Welcome to the new dn!

blog: noun -
1998, short for weblog

If you are here, you've solved the riddle.

The new dn is a place for Gensler Denver employees to share inspiration, ideas and sources. (It is a public space, so no project info please!)

Have a site that blows you away, an event you want to share with the office, or a site with bunnies making movies? Put it up.

Categories and topics will evolve as content is added and everything is automatically archived, so gradually a library of sources we can all use will accumulate.

Start flat, go 3D....

Interesting forms and structures, all CNC cut from flat sheets.
From dwell
www.sumarch.com

CNC Furniture...

The birch plywood is a bit tired, but some nice stuff from a small producer in Canada.
I love Canada!

http://www.queuebert.com/laminates/

Project for Public Spaces

Case studies, profiles and photos of public spaces.
Lots of resources....
www.pps.org/

Livescience.com

Great science-based imagery and articles.
www.livescience.com

Catch up on your flicks

All your favorite movies condensed to 30 seconds... oh, and reinacted by bunnies:

http://www.angryalien.com/

Statistics couldn't be any cooler

"Remind Me" music video for catchy upbeat Norwegian electronic band, Röyksopp, is an amazing series of statistics, graphs and diagrams brought to life:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o

virtual hotel stay

W's younger budget-conscious (but still hip) spin off hotel, aloft, opened it's first location in the virtual online world, Second Life. It was a way for W's design team to study how people live, travel, and socialize, and react to design elements of the aloft concept. Even the design production was done in virtuality, with team meetings conducted online in a SimCity-esque video game format.

Rooms in aloft resembles a modern studio loft, with higher ceilings, sexy open bathrooms, modern environmentally-sustainable materials, and wide rooms to allow the bed to be positioned towards the window wall. Amenities are few (who needs amenities when you are young, active and mobile?), but includes innovative concepts like a take-away counter (in lieu of a restaurant) stocked with gourmet box meals and snacks, a environmentally friendly "backyard" lounge with a plunge pool, a nightclub-like bar/lounge, and small yet efficient state of the art workout room. While aloft has been open in the virtual world for almost a year now, about 20 has broken ground this year (opening in 2008) with a goal of 500 properties worldwide by 2012.