The installation was in the courtyard of the 18th century Hotel d’Aurès music school as part of the Festival des Architectures Vives :In(Side)Out in Montpellier, France last summer.
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Hoop Structure – Yes We Can Architects
Blue Bottle Coffee: customer takes design into his own hands.
The Blue Bottle Coffee kiosk beneath my architecture office is constantly busy, sometimes with lines exceeding 30 minutes in our Hayes Valley back alley. This morning as I approached our front door, I notices a new street addition across the street. Desiring more table space to set his drink, one of the regular customers [...]
Poppin all over the world…
This image show the top 500 cities that visited Isopop.com in March 2009. The diagram was generated using Google Analytic.
Sharna’s 5-beat weave
I didn’t think this was physically/conceptually possible but then Sharna goes and posts a video of it. I’ve been drilling this all weekend and I’m getting close to having it smooth but it’s a serious test of my co-ordination. I love moves like this that really stretch the boundaries of co-ordination.
-Sharna [...]
aRose by Random Rab
Grant used to say that “The Riddle” by Random Rab was the soundtrack to our lives that no one knew. He said that because he played it all the time, everyone loved the song, but no one ever really payed that much attention to it. If you don’t own “The Riddle” by Random [...]
Sign of the times
A restaurant I was working on has been put on hold.
Business Cards
Just received my new business cards. The cards say, “isopop, hoop performance teaching research.” I’m particularly fond of the research part.
Hoop Isolations Class – Code Red Circus Conspiracy
The isolation scientists are at it again, this time bringing their technical skills to the hoop dance community. This is a unique opportunity to study isolations with two of the most skilled object manipulation style hoopers in the world.
Code Red Circus Conspiracy is Brian Thompson and Matt McCorkle. They live and play at [...]
An incomplete Manifesto for growth.
This morning I found Bruce Mau’s Manifesto (through Bre Pettis). Bruce Mau is graphic design genius. In college I was infatuated with his ability to redefine the issues of architecture. I’ve plucked the parts applicable to spinning here:
1. Allow events to change you.
You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different [...]
