Monthly Archives: June 2014

Streets in the sky

Posted on June 27, 2014 by things magazine

Britain’s best Carchitecture, off the back of the Carscapes exhibition. See also Carscapes: The Motor Car, Architecture, and Landscape in England, Carchitecture and the world of Motopia / LincVolt, electrifying classics. See also Zombie 222 / Formula 1 Pit Stops … Continue reading →

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I’ve been doing fjords all my life

Posted on June 25, 2014 by things magazine

Straight out of the Magrathea Christmas catalogue: ‘Norway has one of the top five most incredible terrains in the known universe. Now you can create your own 3D-printed genuine gypsum heirloom mantelpiece display replica of your favorite part of this … Continue reading →

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Informed Taste

Posted on June 24, 2014 by things magazine

Martin Parr’s 1991 project ‘Signs of the Times‘ is shortly going on show at the Beetles and Huxley Gallery in London. The photographic essay, published as a book in 1992, was a caustic look at the English obsession with taste … Continue reading →

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Standing stones

Posted on June 23, 2014 by things magazine

We can only assume these old photographs taken by the Colonial Office and held at The National Archives are of the Bako National Park in Borneo. The rock formations shown in these undated images must surely have been lost to … Continue reading →

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Mapping it out

Posted on June 18, 2014 by things magazine

Artist Richard Kolker works with digital sources for many of his projects, re-rendering places and scenes to create a different perspective on the familiar. His Streetview series tracks down iconic photographic and artistic locations and ‘snaps’ them using Google Streetview … Continue reading →

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Cyborgs

Posted on June 17, 2014 by things magazine

How many people actually claim to be cyborgs? The answer is surprisingly few. A decade ago, the web was much entertained by the activities of Kevin Warwick, instigator of Project Cyborg and obsessed with the interface between consciousness and data … Continue reading →

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Not a patch on this

Posted on June 16, 2014 by things magazine

Denim animation, a video for Throne, created by Nicos Livesey (and others), linked via Dezeen.

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On the level

Posted on June 13, 2014 by things magazine

Random selection for the weekend. The Effects Database. Related, an online book (with sound samples) about 100 Boss pedals / the Golden Age of Audio / Venice backstage, interesting look at how the city functions in terms of services, erosion, … Continue reading →

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Unimaginary islands

Posted on June 11, 2014 by things magazine

La Maddalena is the story of architecture intersecting with politics and corruption and coming off worst. “The former Arsenal, partly planned by Stefano Boeri on the island of La Maddalena for the G8 in 2009, is one of the darkest … Continue reading →

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There she blew

Posted on June 9, 2014 by things magazine

One of the aims of the explorers was to discover islands with fur-bearing seals, and these were found, inter alia in South Georgia, which had been re-discovered by Cook in 1755. Here, in 1902, were found two large cauldrons for … Continue reading →

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High and dry

Posted on June 4, 2014 by things magazine

Travel costs from central London. The darker the red, the pricier the (train) journey. A project by Chris Heathcote / happy to find a copy of this gem the other day; Seventies light entertainment given the Meades treatment / recommended … Continue reading →

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Work and turn

Posted on June 3, 2014 by things magazine

A colossal jumble of things today. Animated architecture, a series of entertaining gifs that reveal possibilities that quite probably already existed in the architects’ own minds / a post about Project U.F.O / A Long Time Ago in a China … Continue reading →

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