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Design by Acconci
Via thedailybeast.com
Oct 2012
Vito Acconci has been named Designer of the Year by Design Miami, the field’s top commercial fair. The performance art pioneer began designing buildings and public projects in the late '80s, including a NY subway station and a project in the Philadelphia airport.
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Cultural Merit Badges
Via travelandleisure.com
Oct 2012
“Like a merit badge for cultural travelers, the humble museum-admission button
speaks volumes,” writes Patrick Sheehan, who’s been collecting entry tabs from institutions ranging from the Walker to Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum.
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Airport Typography
Via nytimes.com
Oct 2012
Designer Ruedi Baur’s signage at the Vienna Airport aims to reevaluate airport design. His new wayfinding elements are designed to give the feel of Vienna: “My job was to create a system of signs that makes this airport a place, not a nonplace.”
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Bouncy Bridge
Via guardian.co.uk
Oct 2012
As part of a competition to create a new Paris landmark, Parisian architects Atelier Zündel Cristea have submitted plans for a trampoline bridge to cross the Seine. While highly unlikely to win, the architects see it as a “joyful” way to cross the river.
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Centipede Cinema
Via architizer.com
Oct 2012
In honor of its designation as a 2012 European Capital of Culture, Guimaraes, Portugal, built Centipede Cinema, “16 tubes that funnel into an enclosed screening room.” It’s the brainchild of architect Colin Fournier, artist Marysia Lewandowska, and London firm NEON.
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Known Pleasures
Via animalnewyork.com
Oct 2012
Joy Division’s iconic album cover for Unknown Pleasures has become ubiquitous. But what exactly is it? Designer Peter Saville explains the design’s origin as an image of a pulsar found in a science textbook brought to him by the band.
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Swiss Suit
Via artinfo.com
Oct 2012
SBB, Switzerland’s national railway operator, is suing Apple for trademark infringement over the unauthorized use of its clock design on a new iOS6 app. The 1940s clock by Hans Hilfiker is ubiquitous in Swiss train stations.
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The Great Outdoors
Via good.is
Oct 2012
Does the future of the working world involve outdoor offices? Jonathan Olivares Design Research thinks so: It recently created mockup office and classroom environments that can be rearranged in an outdoor space. Just add sun, air, and a water cooler.
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Passings: Paddy Bates
Via guardian.co.uk
Oct 2012
Paddy Roy Bates, who in the ‘60s declared a UK offshore WWII platform the sovereign Sealand Principality, has died at the age of 91. The site, which hosts web servers, has attracted interest from artists (like design firm Metahaven) and technologists alike.