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we're working on somthing about big tents and logcabins.
in the pipe
LE CORBUSIER
Stool, 1956/59
Oak wood
43.5 x 33 x 25.5 cm
Pavillon du Brésil, University of Paris
"the first badges were made by eric austin of kensington
CND, using white clay with the symbol painted black.
again there was a conscious symbolism.
they were distributed with a note explaining that in the
event of a nuclear war, these fired pottery badges
would be among the few human artifacts to survive
the nuclear inferno."
Jean Prouvé
Montage et démontage
Le Pavillon 6x6
via galerie patrick seguin 20c furniture and architecture
happy b day hippoblog
"Kinberg was stopped by police while demonstrating the bicycle for the television interview. His bicycle is a high-tech graffiti writer, using chalk to print anti-Bush political messages sent by people via the internet. Apparently there was a question of whether or not the sprayed messages were a defacement of property.
When Kinberg showed the police sergeant how the bicycle used a non-permanent spray chalk, the sergeant seemed to agree that it wasn't defacement, at which point Kinberg asked, "am I free to go?" After conferring about it, officers decided to call superiors, then came back moments later to place Kinberg under arrest and confiscate the bicycle.
Kinberg cooperated fully with the officers as he was being handcuffed, only asking, "can I ask what I'm being arrested for?" to which no one provided an answer. As of 11:00 PM Saturday evening, he was still in custody without being charged with anything."
greenspace
"LONDON - Many countries routinely shield historic buildings from the scourge of philistine developers by listing them as part of their national heritage. But in Britain, where three grades of protection of buildings already exist, a fourth, more radical, category has been proposed: Grade X, to be attributed to buildings that deserve to be torn down."
"Australian engineers have created an electricity generator fuelled by decomposing bananas, and hope to build a full size fruit-fired power station."
theres got to be a punchline in there someplace
howard meyer dallas modernist architect
via cosmicool (dfw googie)
principles of enclosure
from canadian architectures architectural science forum
scroll past those sicko birthday songs and enjoy the corporate music
messing with perfection
architonic design museum
greenspan on the housing-bubble
tout puissant konono No.1
>>sound warning<<
george nelson daybed 1949 - manufactured by herman miller
"dont you know all the cool kids are living in washing machines now?"
The U.S. entertainment giant went to a South African court on Tuesday seeking to set aside an order which holds some 240 of its most famous trademarks -- including Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck -- hostage to the outcome of a multi-million dollar lawsuit over the copyright to the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
Lawyers for the family of the song's original composer, South African migrant worker Solomon Linda, have sued Walt Disney in Pretoria for infringement of copyright to the song, one of Africa's most famous melodies.