Barcelona 1908

Barcelona 1908, LINK: Youtube

Art That Makes You Fear For Your Life

Created in Barcelona, Posada's sculpture uses all sorts of unique gadgetry to respond to its environment, translating the movement around it into a terrifying spectacle of light and sound.

A pair of sensors above the sculpture detect exhibit-goers' movements and relays them to several LED lights, spinning on an concentric structure resembling an atomic diagram. A surround sound system in the exhibit space is synchronized with the lights.

What does all of that tech amount to? A spinning, whirring neon orb that looks like some sort of bomb, moments after detonation. Or an alien pod, hovering menacingly. Or some other thing that's threatening my life. All I know is that art appreciation has never been scarier. [Designboom] Via: Gizmodo

Ride Through the Streets of Barcelona in 1908

Filmed from the front of a trolley, this 7-minute film evokes what life was like before automobiles and trucks dominated the streets. LINK, Via: Neatorama, Via: Youtube

The New Barcelo Raval Hotel in Barcelona

This modern design hotel will make you do a double take the moment you walk through their doors. Designers like Jaime Hayon, Marcel Wanders for Mooi, and Vitra have all had their hands on this place, creating a modern world unlike you've ever seen before. Touted as the "central gem of the city," Barcelo Raval has only become what it is today by a $44.7 million (or $35 million euro) facelift realized by the architect Jose Maria Guillen White. LINK

Barcelo Raval Hotel website

From High Tops to Flip Flops

These modular shoes can convert to several different styles just by using the zippers! Hey, you never know when you’ll have to stop at a beach on the way to a basketball game. They were noticed at a fashion show in Barcelona on Thursday. Link, Via: Neatorama

The House of Bones

Restored and remodeled by the Spanish modernist architect in the years 1905–1907, Casa Batllo is now one the most overlooked buildings by the tourists who visit Barcelona. Although Casa Batllo is a museum now, Gaudi designed it for for a wealthy Barcelona Aristocrat.

The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), and indeed it does have a visceral, skeletal organic quality.

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