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The problem with repetitive patterns is that you get lost. I want enlightenment, or at least temporarily illuminating the dark side of intricate, entangled, lines and shapes.
We're talking about patterns here, patterns that are great to look stare at but hard to make. Well, not that hard, actually.
Starting at the end, here is the result, this is what we want, everyone --
And this is what it's made of, where pattern recognition comes into play -- the smallest atomic piece that, once repeated, makes up a whole tiled wall or wallpaper --
Now, let's deconstruct this pattern and analyze it --
The small shapes correspond to #1 while the larger figures are represented as #2.
Elements are turned upside down, rotated, mirrored, morphing into on another and through the boundaries of the boxes.
There is just one rule: The top has to fit seemlessly to the bottom and the left must fit the right -- without mirroring; any mirror effect has to take place within the tile, which doesn't have to be square, obviously.
See what happens in these inaccurately drawn, schematic tiles --
The hard part, and the art part, is to work as accurately as possible. This is important because the desired rapport is a seemless pattern.
Bonus points are awarded for avoiding the swastika pattern, which is way too easily created by rotating elements in an attempt to create visual "harmony." (Lyrois Pattern Law #1: When you think you're done, look for, and remove the swastikas.)
I'll leave you with some ready-made tiles that you can use as your Twitter background image, just right-click, save-as, and you're done --
As for the second tile, who can tell me something about this one, concerning normalization and pattern recognition?
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Labels: 2010, art, interior+design, lyrois, making+of, monogram, murals, patterns, print, store+furniture, twitter, wallpaper
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The eighth, and for now, final Lyrois chair, #18, for Patio & Lounge --
Chair #18 is based on the original Lyrois shape #18, a somewhat lost (but beloved) child from the family, it appeared never before.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
Labels: 2010, architecture, art, chairs, commissions, furniture, interior+design, lyrois, store+furniture
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The seventh Lyrois chair, for Showroom & Stage, #13 --
Chair #13 is based on the original Lyrois shape #13, featuring fluid lines for soft curves.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
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The sixth Lyrois chair, is a reunion of twins, for Garden & Patio, #16 --
Chair #16 is based on the original Lyrois shape #16, a very special garden & patio chair, it's a metamorphosis of two models, each one of them made from the same shape, one side being upright and the opposing side being upside-down.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
Labels: 2010, architecture, art, chairs, commissions, furniture, interior+design, lyrois, store+furniture
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The fifth Lyrois chair, #12 --
Chair #12 is based on the original Lyrois shape #12, a simple, inviting audience chair.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
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The fourth Lyrois chair, in fact, a stool, #06b --
Chair #06b is based on the original Lyrois shape #06, a bar stool, the companion piece to the director's chair.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
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The third Lyrois chair and a bench variation, #06a --
Chair #06a is based on the original Lyrois shape #06, a director's chair and a variant as a bench.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
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The second Lyrois chair, #02 --
Chair #02 is based on the original Lyrois shape #02, a lounge chair, companion piece to chair #10.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
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The first one from a line of exquisite furniture items, chair #10 is finally ready to be shown --
Chair #10 is based on the original Lyrois shape #10, a coffeehouse and lounge design piece.
Models are made in hard wood and a very limited collector's edition will be made from translucent and colored acrylic glass.
Please inquire about prices, colors, and availability via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
You might want to read the backstory and see a list of models.
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Something new for 2010: A micro-manufacturing project featuring a line of chairs: A couple of lounge chairs, a director's chair, a bench, and a bar stool, ... all built around, of course, the LYROIS shapes.
Loud coffeehouses and calm lounges, as well as the big stage, or that stylish office -- a Lyrois chair might add the final touch in your quest towards extraordinary --
The prototype production is in progress, there will be high quality chairs in heavy wood and a line of collector's chairs in translucent and colored acrylic glass. Watch this space for updates and the different models dropping in.
As always, I am making these on a custom basis and am able to make the chairs according to your input; size, and color, and material-wise. The shapes can't be altered though, it wouldn't be an original Lyrois anymore...
You may contact me for options and prices via lyrois [at] googlemail.com.
Labels: 2010, acrylic, architecture, art, black, chairs, commissions, interior+design, lyrois, preview, store+furniture, vinyl, wood
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After playing with repetitive shapes on skatedecks, here are the electric patterns again -- they're repetitive, after all --
How it is done: Printed on water-resistant billboard paper or on self-adhesive, non water-resistant standard paper, for outdoor walls, it is possible to produce wallpapers on glossy or matte vinyl.
What you get: Rolls, 2ft wide or sheets, up to 5ft wide.
Please note that the artwork is clean and clear vector data, here is a close-up detail --
See also: Wallpaper: Purple Shapes
Labels: 2009, art, interior+design, lyrois, monogram, murals, patterns, print, store+furniture, vinyl, wallpaper
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An appetizer for stuff to come --
Lyrois' architectural essays, conversations between architecture and art.
Labels: 2009, announcement, architecture, art, decals, etched+glas, graffiti, interior+design, lyrois, mies+series, mies+van+der+rohe, murals, pixel+art, preview
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We have lots of transparencies, glass, and see-through elements in store this year. Silver-matte etching on, well, glass --
Also, celebrating the return of crude photography capturing beautiful artwork.
Click on the pic above for double the fun and shadow play.
If you happen to enjoy the window, you might also like the previously documented Door Decals.
Labels: 2009, art, decoration, etched+glas, interior+design, lyrois, silhouette
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Concluding the 2008 roadmap, here is the initial stylebook for the screen, or, if you want to, for printing.
The stylebook, as a PDF-file --
See also the introduction.
Selected works are available as unlimited, as well as limited-edition, high-quality, signed and numbered, prints.
Labels: 2008, 2008ss, art, decals, decoration, graffiti, interior+design, lyrois, miniatures, pdf, print, stylebook, tableaux, vinyl, wallpaper
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Pics and links to all flavors and the refs to the 2008 stylebook (PDF).
Tableaux Series: Special Ed. White on White
Translating High-Res to Low-Res Graphics --
Tableaux Series: Purple and Black on White
Miniature Series: Purple Shadows
There you have it, see ya in 2009.
Labels: 2008, 2008ss, art, couture, decals, decoration, fashion, interior+design, lego, lyrois, miniatures, murals, pixel+art, script+logo, silhouette, stickers, stylebook, vinyl, wallpaper
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The very last delivery from the menue in 2008, check this out --
We took the notorious 2D-shapes and finally made them stand up; 3-dimensionally cut in black and white vinyl. The little guys come in 2, 3, 4, and 5 inches height. There are also bigger ones in 5ft serving as store furniture parts and unique clothes hangers.
Made by the fine guys at 30pro.
Happy holidays everybody and a fruitful new year 2009.
Labels: 2008, 2008ss, 3d, art, interior+design, lyrois, script+logo, store+furniture, stylebook, vinyl
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We talked about the mural long before. Well, finally, here it is --
This one is 125 × 53cm -- you know, we have huge walls in those old European houses.
The Silhouettes Mural is for sale; matte black and glossy Lyrois signature-purple vinyl on white aluminum. It is possible to make different sizes and color combinations to custom-match your individual environment.
There is also a printed version on high-gloss photographic paper in 100 x 50cm.
Labels: 2008, 2008ss, aluminum, architecture, art, interior+design, lyrois, murals, posters, print, tableaux
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... door decals, that is. The beauty about European houses is that antique wooden doors are all included and genuine.
The same techniques we use to cover busses and trucks with ads, pictures and all-over graphics, come back -- en miniature -- in delicate shapes, cut in elegant, glossy foil.
As promised --
These decals stick to most wallpapers and laquered wood, yet the foil is fully removable without leaving any residue.
Labels: 2008, 2008ss, architecture, art, decals, decoration, interior+design, lyrois, stylebook, vinyl
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