Places – Seattle Public Library
I visited the Seattle Public Library last weekend - here are a few photos... Â Â Â Â Â Â
May 2008
Places – Botanical Gardens in Bellevue, Washington
It's been a long time since I posted any of my own photos. I apologize about that - especially to my sister Elizabeth. Below are some new photos from the botanical gardens in Bellevue, Washington.
Just got back from Coachella 2008
We had a good time this year at Coachella - here's the list of artists we watched: The Raconteurs Architecture in Helsinki Vampire Weekend The Swell Season Jack Johnson Aphex Twin Pendulum Fatboy Slim Datarock Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip Mum Portishead Mark Ronson Death Cab for Cutie Cafe Tacvba Cold War Kids Islands Kate Nash St. Vincent Roger Waters My Morning Jackets Stars Metric Autolux Justice Chromeo Murs [...]
April 2008
The Department of the Future called, they want their fog tower back…
Via inhabitiat.com This dispatch from the future of skyscraper technology takes us to the northern coast of Chile, where Alberto Fernández and Susana Ortega have conceived of a Fog Tower that absorbs and channels water from its mist enshrouded environs. This pristine helical structure would allow for the development of a sustainable agriculture environment at the edge of the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth.
March 2008
Eiffel Tower to receive temporary addition
Serero Architects have designed a new "top" for the Eiffel Tower. From http://www.serero.com: Serero Architects unveils its design for the extension of the Eiffel Tower top floor. The project 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 [...]
I beat Portal last night
<robot voice start>This game almost exploded my brain</robot voice end> Watch the trailer:
Ryan’s Super Bowl Commercial
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 at 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...
Watched Helvetica last night…
Maureen and I went to see Helvetica last night at the Northwest Film Forum (part of 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 [...]
823 ft. of Whoa…
Aqua Tower in Chicago (Lakeshore East) pictured below.Via Daily Dose of Architecture and  Studio GangÂ
Dubai + Azerbaijan + 40-story sphere = Awesome
Via Tropolism, via Inhabitat, via New York Times