As I sit and stress and become overwhelmed, it is heartening to know that Rome, despite what everyone says, can in fact be built in a day.
The project, “24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project, or, Building Rome in a Day,” was designed by Liz Glynn and is on view at The New Museum’s Generational: Younger Than [...]
Sam Bompas and Harry Parr are doing something seriously sublime with their architecture degrees. From the New York Times today, “All the desserts in the market were very stodgy, and we know from history that jellies were once considered to be the pinnacle of sophistication…”
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OK, The Last Year at Marienbad can be infuriating (remember those SNL Calvin Klein ad spoofs in the 90’s?) but also beautiful, haunting and unforgettable. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a designed landscape featured so centrally in a film. The movie is a rambling, surreal, dream/nightmare, and the Chanel wardrobe and 1960’s hair [...]
Diasuke Ueno is another artist that is giving me design goosebumps… Greg and I saw this work in Japan a few years ago and it makes me think of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities.
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I just came across these prints by Salomon Herta, and was charmed. They are so sweet, plain and grandiose at the same time.
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