February 2010
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the architecture league of ny lecture series:...
raphael vinoly spoke at the great hall in the cooper union building in new york city last thursday, february 18th. a project that i was particularly interested in was his plans for the 11.5 acre domino sugar refinery property along the brooklyn bank of the east river facing manhattan. (image via nytimes)
i have passed this late 19th century industrial factory dozens of times on my way to...
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Watchi love it when qualities of simplicity are appreciated. being simple, modest, minimal, bare, whatever you wish to call modern architecture, does not necessarily reflect the inability to see beyond fundamental abstractions. quite the opposite - simplicity can represent the essence of understanding something so thoroughly that it becomes a guise for more complex ideas.
harvard chemistry professor,...
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three simple keys to good design...
#1 - order.
line things up. whether it’s a simple to-do list or living room furniture, things read much better when order and simplicity are involved. placement should reflect thoughtfulness; randomness is the lack of mental perseverance, and appears sloppy. never under-mind the viewer, they are hip to order whether they realize it or not. even incomplete ideas can be presented effectively...
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field trip - mexican artist, gabriel orozco at the...
in the second floor atrium space of the moma hangs a whale skeleton. on the second floor, adjacent to the room of monet’s water lilies are hundreds of colorful geometric variations (see below). on the top floor next to the bauhaus exhibition, is a full exposé on his work which defines gabriel orozco’s multifarious work as it defies an artist’s attempt to master one arena. he does...
feature - design inbada expo, cape town, south...
from design indaba expo official website:
design indaba expo is a 100% local-is-lekker celebration of south africa’s ingrained creativity. advertising, architecture, craft, décor, film, fashion, graphic design, interior design, jewellery, new media, publishing, product design and visual media, are all presented shoulder-to-shoulder.
each of the over 260 exhibitors is evaluated and endorsed by an...
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"sophistication is the craft of subtlety that goes...
- john maeda tweeted this quote this morning, and i immediately applied it to current architectural trends. i am especially (un)interested in the unsubtle architect who resorts to showy gimmicks in order to seem sophisticated, and hence, their (unprecedented) popularity. in previous posts i have pointed out the architecture fad of incorporating decoration as a way of expressing a design aesthetic....
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link to la76 strategic design article: the future... →
