Hans Richter (April 6, 1888 – February 1, 1976), a German avant garde artist who had contacts with "Der Blaue Reiter", Cubism and Dada movements, was … [Read more...]
Les Immatériaux (an exhibition by Jean François Lyotard at the Centre Pompidou, 1985)
30 years are passed since a historic exhibition took place at the Centre Pompidou (specifically at the Centre de Création industrielle). Curated by … [Read more...]
Nathalie Du Pasquier’s Recent Paintings and Constructions
Graphic and industrial designer, illustrator and painter, Nathalie Du Pasquier (Bordeaux, 1957) was one of the original co-founders of … [Read more...]
Drawings as an Archive of Oneself: the Freedom of the Unbuilt
Architectural Association's Diploma 9, "the Unbuilt" is a "conceptual laboratory" defined as "the world in which students invent, manufacture and … [Read more...]
The Funambulist Papers Vol.1 and a crowdfunding campaign for the Archipelago project
Our friend Léopold Lambert, author of the Funambulist blog and a writer who's often/quoted/here/at/Socks, just announced the publication of the first … [Read more...]
OASE Covers by Karel Martens
OASE is a journal for architecture, the content of which is mostly available online. In 1990 Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens took over the design … [Read more...]
A Collection of Italian Board Games (Mostly 19th to 20th Century)
Kindly offered by the artist and architect Maurizio Cilli through his facebook account and mostly based upon the Game of the Goose. This collection … [Read more...]
dOCUMENTA 13: Czechoslovak Radio 1968, by Tamás St. Turba
When Czechoslovakia was invaded by Soviet army in 1968, people resisted to the repression of political reforms through creative means. After people … [Read more...]
How to use infographics to tell a story
Soviet era propaganda done with infographics. Thanks Simone de Iacobis, Via: Ripetungi Rise in the national material welfare, … [Read more...]
Early Days of the Advertising Business
Secrets, humiliations and legends in early days of the adverting industry's explosion, from an article of LIFE Magazine April 28th, 1958. As you may … [Read more...]
The Unplayable Score: Faerie’s Aire and Death Waltz – John Stump
"Faerie’s Aire and Death Waltz (from ‘A Tribute to Zdenko G. Fibich’)", by American John Stump is a parody of a composition, meant to be impossible to … [Read more...]
Roberto La Forgia “Il signore dei colori”
Roberto La Forgia is one of those artists whose indisputable talent needs some time to completely bloom. Knowing him since almost six years now we've … [Read more...]
Synapse Magazine: archiving the history of electronic music
From Things Magazine: "The complete archive of Synapse Magazine , a 1970s publication about the nascent electronic music scene". Download and … [Read more...]
The Future, according to Google Search Results
Google terrifying vision for our future. From Xkcd. Via Entschwindet & Vergeht. … [Read more...]
The State of the World Atlas, 1981
"The State of the World Atlas", Michael Kidron and Ronald Segal. A Pluto Press Project. Heinemann, London, 1981. Hardcover, 250 x 180mm, full … [Read more...]
Oscar Reutersvärd’s impossible constructions as gameplay (Don’t do this at work – 27)
Constructed on isometric projections, Echochrome is a Playstation title in which the player has to refer to perceived/optical geometry rather than … [Read more...]
Nø City Guide, a monumental work on Shanghai
Our friend Matthieu Duperrex, editor of Urbain-trop Urbain, just released his long awaited monography on the city of Shanghai. The Nø City Guide is … [Read more...]
Weaponized Architecture by Léopold Lambert
Léopold Lambert's Weaponized Architecture, an "analysis of Israel’s architecture of colonization in the context of global trends in architecture and … [Read more...]
Findings on Elasticity, Lars Müller Publishers
208 pp / 200 x 270 mm / paperback / english publisher: Lars Müller Publishers author: Hester Aardse, Astrid van Baalen year: 2010 collaborator: … [Read more...]
Why Start an Architecture Journal in an Age That is Disgusted with (Most of Them), by Françoise Fromonot
Françoise Fromonot is an architect, teacher and critic. She is professor at the ENSA Paris-Belleville, Caudill Professor of Architecture at Rice … [Read more...]
Don’t do this at work – 26
The Artist is Present is a Sierra-style literal recreation of the famed performance piece of the same name by artist Marina Abramovic at the Museum of … [Read more...]
NASA’s 1976 identity guidelines
Four pages of an original copy of NASA’s identity guidelines, from when they re-branded to the ‘worm’ logo, dated January … [Read more...]
Bookmarks: dpr-barcelona | beyond books | between art, science and architecture
Thanks to the friends at DPR Barcelona for thrice-linking Socks on their Facebook page, during our hiatus while visiting Venice's Art Biennale. We'll … [Read more...]
Randomly collected images and diagrams about “Life, a User’s Manual”, George Perec
George Perec, La Vie, Mode d'Emploi. Read more on Ivar Hagendoorn's article "Georges Perec: Life a User's … [Read more...]
