Javier has posted his uncut review of Else/Where:Mapping; New Cartographies of Networks and Territories, originally published in 2007 in Urban Design Review. Read View full entry
A street artist has produced this dizzying work giving the impression of a deep crevasse on a flat pavement. Telegraph View full entry
Friday will be Conan O’Brien’s last night on “Late Night” before he decamps for Los Angeles to prepare to replace Jay Leno as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show.” NYT View full entry
Discussing his experience(s) during a recent trip he opines that Hong Kong is the worst city for cyclists that he has encountered in the whole world. Additionally, David notes the almost total lack of green, pedestrian scale public space(s) as well as the absence of historic preservation from the... View full entry
What a new Internet might look like is still widely debated, but one alternative would, in effect, create a “gated community” where users would give up their anonymity and certain freedoms in return for safety. NYT View full entry
Listen to the song.., then.., go back where you came from. US Border Patrol installs toe-tapping ballads with Spanish lyrics that tell of the risks of trying to cross illegally into the US from Mexico. Listen as well, when you link. View full entry
Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Islamic Republic, Charlotte Wiedemann writes that Western clichés and Iranian propaganda are both obscuring the image of the major struggle for freedom that took place 30 years ago. "the Islamic Revolution in Iran was one of the most... View full entry
designboom profiles several artists using money, real or recreated, as their medium. Images, excerpts and a brief history of currency @ designboom 'my money, my currency' by hanna von goeler'currenkey' usb flash drive by 5.5 designers for lacie.commemorative five euro coin for dutch architecture... View full entry
Muzak, the company who claimed to provide its clients with "audio architecture" filed for bankruptcy yesterday. CNN Related: Superbrutalism: An Architecture for Muzak by AUDC View full entry
At the World Economic Forum in Davos we launched the Open Architecture Challenge on improving the state of education facilities. Therefore I've been closely following the H.R.1 bill pass through the House and Senate. Yesterday the Senate slashed ALL funding ($20B) for school improvements in order... View full entry
Part of Shanghai's Jewish history is under threat from bulldozers. In the 1930s, Shanghai was the only place in the world to offer visa-free sanctuary to Jews fleeing Nazism — 20,000 ended up in Shanghai. In 1943, the Japanese restricted them to a one-square-mile area, which became known as... View full entry
Every year thousands of seasonal immigrant workers seek jobs over the autumn and winter picking citrus fruits in Calabria, the region on the southern toe of Italy. Hundreds of them, mostly Africans who survived a perilous sea crossing from Libya, have been squatting in improvised cardboard shacks... View full entry
Vice/VBS.TV just put up a six part interview with Vito Acconci, discussing everything from his earliest poetry to his latest architectural work. View View full entry
In a pre-emptive strike, the street artist Shepard Fairey filed a lawsuit on Monday against The Associated Press, asking a federal judge to declare that he is protected from copyright infringement claims in his use of a news photograph as the basis for a now ubiquitous campaign poster image of... View full entry
"Urban China: Informal Cities" is a multifaceted exploration and physical manifestation of the groundbreaking magazine Urban China. On view at the New Museum from February 11 through March 29, 2009. Bustler View full entry