A project for a Center for Applied Computer Research and Programming in Las Promesas, near Mexico City, published in the May 1975 number of … [Read more...]
“A Home is not a House”, by Reyner Banham and François Dallegret, 1965
Six drawings have been realized by French architect and artist François Dallegret when asked in 1965 by Magazine Art in America to illustrate the … [Read more...]
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces – William H. Whyte
Some time ago, friend Luca Diffuse sent us a smart 1979 documentary called The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, directed by William H. … [Read more...]
The implausible futurist: Steven M. Johnson
Since the 70's, Steven M. Johnson, (not to be confused with the almost homonymous Steven B. Johnson ) amused himself drawing utopian products on … [Read more...]
Capitalism.no
Elitist academic institution of the Norwegian School of Economics invited street artists like Escif, M-City, EINE, Hyuro and Dolk to give their … [Read more...]
The mission: never come back (Ships Not Shelters, a non-Earth heterotopia)
“–Evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est.” To escape into the upper air, This is the task, this is the labour. The underlying premise … [Read more...]
Ali Ferzat, Syrian political cartoonist
Syrian satirical cartoonist Ali Ferzat was beaten up and got his hands broken as a warning to stop his caricatures. Following the request by Marco … [Read more...]
What if New York City were hit by a category 3 hurricane?
A 2007 retrofuture competition, recalled on fb by Cameron Sinclair (Architecture for Humanity): "In 2007 our NYC chapter worked with the city to … [Read more...]
Teaching environmental sculpture to children
In 1975 John Lidstone and Clarence Bunch unveiled the pedagogic potential of environmental actions, specializing ideas of artist like Ant Farm, Otto … [Read more...]
Orbital Space Colonies (in form of geometric primitives)
TORUS DESIGN The Stanford Torus was the principal design considered by the 1975 NASA Summer Study, which was conducted in conjunction with Stanford … [Read more...]
Phase IV, (1974) the only Saul Bass feature film
From Wikipedia: Due to some unknown cosmic event, listed in "phases," ants have undergone rapid evolution and developed a hive mind. A scientific … [Read more...]
Art inspired by, or depicting Riots
We're open to further contributions. “The Battle of Orgreave“, 2001 by Jeremy Deller. A large scale performance re-enacting a confrontation … [Read more...]
Managing the nation’s public lands
US Bureau of Land Management’s publication, 1982 Via Mika Savela's post Well Meaning Landscapes … [Read more...]
London, a history of clashes
Before these days. 1915 to 2010 protests in London. Destruction of a German shop by Londoners, Poplar High St. 1915 Brit bobbies destroy … [Read more...]
Nation of shopkeepers, by Garudio Studiage
Here's a colouring book on the typology of Rye Lane commercial architecture, stripped of signage. While their corresponding in south and north London … [Read more...]
I hate myself and I want to DIY* Ken Isaacs: How to build your own living structures
How To Build Your Own Living Structures is an out-of-print manual of utopian architecture from 1974 created by American architectural experimenter Ken … [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...]
Unreal Estates of China, by Map Office
MAP OFFICE (Gutierrez, Portefaix) recently published a book titled Unreal Estates of China, with 56 axonometric drawings of China's land- and city … [Read more...]
“Building the common space”. Atelier D6 at ESA Paris
As some of you may already know, Luca Galofaro of Ian+ asked us to be assistant teachers for a fourth year atelier at ESA, (Ecole spéciale … [Read more...]
Ich bin ein Berliner
BEER WAS BETTER THERE ICH BIN EIN BERLINER Read more on We Make Money not Art: Book review: Atlas of the Conflict. … [Read more...]
“Insert some random JG Ballard quote here”
As you may already know, the WTF news of the week is the traffic jam in China's Heibei Province, which has been going on for about ten days now and … [Read more...]
15 of the Most Iconic Newspaper Headlines Ever Printed
The world is saturated with media and we are bombarded with headlines each and every day, but some are more memorable. We've got 15 of the most … [Read more...]
David Byrne: A Talking Head Dreams of a Perfect City
"Size A city can't be too small. Size guarantees anonymity. (...) Density If a city doesn't have sufficient density, as in L.A., then strange … [Read more...]
