January 2010
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““The idea is to help people relate to architecture, help architecture...”
– kazuyo sejima
in explaining the title people meet in architecture, which she chose for the venice biennale 12th international architecture exhibition. via dezeen
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Designed by a Man or a Woman? →
this reminds me of a conversation i had a few years ago which centered around a friend of the person with whom i was talking. this person’s friend was completely convinced, based solely on first impressions, that the ipod was designed by a gay man.
designerda:
Some are obvious (because they’re famous buildings, not because you can tell the sex of the architect just from looking at a...
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Architecture, or Whatever →
nytimes is kind of slow… some of the news in this article was out almost a full year ago
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Watchdon’t screw over your comedic talent, nbc.
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An Inconvenient Typeface: How One Numeral *almost*... →
typeface change saves the day!
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50 First-class & New Downloadable Fonts For... →
quicksand font is quite nice.
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The future of the library - Seth Godin →
seth godin’s blog about the future of the library made me think back to my interest in the archive. three main thoughts came to mind:
1. it’s an interesting paradox where the more time goes on, the more historical objects we have to catalogue in the same/smaller amount of space. with less space, the archives increasingly get crowded out of expensive, populated areas and move to...
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Designing highways the slime mould way →
perhaps the computer scripts i’ve seen of slime mold behavior searching for architectural applications should instead seek out urban planning solutions.
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A Real Find [Blu Dot Marketing Campaign] →
wishing i got one and adding this quote: “… the ‘fastest grab’ involved a chair left in the gentrifying Bushwick section of Brooklyn and picked up about 10 seconds later. ‘An early-30s man, later discovered to be an industrial designer, walked past the chair and took it at once, without a pause in his gait or his phone conversation.’ “
designerda:
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With New G.I. Bill, More March From Battlefield to... →
found this interesting how some veterans readjust
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As skyscrapers rise, markets fall →
interesting correlation
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Kogi Truck Chef Roy Choi, Known for His Korean... →
two reasons to like this article:
1. “There is something very Korean about Roy being Roy,” says David Chang of New York’s Momofuku restaurants, who is also of Korean heritage and who met Mr. Choi last spring. “It’s about working your a— off, and not believing that you’re any good.”
2. my mom always made bulgogi seasoned beef tacos when i was growing up. ...
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Clothes Discarded by H&M and Wal-Mart Are First... →
kind of disheartening
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After City Center, Architects Face New Reality →
this article just makes it seem like design is an extra and unnecessary cost for construction. way to undercut the value of design, wsj.
that is like saying the value of having something work well for a long time is not worth it. why? b/c you can go buy the $1 version off the street which doesn’t quite fit the bill and you constantly have to replace.
disparaging excess is one thing. ...
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Apple's Eagerly Anticipated Tablet Computer Could... →
musings on the impact of a designed object and its accompanying system on society. mostly centered on apple’s forthcoming tablet computer, with a cursory nod to the impacts of other major design achievements (both realized and yet to come).
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Avoiding a Japanese Decade →
the editorial draws parallels to another economic crisis in another world superpower: america now = japan of the 90s?
which firm will produce a monograph with a title similar to atelier bow-wow’s publication?
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An Average Day At the Museum reinterpreted by... →
niemann talks about bits of the process in interpreting an avg day at the museum
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How to Stay Motivated: Daniel Pink on 'Drive' →
no more carrots and sticks. go for true motivation, which is a part of the “drive” to build something great for a goal/purpose larger than our individual selves.