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Month: June 2009
A Bad Type Idea is a Worse Architecture Ideal
Ramses the Great, the Republic of Venice, Napoleon III, John D. Rockefeller Jr, the University of Harvard. The history of … More
Antibodies
I won’t make it to Weil-am-Rhein for the Fernando and Humberto Campana 20-year retrospective, but its rich catalogue is already … More
Brazil com S
O Ricardo Hartmann mandou-me ontem a letra deste dueto entre a Rita Lee e o João Gilberto, para inspiração. Entretanto … More
Playing Japanese
Kawaee!! That’s what Japanese schoolgirls shriek when they see something irresistibly cute. They make “funny face”, squirm their eyes … More
Best Intentions Cast Adrift
While delving through the turbulent history of Brooklyn Bridge Park, I found inspiration in the words of Frederick Law Olmsted, … More
Humility and Authority
After a reading of Armin Vit’s “Speak Up: Now What?” blogpost (and all its comments), Rick Poynor’s “Easy Writer” text, … More
Wake Up Call
I’ve been living in New York since the end of August of 2008, and ever since I got here, people … More
R.I.P. Tropicana?
The Orange-and-straw Tropicana juice carton left us in the last days of 2008. Another memorable American consumer product icon is … More
Look Around You
A friend reminded me today about the brilliant BBC series Look Around You. Neither of us saw it on TV, … More
Trigger Happy
If looking at friends of friends’ Facebook photo albums or reading TMI Twitter updates is not enough of a time … More
There’s Always a Silver Lining
A magazine art director friend of mine recently posted on his Facebook profile a great article by Gabriel Sherman. Sherman … More
The Long Now
One of my favorite presentations at the Design and Film symposium last Saturday was Stuart Kendall‘s talk on the … More
The Unpredictable Fashions of Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is one of the most charismatic leaders of our time. … More
(Rejected, Denied or Refused)
Abubakar Akintola couldn’t believe his eyes as he opened the COSCO shipping container that had just arrived to the Apapa … More
That’s what it’s all about
When we met a few weeks ago, Susan Yelavich suggested I read Cornel West’s essay “The New Cultural Politics of … More
The Tower That Makes No Excuses
The Trump World Tower possesses all the virtues and vices of the buildings that made New York the greatest metropolis … More
Tactics of Change
True change is coming to New York’s streetscape. Not rhetorical speech change, but the kind of change that inspires … More
Desktop World Map
I can’t really remember when I got my first desktop map of the world. I know that Germany was already … More
Reflections of Truth
The central gallery of the Palace of Versailles is no ordinary room. It was designed, furnished and decorated to become … More
Vision Building
In 1928, Joseph Urban created an architectural vision for William Randolph Hearst’s headquarters in New York. A building that would … More
Looking for romance on the Roosevelt Island Tramway
I overslept again this morning. I showered, dressed, had breakfast, put on scarf, hat, gloves, left home. I walked to … More
Catálogo MUDE
Coincidindo com a mudança do MUDE – Museu do Design e da Moda de Lisboa para o seu local definitivo … More
Copenhaga – Manual de mudança
Um dia destes mudo-me para Copenhaga. Razões não me faltam: depois de ter sabido que, há poucos meses, a … More
Coming Together: 48 hours of European Creativity
Creativity, innovation, regions, clusters, mobility, funding, education, risk, opportunity, competitiveness, sustainability, networks, integration, culture, fertile grounds, Europe, America. This simultaneously-translated, … More