David Katz's Psychological Atlas (1948), is a collection of drawings, photographs, diagrams, and charts used by the author, a renowned psychologist … [Read more...]
Peter Eisenman, Notes on Conceptual Architecture. Towards a Definition. (1970)
The issue 78/79 of Design Quarterly (journal published in 1970 by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis) was completely dedicated to possible … [Read more...]
Ben Shahn, Untitled Drawing Series, (1948)
During the twentieth century’s Great Migration, the Hickmans were one among many African Americans families looking for affordable housing in Chicago. … [Read more...]
A Portrait of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s Kosmos (1845-62)
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German geographer, explorer and naturalist who traveled extensively to Latin America and put the basis for a … [Read more...]
Surviving the Fall. Late 19th to early 20th Century Ligurian Ex-Votos
These ex-votos ("Per Grazia Ricevuta" or PGR, in Italian) are popular expressions of religious gratitude and public testimony of faith, from the … [Read more...]
Boats of the Pearl River (1800-1820)
This series of paintings dates back to 1800-1820 and depicts a series of different types of boats that use to cross the Pearl River in Guangzhou, … [Read more...]
Herman Volz’s Depictions of San Francisco’s Industrialization (1930’s-1940’s)
Herman Roderick Volz (1904–1990) was a Swiss-American painter, muralist, lithographer, set designer, decorative artist and ceramist. As an advocate … [Read more...]
Apollo Missions 15-17’s Lunar Topographic Orthophotomaps (1973)
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (a self describing "research institute that provides support services to NASA and the planetary science community, … [Read more...]
J.N.L.Durand’s “Divers Édifices publics, d’après le Champ de Mars de Piranese” in “Recueil et parallèle des édifices de tout genre, anciens et modernes” (1800)
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand's "Recueil et parallèle" is a musée imaginaire of world architecture. A large folio of 63 plates measuring 51x66 … [Read more...]
S.Tigerman and G.L. Crabtree: The Formal Generators of Structure, 1975
"The Formal Generators of Structure" is a sequence of drawings which explore orthogonal forms. The research starts from the square and the cross, two … [Read more...]
Spaces Out of Time: Set Design by Richard Peduzzi
Richard Peduzzi is a French set and furniture designer who started his career as a painter until he met with director Patrice Chéreau in 1968. Since … [Read more...]
“A Roman State of Landscape”. Exhibition and talk at Campo, Rome – June, 23rd 2016
If you are in Rome today, do not miss: A ROMAN STATE OF LANDSCAPE Exhibition and talk curated by Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli … [Read more...]
The Knowledge Box by Ken Isaacs (1962)
In 1962, experimental designer Ken Isaacs imagined and constructed a 'knowledge box', a compressed environment for experiencing 'culture': a cube of … [Read more...]
The House of Glass Was Suddenly All Solid Walls, A Project by Anne Holtrop (2006)
Not much happens in A.M. Homes's short story "The Weather Outside Is Sunny and Bright": the protagonist visits her Alzheimer's mother, takes a bath, … [Read more...]
“The Set and the Script” in Architecture: The Manhattan Transcripts (1976-1981) by Bernard Tschumi
Architecture is not simply about space and form, but also about event, action, and what happens in space. B.Tschumi Developed between 1976 and 1981, … [Read more...]
Relief– Architecturer l’Horizon (an exhibition at the Frac Center in Orléans)
"Relief– Architecturer l’horizon" is an exhibition which took place at "Le Turbulences", the Orléans Frac centre between 10/04/2015 and 30/08/2015. … [Read more...]
Building a Micropolis: SimCity in 1989
Will Wright's SimCity was originally a map developing feature within the game Raid on Bungeling Bay. Born of Wright's love for the intricacies of … [Read more...]
The Battle of Manhattan: Reliving the 1776 Revolution in the City of Today
In 1975 New York Magazine (Oct 20. 1975) published an article by Dorothy Seiberling summarizing, by means of a hypothetical journal, the crucial … [Read more...]
Kazimir Malevich’s Arkhitektons
Polish-Russian artist Kasimir Malevich is mostly known for his paintings that accompanied the artist's evolution from abstract art to … [Read more...]
“Making Cinema Out of Cinema”: G.Baruchello and A.Grifi’s La Verifica Incerta (1964-65)
The pencil, the pen, the moviola, the camera and the recorders have taught me to 'somehow' assemble words, pictures, objects, my very existence. (A … [Read more...]
Musgum Mud Huts
The traditional dwellings of the Musgum tribe in Cameroun consisted of sun-dried mud huts of a shell shape. Each domestic structure (also called … [Read more...]
“The Factory Kitchen” by Alexander Rodchenko (1931)
Originated in 1920-1930s, the Factory-Kitchen(s) were early Soviet Union's mechanized food preparation (from prefabrication to processing) service … [Read more...]
Gustavs Klucis’s ‘Constructions’ and Other Works
Gustavs Klucis (1895 - 1938) was a painter, sculptor and graphic designer. He was born in Latvia, but spent most of his life in Moscow, until being a … [Read more...]
City: Bolshevik Superpoem in 5 Cantos, by Manuel Maples Arce
Here is my poem brutal and manifold of the new city, Oh city all tense with cables and exertions resonant with motors and wings. Urbe … [Read more...]
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