Exclusive: Pete Buttigieg debuts a radical new approach to campaign branding
Mayor Pete Buttigieg officially announced his candidacy for president with a sporty new logo and design tool kit.
https://fastcompany.com/90334160/pe…
Grieving the Future I Imagined for My Daughter
This article is not about design. But it is a powerful piece by fellow design writer and pal Julie Kim.
https://theatlantic.com/family/arch…
10 contemporary designers and artists on why the Bauhaus matters
More Bauhaus.
https://sleek-mag.com/article/bauha…
McGrath Road review – back-to-back to the future
Worth checking out.
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
The Hidden Horror of Hudson Yards Is How It Was Financed
Follow the money... Manhattan’s new luxury mega-project was partially bankrolled by an investor visa program called EB-5, which was meant to help poverty-stricken areas.
https://citylab.com/equity/2019/04/…
Painting the Beyond
A great review of Hilma af Klint.
https://nybooks.com/articles/2019/0…
Fuck The Vessel
More on the vessel.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/fuck-…
Bauhaus At 100
Bauhaus’s biggest legacy is in architecture. Here’s where that legacy stands in Argentina, Nigeria, Israel, Australia, Iraq, the United States and India.
https://nytimes.com/interactive/201…
With Its Deep Wraparound Porches and Resilient Design, This South Carolina Senior Housing Project Aims for Comfort and Safety
The Charleston project—designed by David Baker Architects—is clad with aluminum and ipe screens and lime-washed brick. The latter is a favorite throughout historic parts of the city.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
Horror on the Hudson: New York’s $25bn architectural fiasco
It is a billionaires’ playground where haircuts cost $800 and high-rise duplexes go for $32m. So why do the angular towers of Hudson Yards look so cheap?
https://theguardian.com/artanddesig…
The Rise of the Radical Suburbs
Not all postwar housing developments were monotonous. The inside story of two pioneering and progressive neighborhoods near Boston, and what they tell us about suburbia. My kind of story....
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Why the Art and Design Details of Rashid Johnson’s Native Son Matter
This article relates to art and design and how it is used in film. It also happens to be about my good pal Johnny's nephew, Akin!
https://hyperallergic.com/493706/na…
Social Housing: 45 Examples in Plan and Section
Social Housing is a principal element for a more democratic city. These housing structures provide decent dwellings for all citizens in urban areas and connect them to the rest of the city and its services.
https://archdaily.com/913999/social…
Architecture’s Odd Couple, Elizabeth Diller and David Rockwell, Conquer Hudson Yards
Pal Sam Lubell interviews two industry giants.
https://architecturaldigest.com/sto…
At Play in the Fields of the Bored
America’s newest city parks are chock-full of things to do—but what happened to the delights of idle time in a natural setting?
https://theamericanscholar.org/at-p…
Brice Marden, Still True to His Vision
At 80, perseverance drives America’s grand old master painter. More prolific than ever, he says that facing cancer "hasn't made me work any differently. It's just an extra thing to think about."
https://nytimes.com/2019/03/19/arts…
McDonald’s HQ Workplace
Studio O+A + IA Interior Architects.
https://archdaily.com/913452/mcdona…
100 years of Bauhaus: Berlin and beyond
Germany celebrates the centenary of the influential art movement.
https://theguardian.com/travel/2019…
LACMA: Suicide by Architecture
The Zumthor saga continues.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article…
Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves?
Well it ain't the new Rockefeller Center. Michael Kimmelman on Hudson Yards.
https://nytimes.com/interactive/201…
Drawing Bo Bardi: Barcelona Exhibition Showcases the Architectural and Artistic Designs of Lina Bo Bardi
Lina Bo Bardi Dibuja (Lina Bo Bardi Drawing), curated by artist and scholar Zeuler Lima for the Fundació Joan Miró, showcases around 100 of the Italian-born Brazilian architect's sketches, watercolors, and gouaches.
https://metropolismag.com/architect…
The Waltons Embrace Design Excellence
It may seem like a paradox, but the family that founded Walmart is helping to reshape the Arkansas landscape, to surprising effect.
https://architectmagazine.com/desig…
Winner and Finalists Announced in the “rise in the city” Design Competition for Affordable Housing in Lesotho, Africa
The competition brief sought sustainable designs for a home that could be scaled up so that one family could add extensions, or be replicated as row housing.
http://archnewsnow.com/features/Fea…
Sitting pretty: London transport fabrics over the decades – in pictures
Design matters.
https://theguardian.com/cities/gall…
Overlooked No More: Julia Morgan, Pioneering Female Architect
We've known about her forever. Now thanks to Alexandra Lange so will the rest of the world.
https://nytimes.com/2019/03/06/obit…
