Bjork, performing Gloomy Sunday at the Alexander McQueen memorial in London, via Vogue. It’s good to see her, sad to see McQueen go.
Bjork, Gloomy Sunday
September 25, 2010
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Dieter Rams, brilliant designer, brilliant accent
September 21, 2010
Via Williamson.
Teotihuacan
September 14, 2010
The remains of Teotihuacan, an ancient city about half an hour’s drive outside present-date Mexico City. At its peak around 500 AD, Teotihuacan had a population exceeding that of Rome.
Mick Jagger
September 8, 2010
These photos of Mick are in honour of my Uncle Bob, who kindly pointed me to Rolling Stone’s large collection of Jagger portraits. It’s particularly interesting to watch the 60s morph into the 70s with a crazy loss of style in the 80s.
Electric Vehicle Charging Station by Designers At Large
September 3, 2010
Pleasingly sci-fi device which provides you with shelter while it charges your electric vehicle. This prototype from Vancouver design/architecture firm Designers At Large makes me want an electric car. From the designers:
“Electric Vehicle Rapid Charging Station shelter/enclosure designed by Designers at Large (Structural design by Paul Miskimmin of DNA) for BCHydro, Powertech Labs, and Science World is nearing completion.
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Window advice please
September 2, 2010
Need advice! The thought of going through another winter with the cold pouring through thin, damaged church windows seems unbearable. The building dates from the 1930s and quite possibly the window frames do too, though perhaps not the glass.
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Last days of summer
August 28, 2010
A grass umbrella instantly transports you somewhere tropical, even when it’s made of polyester. Qualicum Beach ice cream parlour, Vancouver Island.
Kärsämäki church, Finland
August 27, 2010
This Finnish church by Anssi Lassila was one of the reasons for starting this blog, and maybe that’s why, paradoxically, it got forgetten – it already seemed to be here.
Marine Insultant, Retired.
August 25, 2010
Tofino, British Columbia. DIY fence & humour by a retired consultant and RN couple.
Shigeru Ban & paper architecture
August 16, 2010
Shigeru Ban is well known for his paper architecture, in particular the emergency structures designed for regions struck by disaster, notably houses for the Japanese city of Kobe hit by a devastating earthquake in 1995, and a series of paper tent structures for the UN High Commission for Refugees in Rwanda in 1999.
