McDonald's plan to supersize its beverage lineup with cappuccinos, lattes and espressos. yahoo View full entry
826 opens up its second Los Angeles area center, designed and built by archinector, Scott Mitchell. 826 is a "free literacy and writing center for kids that was started by author Dave Eggers in San Francisco," with centers in New York, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Seattle, and Boston. 826 is always... View full entry
An overview of police data relating to calls to the MTA's counterterrorism hot line over the past two years provides a unique snapshot of post-9/11 New York, part paranoia and part well-founded caution. NYT View full entry
Donated by designers and artists around the globe, posters sold by the So-Cal Fire Poster Project raise funds for victims of the wildfires that devastated Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. All proceeds will be given to the Salvation Army, for the 2007 California Wildfire... View full entry
This latest age of riches article explores how Yale's expansion (and big private pockets) can help New Haven upgrade its public infrastructure. NYT View full entry
Policy review says Britain may be about to produce 'the greatest art yet created'. Guardian View full entry
For those of you following us via RSS, Archinect Travels, Episode 3 (Phoenix, AZ to Scottsdale, AZ) is now online. Follow Marlin as he visits FLW's Taliesin West and Turrell's Knight Rise Skyspace. View full entry
Imagine, if you will, New York City circa 2108. When asked the same question in 1908 for 2008, architects and visionaries imagined a “cosmopolis of the future” with thousand-foot towers connected by webs of tall bridges and served by aircraft. NYT View full entry
The average rates at which people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics and greenhouse gases, are about 32 times higher in North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia than they are in the developing world. That factor of 32 has big consequences. NYT |... View full entry
Calling all bay area designers. AFH is building a lab and 'university' space for humanitarian designers. Might as well practice what we preach and open source the design. Come join us tomorrow night and design it. drinks? of course. View full entry
On Jan. 1, 1908 — New Year’s Day one century ago — The New York World greeted readers with a stirring rumination about the past and future of America. The title of the article was simply “1808 — 1908 — 2008.” The World began by marveling at how far... View full entry
This year a Honda truck will become a space ship, see how. Also how the dragon is made in 4 steps. There will be mdler sighting on a float... (we need details). It's a serious business of course. View full entry
Artist MK Guth's piece “Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping” slated to be part of the Whitney Biennial in the spring of 2008 is traveling the country until then. Confirmed tour dates are: Dec 15 Portland Center Stage in the Gerding Theater at the Armory Dec 29 Boise Art Museum Jan... View full entry
Residents of Minneapolis and Seattle are the most bookish and well-read, survey 'sez' (I am from LA.) Live Science View full entry
This happens to be a personal favorite of mine, as I love watching movies about "Extra-Urban Destruction" from an altogether Alien source....Yeah for me! View full entry