Robert L. Franklin Blog: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Traditional Moroccan cosmetics updated for smartphone generation

Industrial designer Kim Ramain-Colomb's brightly packaged Habibi cosmetics range is based on traditional Moroccan makeup. Read more

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Books: Got To Catch Them All!

The SAS PTA elementary book fair will be held from November 30 through December 2 from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in the elementary library. Click title to volunteer.

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2015-16 Annual Report

The year's report reflects many of the events and milestones, key academic indicators, new programs and instructional strategies in each division, the way that we steward our finances, and much more.

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Digital Citizenship Week

Digital Citizenship Week is here! Your child will have the opportunity to engage in activities that promote the use of technology safely, responsibly, and respectfully.

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Active Parenting Workshop Registration

Active Parenting is a six part program where each session builds on the previous workshop, facilitated by the elementary kindergarten to grade three school counselors.

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Bricklaying robots create bulging brick facade for Shanghai arts centre

Chinese studio Archi-Union Architects programmed robots to construct the undulating brick facade of this art gallery in Shanghai's West Bund district. Read more

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Carbon-fibre orb marks entrance to Detroit academic building by Morphosis

US studio Morphosis has completed a science, design and engineering facility in Michigan, which features a scrim made of ETFE plastic and an entrance stairwell contained within a black orb made of carbon fibre. Read more

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SkunkLock bicycle lock causes thieves to vomit

Bicycle thieves will need a stomach of steel to thwart the SkunkLock, which makes anyone who attempts to cut through it throw up. Read more

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Hawthorne by Pennyfarthing

Pennyfarthing Homes brings a stunning new development to Vancouver’s West side. This amazing development will consist of 1-3 bedroom residences ranging from 680 sq ft to 1,433 sq ft over 7 storeys.

The Hawthorne is situated next to the lovely Queen Elizabeth park and just a short walk along Cambie will bring you to the Oakridge mall where you will satisfy all you shopping and dinning needs.

Pricing has not yet been determined. Please register and join our VIP list to be one of the first to receive information

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Tesla and SolarCity unveil inconspicuous solar roof tiles with "quasi-infinite" lifespan

Elon Musk has realised his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", combining camouflaged roof tiles with an updated version of the energy-storing Powerwall. Read more

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Zaha Hadid-designed trophies to be presented at Brit Awards

The trophies awarded to musicians at next year's Brit Awards will have been designed by the late Zaha Hadid. Read more

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Slender roof covers Apple Store Stanford by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

A+Awards: a dramatically thin roof soars over the glass front of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto – another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards. Read more

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COBE bases collection of ceramic plant pots on its own building

Danish architecture firm COBE has created a range of ridged pots based on a school building it also designed. Read more

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Eight coffins and urns you would want to be seen dead in

It's Halloween, a time when many cultures honour the dead. To mark the occasion, we take a tour through some of the most interesting final resting places dreamed up by designers, including a biodegradable urn that turns a deceased loved one into a tree and colourful zip-up coffins designed to make death less depressing. Read more

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Pedro Reyes teams rough concrete with crazy paving for Mexico City home

The Mexico City home and studio of Mexican sculptor Pedros Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez features crazy paving floors, as well as a staircase and double-height library rendered in coarse concrete. Read more

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Job of the day: interior designer at Heatherwick Studio

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at London's Heatherwick Studio, which recently revealed designs for a honeycomb-like staircase at its Hudson Yards development in New York (pictured). Read more stories on Thomas Heatherwick, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

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Óscar Miguel Ares Álvares creates "abstract and hard" care home inspired by arid surroundings

Rows of concrete fins shade the large windows of this nursing home near the Spanish city of Valladolid, which features rooms clustered around a landscaped central courtyard. Read more

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Nendo adds cork seat to its sustainable range of SU stools for Emeco

Japanese studio Nendo has released a new version of its environmentally friendly SU stool for Emeco, adding an interchangeable cork seat to the design. Read more

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Victorian loft conversion by A Small Studio creates "relaxation oasis"

A dormer window with a thick black frame offers views of the garden from this reading room, which is one of three new loft spaces created for a home in south-east London by A Small Studio. Read more

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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Dezeen's latest Pinterest board shines a light on Diwali

Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. To celebrate, we've pinned dozens of lighting installations to a new Pinterest board, such as a canopy of pulsating lanterns designed for New York's Winter Garden and a glowing red sun made from thousands of crystals. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

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Saturday, October 29, 2016

El Dorado wraps Missouri home around sunken courtyard

American studio El Dorado has completed a residence in Kansas City that is organised around a sunken central courtyard. Read more

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Stuffies At School

This week our book for the Global Read Aloud was Twenty Yawns, a story about a child who needs to find her stuffies to sleep. On Friday, we brought our own “sleep aids” to school. They helped us to read, to write and to think with the students in Illinois about how having a stuffed toy makes us feel.