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Passings: Lebbeus Woods
Via popsci.com
Oct 2012
Visionary architect/theorist Lebbeus Woods passed away Tuesday at age 72. Melding the worlds of science fiction and speculative design, he “favored big-concept paper projects over the quotidian limitations of brick and mortar,” writes Suzanne LaBarre.
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Change Is Inevitable
Via designobserver.com
Oct 2012
For his ongoing “Accidental Mysteries” column, John Foster shares “things that have been altered or changed by man from the original form,” from a Frankenstein $5 bill to Cindy Sherman’s personae to a hijacked paint-by-numbers dog portrait.
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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.
