Friday 28 January 2011
spectral analysis or pink is like red but not quite
catagories: ๐ง , graphic design
Thursday 27 January 2011
der zauberberg oder table, donkey and stick
The gathering of the World Economic Forum annually in the alpine retreat, exclusive and guarded, is a very strange, ornamented ritual, and I wonder if Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg), set in a sanitorium in the same village, is required reading for any and all attendees.
catagories: ๐ฉ๐ช, ๐ซ๐ท, ๐, ๐, economic policy, foreign policy
no sugar tonight/new mother nature
catagories: graphic design, labour, lifestyle
Tuesday 25 January 2011
rosinenbomber or fishmonger
Since the shuttering of the stunning Tempelhof city airport of Berlin in 2008, a rather sad winding down of a historic place--built on lands owned originally by the Knights Templar and witnessed the Airlift of Berlin during the Cold War when the Western exclave was blockaded by the Soviets, people have been trying to come up with good ideas for use of this massive space.
Certainly the variety is available but it isn't grown overseas, and while it may come from the fields of Spain sometimes, a lot, greens less hearty and less suited to Germanic climate, is grown here in hothouses and with a modicum of coaxing in nicer weather. With food prices rising out of proportion, there is a lot of talk of sustainability and feeding an exploding population and doing so more efficiently through vegetarianism (yay!)--all of which are certainly pressing and deserving of attention and serious thought, but maybe realigning one's attitude towards food begins with growing one's and bringing it to market.
catagories: ๐ฉ๐ช, ✈️, ๐ก, environment, food and drink
Sunday 23 January 2011
noblesse oblige
I wondered what the neighbours thought of this abdicated royalty. It reminded me of when we were house-hunting and seriously entertained the idea of renting another nearby
We were walking around the stately manor and gardens when I presume the lord of land, current pretender to the throne, emerged from ye royal woodshed and alighted his horseless carriage. He seemed rather disappointed that we did not kneel before him, or at least bow graciously.
Saturday 22 January 2011
my name is blue canary; one note: spelled l-i-t-e
Perhaps part of their hesitation, however, rests in the fact that I once brought home this other accomodation, which I later realized was purely ornamental: (as Admiral Akbar would proclaim, "It's a trap!") there is no floor, no levels, only a steep drop to the bottom for any unlucky visitor, but with an escape hatch in the back. Hopefully, eventually, the birds will discover that this is here for them.
Speaking of architectural idylls, I came across a very elegant website that showcases the strange and innovative in design spaces, with recent stories featuring plans for a nuclear-powered garrison-town under the ice of Greenland, a London underground map that reflected climate change and the sea level rise, and council-housing for London's future working-class robot population.
catagories: ๐ฌ๐ฑ, ๐ถ, ๐, environment
Thursday 20 January 2011
proper 80s degredation or shake up the picture, the lizard mixture with your dance on the eventide
Not wanting to see just a tribute, kareoke cover, I kept on and discovered that one is offered a rather incongruous and pregnant explanation, offered to learn more, which seemed a bit more apt than for all its emptiness and evasiveness, given what all can be delivered and what little cannot. Even doling out this rather insincere though mostly harmless excuse was a bit ironic since the music video has the backdrop of a vaguely European, totalitarian regime. The art work is from Patrick Nagel, who also graced the album cover for Rio (like the Wolf) and also from haircut catalog fame, which harks something of art deco but is at the same time a significant point of departure, prefiguring the minimalism of Anime and Manga. I spent the cold day with a lonely satillite.
catagories: ๐ถ, ๐, networking and blogging