‘I’ve always been interested in kaleidoscopes,’ David Rockwell says of his design for jeweller Mauboussin’s new 6000-sq-ft Madison Avenue flagship. When night falls, this tiny townhouse’s screened facade is lit up with the shifting colours of a projected kaleidoscope.

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Taste was featured on New York Magazine’s Eater blog this week.

The central bar is where it gets crazy, with the biggest feature being a quilt made out of paper plates hanging in space. From each side, LAB is projecting images that change according to taste categories. So, one minute it’ll be all things that are sweet; the next, all that are bitter. ‘It feels very animated, but it’s projecting onto these paper plates.

Eater National: David Rockwell Designs Set-Up for Taste New York

Fast Company penned a great intro to LAB Chief Tucker Viemeister.

“[T]he name Tucker? It’s because of the 1948 Tucker Sedan, the legendary automobile that his dad Read was busy designing at the time of his birth. Yes, Tucker Viemeister is named after a piece of industrial design…which his industrial designer dad worked on! Talk about a birthright.”

Introducing Guest Blogger Tucker Viemeister: Industrial Design Is in His Blood

A recent uptick in interest in LAB activity seen on some internet blogs such as Fubiz and Insidefeeders check it out.

Thanks to the recent internet shout outs for some classic LAB projects: The Sheraton Frieze see on Johnny Holland TV. Venice, Hall of Fragments seen here at the interaction lab @ wdka, here at Ryan Hicks – Harmonium, here at anupark , here at Digital Buyologie and here where the virtual interfaces with the physical at the-u.Me. A mention of our workshop at CIID last year here at pixelpeople . And some more Digital Confetti coverage at inkdish, in French at anythingbutlogs, and in Turkish at fanzineri.

Hall of Fragments wins a D&AD award in the category of environmental design: the winners circle .

Lots of web coverage for the Digital Confetti project and video. A big thanks to all the people who posted this story.
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Kanye West shows his interest in the Hall of Fragments in a recent blog post .

The LAB’s own Tucker Viemeister tell us his thoughts on designers and bankers in the Visual Culture: Quote of the Week the blog of Oberholtzer Creative . . The Mauboussin Kaleidoscope makes a guest appearance as a visual aid. Also check out this interview with Tucker.

A recent surge of internet interest has seen seen Hall of Frgaments . showing up on a number of design related blogs notable on the ever popular NOTCOT with links to flyyf , it can also be seen here on jasentay , hysysk , hetmek , kiske and The Centre for Advanced Visualization and Interaction, CAVI . Thanks internet.