Black Light Billiard Tables by Toulet. Tons of Colors and Many Cool Options.

Making pool cool(er).
Toulet has been manufacturing Billiard and Game tables since 1857. With their most modern model, the Black Light Billiard tables, they have created a piece of furniture that is both a modern version of the traditional game and much more. The simple silhouette works with many types of decor.






The revolutionary table took six months to design. Pierre-Marie Cronier, Marc-Antoine Aubert, Jean-Baptiste Deconinck, François Vercoutère et Thomas Bailly (5 budding designers) worked hard on the choice of materials, the harmony of shapes and the quality of this atypical billiard table.



The billiard table is made of non-deformable steel with an iron body frame. 22mm one-piece ground slate ensures perfect flatness with a lifetime warranty. Simonis cloth and Kléber Michelin competition cushions. 65mm jacks for an incomparable adjustment. Soundproof ball return. American opened pockets with leather finishing.




The billiard table color is available in a lacquered or matte finish. Luxury gold, chrome, brushed stainless steel, copper, pearly white or leather finishing is also available. The billiard tabletop’s finishing is a cloth top is available in more than 27 colors. Numerous options make for many possible variations; two colours, internal lighting with diodes, Atao internal high definition audio with MP3 connection, Swarovski crystals inlay, cloth customization, billiard table customization and more.

With available accessories like poker and dining tabletops, a matching pendant light, cue sticks, cue stick holders, diodes and LED lighting, an integrated sound system and customizable options and finishes, it can become an integral part of any living space.

Suspended Light
The optional matching overhead light:






Colors, Finishes and Accessories
Here's a look at many of the versions, colors, finishes, accessories and more.
Some of the possible color combinations:








The Black Light Luxe
The Luxury Edition with a gold lustre finish edition:










LED lighting:


Disco lighting:


Tabletops
With available dining top:

Poker tabletop:


Branding and Customization
Custom versions can be branded with logo and/or art designs. The Black Light Billiard tables make a wonderful and engaging centerpiece for any office or company.










Other Accessories
Cue sticks and triangles:


Cue stick holders:

And a custom table cover:


Toulet Black Light Billiard Tables

Imaginative Architecture. The Fiction Series by Photographer Filip Dujardin.

above: one of Filip Dujardin's architecture composite photographs

Fast Company ran a post the other day on their Co.Design site, inspired by the wonderful design blog, Dezeen, about the work of Victor Enrich. Enrich is a Spanish photographer who photoshops together various pieces of architecture together to create surreal buildings shaped like french fries and guns, an example of which is shown below.


above: Victor Enrich's Defense, a gun shaped building, is one of the images in Co.Design's article.

This instantly reminded me of the work of Belgium commercial photographer Filip Dujardin, who basically does the same sort of digital collage, only in a less whimsical or humorous fashion and with a better eye for composition.

Since many of my readers also browse FastCo. and Dezeen, I thought they might like to see another - and in my opinion, better- version of similarly constructed photographs.

Shown here are the 22 images (including the one at the top of the post) from the Fiction series by Filip Dujardin.






















all images courtesy of the photographer

Filip Dujardin

Manifest Destiny! A Rustic Cabin Is Mounted On The Side Of A Downtown San Francisco Highrise.

Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown San Francisco --- above and between other properties.



The project is a commentary/critique on the unwavering perseverance of San Francisco’s early settlers. During the mid 19th century, as the eastern United States became over-crowded and expensive, the West offered limitless possibilities for those willing and able to make the journey. The drive to seek new possibilities and establish a better life at any cost is the conceptual motivation for this project.





The tiny cabin can be seen affixed to the side of the Hotel des Arts, floating above the restaurant Le Central like an anomalous outgrowth of the contemporary streetscape.



Using a nineteenth-century architectural style and vintage building materials, the structure is both homage to the romantic spirit of the Western Myth and a commentary on the arrogance of Westward expansion.

The Building of the Cabin and Installation:









The interior space of the house can be seen day and night through the curtained windows, a lonely beacon in the city's dense landscape, and an incongruous, haunting vision from below.




The installation will remain in place and be slowly transformed by the elements through October 2012.



Manifest Destiny! is a temporary site specific installation in San Francisco, California by artists Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman with Structural engineering by Paul Endres. The project was commissioned by Southern Exposure and funded by the Graue Family Foundation. It is on view through October 28th, 2012.

images and information courtesy of artists Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman