March 2008 – Joe Hallock

Eiffel Tower to receive temporary addition

By joe|2008-10-05T18:35:35-07:00March 24th, 2008|Architecture|

SereroÂ ArchitectsÂ have designed a new "top" for the Eiffel Tower. FromÂ http://www.serero.com: Serero ArchitectsÂ unveils its design for the extension of the Eiffel Tower top floor.Â The projectÂ will extend the top floor plate of the tower by grafting a high performance carbon Kevlar structure on it. The structure will be temporarily bolted to the slab without requiring any modification of the existing structure. It will expand the usable floor area from 280 m2 to [...]

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I beat Portal last night

By joe|2008-10-04T18:05:21-07:00March 19th, 2008|Design, Video Games|

<robot voice start>This game almost exploded my brain</robot voice end> Watch the trailer:

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Ryan’s Super Bowl Commercial

By joe|2008-03-17T08:59:23-07:00March 17th, 2008|Friends|

If you know me, you probably know my friend Ryan Peterson (college friend, old roommate, my warthog driver in Halo). Anyway, he works on the Coke advertising campaign atÂ Wieden+Kennedy. Here's Ryan's first Super Bowl commercial - it's a fantastic piece of work. Sorry about being so late getting this online...

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Watched Helvetica last night…

By joe|2008-03-14T11:48:07-07:00March 14th, 2008|Design, Movies, Stories|

Maureen and I went to see Helvetica last night at theÂ Northwest Film ForumÂ (part ofÂ AIGA's ByDesign 08 event). A note about the movie - quoted from http://www.helveticafilm.com Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The [...]

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823 ft. of Whoa…

By joe|2008-03-12T08:08:33-07:00March 12th, 2008|Architecture|

Aqua Tower in Chicago (Lakeshore East) pictured below.Via Daily Dose of ArchitectureÂ and Â Studio GangÂ

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Dubai + Azerbaijan + 40-story sphere = Awesome

By joe|2008-03-08T09:04:20-07:00March 8th, 2008|Architecture, Strange/Interesting, The Future|

Via Tropolism, via Inhabitat, via New York Times

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Justice – Video for DVNO

By joe|2008-03-24T11:34:46-07:00March 6th, 2008|Design, Music|

I've been listening to the Justice album "Cross" for the last couple days. Check out the video for the song:The video was removed from dailymotion.com - search for the video on Youtube.com

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Solar and Wind Power through Photovoltaic Leaf Shingles

By joe|2008-03-04T08:40:45-07:00March 4th, 2008|Architecture, Design, Save the Planet|

Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology (SMIT) has a new project called GROW that gathers energy through solar and wind power. Combing the best of green technology and ecology, GRWO draws inspiration from ivy growing on the side of a building - resulting in a hybrid energy delivery device of flexible, ivy-like fluttering solar leaves.

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