Just another conversation piece when there is not much happening out there on the boards. "10 Architecture Firms Planning Gay Desert Utopia in Rancho Mirage, CA. A planned community slated for 100+ acres in Rancho Mirage, was originally conceived with gay people in mind, but straight people can... View full entry
Homeboy on TuppervillePhotographs: Michael RotondiStory: Orhan Ayyüce View full entry
The story broke in December when the Park Life gallery and its online store appeared to be selling bookends that resemble artworks in artist's pop oeuvre. The artwork in question are the Balloon Dogs, gigantic multiples made in various colors with shiny patinas once installed at Versailles. In... View full entry
In order to commemorate its second anniversary, WAI Architecture Think Tank has just released for the Chinese New Year Celebrations a limited edition WAIzine; a graphic narrative in magazine format. The topics of the first issue of "What About It?" range from a taxonomic catalog for the... View full entry
The inventor of Uncle Milton's Ant Farm has died. Childhood was changed by the chance to observe Pogonomyrmex californicus, California red ants, scurrying about. Countless generations of school kids must have been inspired to become myrmecologists or entomologists. Or perhaps to dream of... View full entry
If you're in the Pasadena area this weekend make sure to swing by MADE UP: Design's Fictions. In addition to a amazing lineup of artists and designers exhibiting their work until March, there will also be an awesome party featuring a "mind-numbing sonic performance" by Mark Gee, Lance Glover... View full entry
Dan Hill, of City of Sound, has put together an exhaustive report from the devastating floods that recently struck Australia. Dan Hill, of City of Sound, has put together an exhaustive report from the devastating floods that recently struck Australia. Read View full entry
In 1965, Alabama Home Builders Parade featured the 'Quite Home' concept offering domestic tranquility (acoustical ceiling panels that is.) The houses were built for the style conscious individualists. All were constructed with the rigid requirements of the scientific principles of the 'Quite Home'... View full entry
REDCAT , the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in downtown LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, is currently showing Decolonizing Architecture, an exhibition assuming that the current residents of Israel’s settlements in the West Bank will ultimately have to evacuate their homes as they... View full entry
Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film that follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a... View full entry
The nightmare of 'safe art world' increasingly creeping up again. Three recent samplings from high profile venues in North America: Smithsonian, MoCA, and now, Gagosian Gallery. The nightmare of 'safe art world' increasingly creeping up again. Three recent samplings from high profile venues in... View full entry
In today's Net Neutrality ruling the Federal Communications Commission has announced that internet providers CANNOT fix speeds based on content or competition, but they will allow broadband providers to provide faster connection speeds to companies willing to pay more for delivery of games, videos... View full entry
This is a story about a plan to end chronic homelessness in the United States. It's not an indeterminate "war on homelessness," but a methodical approach to do away with a major social problem. This is a story about a plan to end chronic homelessness in the United States. It's not an indeterminate... View full entry
MOCA commissions a mural from Blu and than finds it offensive and whitewashes it. Artist says it is cencorship. The museum director says he was in Miami art fair when it was painted. latimes MOCA commissions a mural from Blu and than finds it offensive and whitewashes it. Artist says it is... View full entry
"Countries thirst for oil, compete for minerals and confront climate change. The American military, with surprising allies, worries that these issues represent a new source of conflict." Aren't we already doing that?"Countries thirst for oil, compete for minerals and confront climate change. The... View full entry