The Cooper-Hewitt has announced that they've been given a $600,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to bring back their popular "Design for the Other 90%" exhibit from 2007 and transform it into an ongoing series that will hope to both foster new ideas for using design to solve problems... View full entry
Anyone paying less than $640 a month for more than a 6.5' x 5' sleeping box, take note: times are tough but they could certainly be tougher. This takes "simple living" to a whole new level... Anyone paying less than $640 a month for more than a 6.5' x 5' sleeping box, take note: times are tough... View full entry
Marking the end. A look back from CurbedLA at the buildings demo'd in the last ten years. Some real treasures lost... | Kazys Varnelis, who seems to have coined the term "ooze" for the 00s, put up a fantastic post (if also marked by his own brand of JayZ-style self-puffing) about the state of... View full entry
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Tweet your 2010 predictions to @archinect #archinect2010 We'll post the most interesting insights after the holidays! How accurate were Archinect's 2009 predictions? http://bit.ly/4xNnBp Tweet your 2010 predictions to @archinect #archinect2010 We'll post the most interesting insights after the... View full entry
A unique solution to call for prayers in Marseille. From minarets to burqas; “Today in Europe the fear of Islam crystallizes all other fears.” A unique solution to call for prayers in Marseille. From minarets to burqas; “Today in Europe the fear of Islam crystallizes all other... View full entry
Some weird and wonderful things are rising from the ashes of the Motor City. The Economist Some weird and wonderful things are rising from the ashes of the Motor City. The Economist View full entry
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Gong Szeto's (previously featured on Archinect) presentation on the complex relationship between democracy and capitalism and their implications on design. At the 2009 Cusp Conference, Chicago, September 17, 2009. Via @designobserver View full entry
Five environmental activists climb architectural icon to hang climate protest. Sydney Morning Herald Five environmental activists climb architectural icon to hang climate protest. Sydney Morning Herald View full entry
Architects like Diller Scofidio & Renfro aren't the only ones who can build a temporary shelter. Architects like Diller Scofidio & Renfro aren't the only ones who can build a temporary shelter. Wired Science and watch a video over at BBC News View full entry
NYT: Larry Sultan, a highly influential California photographer whose 1977 collaboration, “Evidence” — a book made up solely of pictures culled from vast industrial and government archives — became a watershed in the history of art photography, died on Sunday at his home in... View full entry
"I am interested in all the things that are around, under and behind what is traditionally considered art objects: framing devices, stages, what holds things up, what makes them possible in the first place. The kinds of things and activities that are supporting surround us -- like scaffolding, for... View full entry
Bruno Levy took thousands of photographs in Patan, Nepal over the course of a week... Bruno Levy took thousands of photographs in Patan, Nepal over the course of a week using flashlights and long exposures. Great song; great great video that has you pondering all sorts of minutiae about spatial... View full entry
Here are five postcards from the journey of a single bit, as data flashes from sea to wired sea. Here are five postcards from the journey of a single bit, as data flashes from sea to wired sea. AndrewBlum.net H/T CityofSound View full entry