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Modern Death
Not sure how or why, but for a little while I’ve been fascinated with the apparent lack of modern design in funerary monuments and other things [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Categories: Architecture, Design | 2 Comments »
Can A Building Make You Happy?
I love architecture. Heck, at one point in my life my goal was to become an architect. So when I was invited to attend an installment of CBC’s [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, July 8th, 2007
Categories: Architecture, Inspiration, Learning, Reading | No Comments »
Simplicity in French Design
I prefer to prepare for travel by reading fiction set in or about the places I intend to go, but aside from travel reference material, have never use [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 15th, 2007
Categories: Architecture, Design, Travel | No Comments »
House In A House. Cool or Creepy?
When I first saw this I thought it was a very unique idea. Kind of like being able to sit in your front yard in a big comy couch and tv without conce [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Categories: Architecture | No Comments »
Bridging Community in East Van
Two neighbours have built a bridge from one balcony to the other in an East Vancouver neighbourhood. Built as an art sculpture and statement on what [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, October 30th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Art, Inspiration, Vancouver | 2 Comments »
Can Architecture Inspire Shoe Design?
A curious interview with Nike’s Tinker Hatfield where he contends that what you draw or design is really the culmination of everything you̵ [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, October 20th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Design, Inspiration, Interview | No Comments »
Rotor Home
As you claw your way up the design career ladder you might find yourself at home very little. Thus, the Hanse Colani Rotor House may be just the thin [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Categories: Architecture | No Comments »
Freitag Bags Boxed
In 1993, then 22-year-old Markus Freitag and his brother Daniel designed a messenger bag out of recycled truck tarps. Flash forward to 2006 and the c [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Design | 1 Comment »
Walk on Water
The London Design Festival just wrapped up. With a mandate to “celebrate and promote all things design”, and from the looks of the websit [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, October 6th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Art, Design, Inspiration | 1 Comment »
Cool Places to Work
By no means a definitive list, check out these ten “seeeeeriously cool workplaces“. I often wonder if any of these high concept, really m [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Inspiration | No Comments »
Future By Design
Jacque Fresco designs the civilizations of the future; and in the process, he defines how the human race will need to change in order to get there.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Design, Film, Technology | 1 Comment »
Balloon Wayfinding
For the 2006 London Architecture Biennale Jason Bruges Studio created a unique wayfinding system consisting of pink weather balloons and strategicall [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
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Maya Lin at the Henry
While on break from ICOGRADA here at the University of Washington, we went to the Henry Art Gallery to check out the Maya Lin exhibit, Systematic Lan [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, July 13th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Art | No Comments »
World’s Tallest Buildings
Forbes magazine has released a slide show of the world’s top ten tallest buildings. Which reminded me of the MOMA’s sweet site of a coup [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
Categories: Architecture | No Comments »
A twist for Vancouver
Many years ago while travelling throughout Europe I discoverd the work of Spansh architect Santigo Calatrava. I was immediately drawn to the marvello [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 31st, 2006
Categories: Architecture | 2 Comments »