapes, but taking that trend to a new level, complete with nice craftsmanship, too.

Wood details

Also in Prototype, experimental design studio Origins, from Vancouver, showed this Tempo credenza, which was gorgeous but I couldn’t seem to get a good photo of it, so here’s a lovely one from their website:

I liked the fun pop of color underneath these tables and stools from SHIPWAY living design, another Vancouver-based design brand. The unique wooden wall light was also really beautiful!

Dina González Mascaró showed this beautiful vessel and gave me a sneak peek into her new gallery/shop Monument.

Really loved the new Hinterland for Peace Industry rugs, and enjoyed spending some time chilling in Hinterland’s newest Shepherd’s chairs (so comfy!).

I loved these playful objects by Matteo Cibic.

I loved seeing these Oddness vases in person – they’re stunning! Read our feature on them here.

VC-based Lixht’s house numbers were stunning.

For more about IDS Vancouver and to learn more about next year’s show, visit idsvancouver.com.

via http://design-milk.com/

from WordPress https://connorrenwickblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/10-faves-from-ids-vancouver-2017/

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[merkeran]

'DR-1 Drum' by Vancouver based designer Brent Comber, Canada

#brent comber #stool #wood #contemporary #modern furniture design