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Placard as Protest
Via greg.org
Jul 2012
An “All Hail Sauron” sign hoisted by James Bridle at the July 5 inauguration of the Shard, the Renzo Piano–designed building in London that’s Europe’s tallest, prompts an investigation by Greg Allen into placards as a platform for protest.
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Burrill in Brazil
Via wallpaper.com
Jul 2012
Anthony Burrill, whose koan-like letterpress posters are part of Graphic Design: Now In Production (on view now at Cooper-Hewitt), has a new show in London based on workshops he led in São Paulo. Title: How to say the most with least.
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Stars & Stripes
Via pentagram.com
Jul 2012
In 1986, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, Pentagram partner Kit Hinrichs invited 96 graphic designers to reinterpret the American flag. This July 4 brings a look into the archives to share some of the results.
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Airy Architecture
Via dezeen.com
Jun 2012
Opened July 1 at MoMA PS1, Wendy is an architectural and environmental experiment: “Composed of fabric treated with a ground breaking titania nanofilm to neutralize airborne pollutants,” it’ll clean about 260 cars’ worth of smog from the air this summer.
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New Academicians
Via mediabistro.com
Jun 2012
The National Academy has named its 23 newest members, aka “Academicians,” who hail from the fields of art and architecture. Among them: Cindy Sherman, Bruce Nauman, Siah Armajani, Robert Gober, Robert Irwin, Michael Graves, and Richart Tuttle.
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DS+R at Cooper-Hewitt
Via nytimes.com
Jun 2012
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architectural firm behind the Hirshhorn’s Bubble expansion and the High Line, has been selected to design the gallery and visitor experience at the expanded Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
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Hadid on Housing
Via guardian.co.uk
Jun 2012
Austerity, says Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid “is used as a cliche because people don’t have ideas, they want to crib [old ones] to do bad stuff. Schools, housing, hospitals—I think the government should invest in good housing.”
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Olympic Afterlives
Via good.is
Jun 2012
Big budgets build glorious stadiums for each edition of the Olympics, but what happens long after the torch moves on? Filmmaker Gary Hustwit (Urbanized, Helvetica) and photographer John Pack are setting out to document the afterlives of these spaces.
