Malika Favre. Death and Life of the Real-Time City. Much of the archives work featured on this site has contributed to a PhD I’ve been undertaking through the University of Technology Sydney. It’s been a long and winding journey – starting out in the Faculty of Computing and IT and ending up in Public History – and finally submitted in August 2010. Titled The Death and Life of the Real-Time City: Re-imagining the City of Digital Urbanism , this is a somewhat ‘non-traditional’ PhD which traverses a number of different fields and takes in ideas relating to urban computing, utopian images of the city, urban activism during the 20th century, sound practices, and the digital distribution of media archives today.
If you’re wondering how all those ideas fit together, you best have a read. A copy of the unpublished dissertation can be downloaded here . The Abstract begins like this: MIT SENSEable City Lab 2010. So that’s where Jane Jacobs comes in, with her seminal text The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1965). ShareThis. 13 Insanely Cool Resumes That Landed Interviews At Google And Other Top Jobs. Art of Europe - Art Prints, Poetry, Cine, Stuff. Enki Bilal: 'My cartoons evoke a past out of step with reality' ‘There's a little of me in all my characters,’ says cartoonist Enki Bilal.
A little of him in Jill Bioskop, his blue-haired comic heroine-cum-journalist of Femme Piege (‘Woman Trap’, 1986). A little of him in Alcide Nikopol, the rebellious astronaut with a sad gaze. From anagram to pictogram, his beautiful yet desperate heroes roam tirelessly in murky, poetic universes which have earned their author critical recognition and public fascination. In his Parisian workshop, watched over by the Saint-Eustace church, the long drawing-tables cluttered with sketches are flooded with light, while a luxurious Mac chats to a stuffed zebra’s head.
A flowing, dark figure, with fine features and soft pupils, Bilal rests but doesn’t stay seated. Rootless This rejection of compromise and an acute sense of commitment have so far suited the former Belgrade resident down to the ground. Stage world Europe is another topic dear to his heart. Strukturblog. Web Design, Code & …Stuff! Ryugyong Hotel Pyongyang. Ryugyong Hotel. Sumaré House by Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto. Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld designed this house for a graphic designer in São Paulo with a studio situated below street level opening onto a garden.
Called Sumaré House and completed in 2007, the two-storey house features a studio and a long étagère to display the owners work. The project also includes a space for ballet and a swimming pool on the upper floor, next to the clients bedroom. See our previous story about the Havianas store in São Paulo by Isay Weinfeld. Here's some more information from Isay Weinfeld: Sumaré house is located in São Paulo, and was designed for a graphic designer. The client wanted a spacious house, where she could work, exercise, entertain friends and, of course, live in. Thus, we had to fit an atelier, a swimming pool and a space for ballet routines into the house, along with ample entertaining areas, two bedrooms and all other rooms suitable to a residence. Click for larger image. Tokujin Yoshioka for Maison HERMES Japan // Designed to blow our. Image Courtesy of Hermès Japon // 2009 Guest Contribution by Anna Foskolou At one point or another, we’ve all been told that it’s rude to stare.
It’s a fundamental rule of a good upbringing. But imagine wandering around the streets of Tokyo, this time of year, fully exposed to the relentless so-called “Christmas Spirit” and the cacophony of the overabundant stores that threaten to drown you in fake snow and glitter. Out of the blue, you miraculously land in an oasis of serenity, a safe haven amongst the utter chaos. Video © Satoshi Asakawa / Courtesy of Hermès Japon. Qv1BF.jpg (970×1199) Home on the Grange. Lifehouse design.