Andrea Cochran in AmericanStyle · 9 June, 07:21 PM by Archlog
AmericanStyle magazine writes of Andrea Cochran Landscapes that “to inhabit one of Cochran’s gardens is to be transported into another kind of space… a world that sustains a feeling of simply being. It’s easy to slip into that feeling, even with photographs.”
Ellen Lupton interviews David Barringer · 1 June, 05:08 PM by Archlog
Over at Design Observer, Ellen Lupton, author of numerous Princeton Architectural Press books, interviews David Barringer on the release of his new collection of essays on design, There’s Nothing Funny about Design except that there is, as Lupton points out, much that it is funny and enlightening in Barringer’s writings.
It's official: ALL CAPS is out · 1 June, 04:00 PM by Archlog
In tough economic times, it seems, we feel happier with u&lc.
BEA post-mortem · 1 June, 07:35 AM by Archlog
Mark Lamster writes on his blog a succinct roundup of this weekend’s Book Expo America, which could’ve saved me hours of fruitless slogging up and down aisles in search of the few diamonds in the rough. Mark modestly adds his own forthcoming book, Master of Shadows, about the secret diplomatic career of the painter Rubens, to the bottom of the list, but he should have put it nearer the top. Like culinary artist Julia Childs, who worked as a spy during her time in Paris, Rubens, it turns out, was also a secret agent, 17th-century version. Here’s hoping that Mark gets a screenplay deal to rival Julie and Julia, surely the most unlikely book tie-in ever, and certain to keep an entire generation of bloggers hard at work on arcane projects.
Information graphics are everywhere; in addition to the latest volume of Fresh Dialogue , there is a complete set of the amazing graphics from Good magazine on flickr.
Interactive Architecture · 30 May, 11:39 AM by Archlog
Reef is an interactive architecure installation by LA-based architects Rob Ley and Josh Stein at Storefront opening Tuesday, June 2, at 7PM. Reef uses SMA (Shape Metal Alloys) that change according to temperature, here employed to create a “dynamic enclosure” that reacts according to the exterior streetscape.
Handy Reception for a Handy Book · 28 May, 04:33 PM by Archlog
Tomorrow, Friday May 29th, the Type Director’s Club is hosting a reception for the Handy Book of Artistic Printing, the most excellent and useful new book of Victorian type, ornaments, corner fills, borders, twisters, wrinklers, and other “freaks of fancy” for the typographic connoisseur or voyeur.
FLW Legos?! · 22 May, 08:56 AM by Archlog
Archinect reports on new Frank Lloyd Wright Lego collections, including a set for the Guggenheim and another for Fallingwater.“http://www.papress.com/bookpage.tpl?isbn=9781568981932 Legions of architects’ children can kiss those Star Wars sets goodbye this Christmas.
Buffalo's Hot Spot · 21 May, 11:12 AM by Archlog
According to the Wall Street Journal, the newly renovated Frank Lloyd Wright Martin House is bringing ‘em back to New York’s northernmost industrial city, and giving the city “a lot to be proud of.”
Manhatta 2409 · 20 May, 12:22 PM by Archlog
The Van Alen Institute announces a design competition for the ecological future of New York based on Eric Sanderson’s ultra-cool Manhatta project. and book of the same name.
The Plan of Chicago · 18 May, 09:59 AM by Archlog
To help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Burnham and Bennet’s epoch-making Plan of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago launches Without Bounds or Limits: An Online Exhibition of the Plan of Chicago, a selection of original drafts, letters, meeting minutes, and images related to the Plan of Chicago, from the collections of the Ryerson & Burnham Archives at the Art Institute of Chicago.