This very short article about a children building construction kit made of drinking straws, was illustrated by the photographs of Peter Stackpole and … [Read more...]
Moving Boundaries in the Alps: Italian Limes (Venice Architecture Biennale 2014), by Folder and collaborators
After actually visiting the 14th International Architecture Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia, during the last week, we finally had the pleasure to … [Read more...]
Less is (not) a Bore: Illustrations and Designs by Okuyama Taiki
Okuyama Taiki is a Tokyo based, Japanese graphic designer and illustrator born in 1988. His designs are quite minimalist without ever looking … [Read more...]
“I haven’t found a measure yet / To calibrate my displeasure yet”: The design sensibility of post-punk band WIRE
The stark urgency and clean lines of their prose mirrored the light-metal severity of groups like Wire, the Banshees, and Gang of Four, just … [Read more...]
Axonometric Drawings by Icinori
Icinori is a duo based in France, formed by illustrators and graphic designers Raphael Urwiller and Mayumi Otero (the work of the latter was already … [Read more...]
Rhythmus 21, an Early Abstract Film by Hans Richter (1921)
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...]
Tomnod: Scan Satellite Images from your Home
Tomnod, (after the Mongolian word for “Big eye"), is an interesting site in that it provides high resolution satellite maps and allows users from all … [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...]
Bringing the Atom into the American Homes: Erik Nitsche illustrations for General Dynamics
"Who is this guy doing the Bauhaus in New York?" - László Moholy-Nagy Art director, book designer, illustrator, typographer, graphic … [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...]
