Saturday, May 8th, 2010
More design from Mexico City. These are just four benches out of the scores of original designs found all over town. Many of these can be found on Paseo de la Reforma – two are the Pedro Friedeberg hand and foot bench, top, and the hippopotamus bench, bottom.
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Tags: art, bench, benches, Chapultepec Park, design, mexico, Mexico City, public art, Reforma, urban planning, Zocalo
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Friday, May 7th, 2010
Everywhere you look in Mexico City, you see something well thought out. Then you come home.
Top, outside a mod bar in the Condesa district; brutalist bank building with relief exterior; art nouveau building in the Roma district; doorway in the Coyoacan neighbourhood; benches in Chapultepec Park; minimalist sans serif address lettering is everywhere; the amazing tiled library at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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Tags: bench, benches, brutalist, DF, mexico, Mexico City, mural, painting, Reforma, Roma, sign, typeface, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Zona Rosa
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