Utopian Benches · 3 January, 10:23 AM by Archlog
Although the Arcadia University exhibit of British artist Francis Cape’s recreations of benches from American utopian communities closed yesterday, there is a free mini-catalog available as a PDF download that is a small gem.
Support your local indie bookstore · 28 November, 05:03 PM by Archlog
Urges this article on salon.com. Seconded!
Patty Curtan signing at the Ace Hotel · 7 November, 05:23 PM by Archlog
Patty Curtan will sign copies of Menus for Chez Panisse this Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 6-8PM at the Ace Hotel, 20 W. 29th St. (at Brodway). The Ace is also home to New York’s only Stumptown coffee bar.
Gratuitous Type · 7 November, 12:45 PM by Archlog
Gratuitous Type describes itself as “a pamphlet of typographic smut, published infrequently.” But there’s nothing smutty about this independently published small journal, full of smart writing, insightful interviews, and itself beautifully designed, printed in a limited edition of 500 copies. This is easily the best $9 you can spend today on something typographic- or design-related.
Megan Carey and Charles Blozies on Old Buildings, New Designs tonight · 1 November, 10:09 AM by Archlog
at Van Alen Books, tonight at 7PM. Old Buildings, New Designs is a new book “devoted to working within a given architectural fabric—from the technical issues that arise from aging construction to the controversy generated by the various project stakeholders to the unique aesthetic possibilities created through the juxtaposition of old and new.”
7PM, 30 W. 22nd St., between 5th and 6th Avenues. Free. Wine will be served, come, listen, and buy a book.
Curry Stone Design Prize · 18 October, 01:31 PM by Archlog
What log have I been living under that I didn’t know about the Curry Stone Design Prize, a $100,000 no-string-attached prize given to a pioneer in social design, a category broadly conceived that includes everything from architecture to technology? More details here, including the announcement of this year’s winner, Taiwanese archtiect Hsieh Ying-Chun.
Allison Saltzman on cover designs that were never used · 19 May, 10:44 AM by Archlog
Former Princeton Architectural Press designer Allison Saltzman has another feature on her work, this one in the Times, showing covers that were passed over for different designs.
Best bike-related design ideas of 2011 · 18 May, 12:32 PM by Archlog
As collected at architizer. Includes a leather six-pack holder you can sling over your top tube. Happy pedaling.
New York on how "Architecture Killed the American Folk Art Museum." · 11 May, 03:38 PM by Archlog
Blisteringly unkind words in New York Magaine on “the terrible building” that will now be sold to MoMA.
Kind words at The Casual Optimist for In the Wilds · 10 May, 08:54 AM by Archlog
“The Casual Optimist:“http://www.thecasualoptimist.com says of this new book by illustrator Nigel Peake, “In The Wilds collects together his obsessively detailed drawings and watercolors of this rural life — the trees, fields, lakes, and rolling hills, but also farm houses, tractors, fences, and telegraph poles. It is simply lovely.”