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SAM SPRATT’S SPRING PORTRAIT CONTEST/CUSTOM PORTRAIT/SIGNED PRINT GIVEAWAY!

Spring is around the corner which means as thanks to you for following me here, as usual—I am giving TWO of you the chance to win a custom portrait made by me, custom-tailored to your heart’s desire. Free, no strings attached.  The rules are simple, but read them so you can win.

What You Get:

A Web-resolution (1100 pixel) custom portrait, tailored to your most bizarre of requests. You can get a very traditional portrait done or as outlandish as you can dream. Zombies, Hipsters, Pirates, Ninjas, Superheroes, Robots, etc. are all fair-game themes in which you can have yourself transmogrified in painted form.

ADDITIONALLY, I’ll be giving 3 runner-ups their choice of a 13”x19” signed velvet archival print. Choices are: Sherlock, Ron Swanson, and Inspector Spacetime.

How to Enter:

FACEBOOK: Simply comment on the following facebook post. You get an extra entry if you click the “share” button and post it to your wall. ( Sam Spratt - Facebook Contest )

TWITTER: Follow http://twitter.com/#!/SamSpratt and tweet the following phrase verbatim on twitter: 

“ Entering to win a custom portrait #painting from @samspratt’s portrait contest! https://www.facebook.com/sam.spratt ”  

This also counts as an entry.

TUMBLR: Just reblog/like this post!

How long this will last:

This contest will run until April 6th, 2012. 

You all are the best! Good luck and thanks again to all who follow my little slice of artwork on the web.

NOTE: You must be a follower or subscriber at the time of the win. 

Why all this? Well, you’ve gotta write a big check with quite a few zeros at the end of it to commission art from me—and call me crazy, but I firmly believe that in a perfect world, people *should* get to own art AND do things like “pay rent”, “eat food-like substances on occasion”, and maybe even “continue to live”. Two of you can do that, the rest of you… you’re screwed. Sincerely, <3 Sam 

This office was designed by Dutch firm Origins Architecture for a creative studio OneSize. This is such a clever solution for an office which required a series of separate spaces without introducing (too many) solid walls. Freestanding timber structure subdivides the open area, and separates meeting from projection room and open studio space.

In order to keep the project cost under control, the designers chose to construct the freestanding structure out of an inexpensive ply material typically used underneath floor coverings. They cleverly offset a “low grade” building material with a sophisticated shape and crisp detailing to create an exceptionally striking space.

Maison Biscuit designed by Pierre Minassia, AUM. Made of untreated concrete and glass, this house is defined by the screen of cut-out wood elements hung like a curtain on the outside of the glass. The house is located in a small village in the Alps in the Lyon area in France. The lot on which it is located has a major gap, with hills and abundant vegetation.

Blesso Loft designed by Joel Sanders Architects.

Pushing green design beyond the familiar incorporation of a list of LEED certified materials; this NoHo loft renovation rethinks the notion of an urban garden by literally bringing the outside in. Exterior wood decking and vegetation flow into the heart of the loft forming a planted core, a living green veil that screens the public living/dining room from the private master bedroom. The stair bulkhead doubles as a skylight and provides access to a roof terrace planted with sedum and grasses. This green core is tactile as well as a visual: the owner can bathe surrounded by lush vegetation visible through a glass wall that separates the bathroom from this planted zone. The rear of the bathroom is clad with modular plant panels. Surmounted by a skylight, this living wall is yet another element that vertically links roof and interior. An eco-friendly palette of natural and synthetic materials confound traditional distinctions between natural and artificial. When seen from entry, the planted core merges with the living lounge: the upholstered floor and seating evoke a textile garden, the interior counterpart to the roof terrace, where a bed of sedum defines a walk-able planted surface.

Inhabited Fold another great work  by Garcia and Ruiz.

‘The Inhabited Fold” is what its makers would like to call it. We would call it a peek into a new way of life. Made to showcase a vision of what the future might hold. Whirlpool gives the onlookers several chances to gasp for comfort. But the nonconformist design won’t let you. This design is so not what you would find even in the architectural design plans; we’d back slap its designers for some real out-of-the-box thinking.

Obakki the local fashion house that using shattered furniture from BrentComber, the custom spruce point of sale counter and tea bar was the largest Shattered piece had ever built. The point of sale counter contains two Corian features. The closer one is the cash area, while the further one function as a specialty tea bar and jewelry display case. You can sit comfortably as you sip your tea with the counter in front of the white stools. Obakki is the illustration of modern store that could perfectly combined with natural and unique furniture style.

Picture Source : BrentComber

A plant-filled stack of timber beams forms the reception desk of an environmental association’s headquarters in San Francisco. 

Texan studio Logan Johnson Architecture designed the lobby for American company The Sierra Club.

Native Californian plants grow in hollowed-out grooves in the reclaimed fir desk, while ribbons of light glow through the cracks between each beam.

Behind the desk, pixelated images of the nearby Sierra Nevada Mountains decorate the walls.

Some other unusual reception desks on Dezeen include one made from stacked planes of marble and another that is bright red and integrates a bench.

Photography is by Matthew Johnson.

theblackworkshop: Sunwell Muse by Takato Tamagami and Be-fun design