Simulacres et Simulation
Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation should be mandatory reading for all. View the below description after the jump.
“Art is the replacing of indifference by attention.”
Guy Davenport
-S.S.
Dutch people are clearly much more organized than we are. For more on this development, definitely scope False Flat (Published by Phaidon) by Aaron Betsky. It’s basically an entire manifesto discussing the book’s subtext in images: “Why Dutch Design Is So Good” — yes, I know they have Vermeer, The Hague, and Windmills…did they really need to steal design, too? Apparently, they’re trying to claim de Kooning…
Bicycle Rush Hour Utrecht (leave your fixie at home)
The ‘Technology’ of Francois Roche
When French architect Francois Roche was asked, “What project has given you the most satisfaction?” he replied: ”Any project where I can tell a story.” When Roche was asked, “When you were a child, did you want to become an architect?” He replied, “Of course not, it’s not a vocation. I hate that.”
[Excerpt from interview at Designboom]
Read MoreWhat To Do This Summer:
Try this. If you’re interested in design, and want to spend a week in French summer-countryside-bliss, scope Vitra’s Domaine de Boisbuchet.
Read More‘Processing’ Open-Source Programming Language
“The medium is the message,” meet: ’Processing’ [download for free], an open-source programming language. A tool for our generation and their [my] obsession with data, documentation, and representation.
Read MoreNICA Project (Estudio Teddy Cruz)
“One project, several years in the making, should start construction this year in the California border town of San Ysidro.”
Read MoreChris Payne — Architectural Photographer
“Trained as an architect, Chris Payne is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. His interest in historic buildings and industrial architecture began shortly after college.
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