Contemporary Wood Burners
Wood stoves may appear similar from the outside, but closer inspection will reveal significant improvements to increase efficiency and clean air emissions. This is good news for homeowners.
Open fires emit carcinogenic particles into the air. Upgrade to an Ecodesign or Defra exempted wood stove and you will be able to avoid harmful particles.
Futura
The Stovax Futura 5 woodburning and multifuel stove is an Eco-design Plus-ready, DEFRA exempt for Smoke Control Areas stove. It has a large viewing window and elegant stainless steel air control. wood burning fireplace is ideal for traditional and modern homes as well. It also has a state-of-the art convector heat system with integrated heat shields to maximize the amount of heat directed back into the room as well as a minimal distance to combustibles, ensuring maximum efficiency.
The name Futura refers to its geometric sans serif shapes, low contrast and even width strokes. The font was developed by Paul Renner and released commercially in 1927. It was an immediate success and soon found its way into magazines, newspapers and books, and also on posters and logos of a variety of major corporations.
Futura like all fonts has evolved with the changing styles of typography. The font's spacing and letter shapes have evolved over time, however its overall design hasn't. The font has also been adapted to work well with different languages. The addition of the Latin alphabet made it more flexible. Since then, many type foundries have updated and revised the design.
Futura is a font that was inspired by the Art Deco style. Futura's clean lines and simple lines make it easy to read. The retro-futuristic style is reflected by its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the plaque left on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts.
Its simplicity and accessibility makes it perfect for editorial and advertising design. Its use in these two areas contributed to its success. In the century since its introduction, it has become one of the most popular fonts ever designed. The popularity of the font inspired other designers to create similar fonts and it's still one of the most used fonts in the world in the present.
The font's clean lines and geometric forms inspired a generation of artists. Feminist artists like Jenny Holzer and the Guerilla Girls took it into their work, and Shepard Fairey has also used it in his art works. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was the medium of choice for protest art that was political, as it was seen to embody the idea of progress and modernism.
In the 1980s, typographers began utilize Futura to do digital typesetting and phototypesetting. Due to this, the letters of Futura were distorted and disjointed in some instances. Typography could alter the size or shape of letters. This led to a number of mistakes, and the resulting distortions were often difficult to correct. This was especially true when ligatures were added because they required a very precise adjustment to the height of certain characters.
Vogue
When Madonna sings, "Come on, vogue, let your body move to the music" she isn't only promoting her hit single but also a type of dance that has become part of pop culture. For many, voguing is an expression of self-identity and freedom. For others, it's a way of defying societal rules and empowering marginalized communities. Voguing is deeply entwined with music, fashion, and subcultures and has been influenced by the styles of beauty and dance from around the globe.
Since its first edition which was published in 1892, Vogue has been at the forefront of fashion and has established itself as a global expert on cutting-edge image-making, great journalism, and discovering new talent. The magazine has embraced diversity and inclusion in its coverage and remains an iconic brand in the fashion industry. Vogue is now a multiplatform publication that looks at the world from the perspective of fashion.
Vogue is published by Conde Nast and covers style news in the fields of high-end fashion beauty and culture, as well as living. Anna Wintour is the current editor-in-chief of American Vogue. Other international editors include Emmanuelle Alt, Franca Sozzani, Alexandra Shulman and Aliona Dóletskaya. In addition to Vogue the company also publishes Teen Vogue, a version specifically for teenagers in the United States. South Korea and Australia both publish Vogue magazines. The company also owns Vogue Patterns, a line of sewing patterns for home use for women.
In 1892, the magazine initially focused on high society fashion and the formal side of life. It first began as a weekly newspaper and then became a monthly publication and finally an annual in the year 1909. Conde Nast bought the magazine in 1916 and transformed it into a fashion bible for women.
The Vogue of today is aware of its place in the world and keeps its audience engaged with articles that explore the political climate and social issues that are relevant to readers. British Vogue, for example has featured NHS workers on the cover of their magazine during the pandemic of 2022.
Yale digital humanists are analyzing Vogue's rich digital archive with a program similar to Google Ngrams called Bookworm. It compares the use of words such as "frock" and "dress" in the magazine in the past and under different editors. The results allow researchers track the changes in the cultural norms and concepts by studying the evolution of vocabulary.
Studio
The Stovax Studio freestanding stoves offer the advantages of wood burning inset fires, but in a stand-alone style. This stunning collection features widescreen flames that can be enhanced with a variety styles and frames for modern living space accents. All models come with Stovax’s technologically advanced Cleanburn combustion system, which aims three kinds of air into the glass fronted fireplace. This ensures superior efficiency in heating, outstanding flame control, and widescreen views of flames.
Studio Air 1 is available as a hearth-mounted woodburning fireplace or can be placed on a Studio Bench. Studio Air 2 includes an air kit externally that reduces the distance between combustibles within Smoke Control Areas. Both models can be combined with a range of highly efficient heat shields to reduce clearance requirements, opening up installation aspirations and creating a dramatic design statement.