April 2012
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Schumacher Slams British Architectural Education
by Patrik Schumacher, 31 January 2012, Architecture Review
Irony, allegory and dystopia − Patrik Schumacher sees no future for the type of hopelessly unrealistic education lauded by the British architectural establishment
The submissions to the current RIBA President’s Medals demonstrate once more that architectural education in Britain is operating in a parallel universe. The (best?) students...
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March 2012
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gusukuma:
コム・デ・ギャルソン青山本店は改築中。 「OPEN 4.7」だって。 店は大きな白い壁に囲まれてた。俺は狭い工事用出入り口を覗いて壊れた独特のドットグラスは床に置いてあった。
Construction at the CdG Aoyama main store. It’s going to open this Saturday, April 7th. Surrounded by a big white wall, I looked inside the construction entrance and saw broken pieces of its distinctive polka dot blue glass exterior.
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The Man in the Tiny Suit
What you’re looking at is a radical experiment. Not the design of the snug Thom Browne suit, but its effect on a man plucked from ordinary life and forced to wear it. I am that man.
By David Katz, 27 Sep 2007, Esquire
I’ve never been particularly proud of my ankles. I’ve never been much ashamed of them, either. Honestly, until a few days ago, I never gave my ankles much...
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No Room for Mistakes
Design perfectionists at home
By Penelope Green, NYTimes, 25 January 2012
Todd Waterbury’s apartment is just perfect.
No, really. It’s not simply that his book collection is restricted to titles with black, gray or white bindings, and stacked, jacketless, in neat horizontal rows (and mostly reflects the work of artists who are themselves interested in stacking, grid-making, mapmaking...
