- Commuting and social life, the longer you commute, the less social links you keep
- The Other San Francisco
- On silly NY Sun thoughts about congestion: Think Harder: surprise, surprise: NY Sun lying through statistics
- Transit systems of Mega City One (from Judge Dredd, via A.G.)
- Marcella Durand on the Infinite Library (via)
- The Urban Pollution Monitoring Project
A Survey of Bank Notes Featuring Architects of the World
Below is a survey of bank notes of the world which feature architects. This list is by no means complete, but I think I found all the notes which feature architects.
Le Corubusier, 10 Swiss Franc note
Scan donated by Ricardo Ramirez G.
Gustaive Eiffel, 200 French Franc
Scan donated by Scan donated by Steve Burke
Alvar Aalto, 50 Finnish Markkaa
Scan provided by Régis Giampersa via Bank Note World
Joze Plecnik, 500 Slovenia Tolarjev
Scan provided by Matthew Patay via Bank Note World
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 5000 Italian Lire
scan donated by Roberto Cacciamani via Bank Note World
Otto Wagner, 500 Austrian Shillings
Scan donated by Aare Olander via Bank Note World
Victor Horta, 2000 Belgian francs
Scan donated by Tod Hunt via Bank Note World
Johann Balthasar Neumann, 50 Deutsche Mark
Scan provided by Peter Kuckenburg via Bank Note World
Knight Rider Turbo Boost Tribute
Hey, Isn’t That . . .
On large corporations stealing people’s content: Hey, Isn’t That . . .
StreetFilm: How to Use a Bike Box
Thursday Links
- High-rises are a sign of the times in changing San Francisco
- On Dog Shit and Open Source Urbanism
- Urban Mapping releases free neighborhood data
- The Secret Lives of Fonts – can the choice of type affect grades?
- Sky belt-trains of tomorrow, 1932, Landing airplanes in the middle of the sea & Skyscraper airport of tomorrow, 1939
- Terminology Legit: (unlicensed [information/interior] ARCHITECT{ural} interns)
16 USPS Eames Stamps for 2008
16 Eames Stamps for 2008, originally uploaded by eamesd
In recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to architecture, furniture design, manufacturing and photographic arts, designers Charles and Ray Eames will be honored next summer with a pane of 16 stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC. If you’ve ever sat in a stackable molded chair, you’ve experienced their creativity. Perhaps best known for their furniture, the Eameses were husband and wife as well as design partners. Their extraordinary body of creative work — which reflected the nation’s youthful and inventive outlook after World War II — also included architecture, films and exhibits. Without abandoning tradition, Charles and Ray Eames used new materials and technology to create high-quality products that addressed everyday problems and made modern design available to the American public.
more information and sign up here for Eames stamps news via the Eames Office.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
, originally uploaded by joto25
Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas