I have been looking forward to the publication of Richard Olsen’s book Handmade Houses: A Century of Earth-Friendly Home Design, and it has now been released by Rizzoli.
Handmade Houses: A Century of Earth-Friendly Home Design
April 22, 2012
Lloyd Kahn on Tiny Houses – lecture in Vancouver
April 19, 2012
Lloyd Kahn, Editor in Chief and founder of Shelter Publications, is a North American authority on the handmade house. Visit Shelter for a full list of his book titles on this topic.
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Designing for humans is not that different from designing for chimps
April 8, 2012
In 100% agreement with this speech (video) by designer Ilse Crawford—”Being Human.” Only 1.27% of our DNA differs from the DNA in chimps, and design has to keep that in mind.
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On Rize (Or Forcing A Luxury Highrise On A Neighbourhood That Really Doesn’t Want It)
April 5, 2012
UPDATE: This disastrous, precedent-setting development was passed by our City Council, dominated by supposedly “green” Vision Vancouver, in a 9-1 vote. It was not sent back to design; only vague requests to the developer to make it smaller and less ugly were uttered.
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Ocean currents – “Perpetual Ocean” data visualizations
April 4, 2012
Superb Nasa data visualization of ocean currents. So many whorls and circular shapes and so much rapid flow along the equator. Beautiful. Also see the wind map of the USA if you haven’t already, and the satellite video of the earth at bottom.
In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
Essay below reprinted from In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki (Leete’s Island Books, 1977)
What incredible pains the fancier of traditional architecture must take when he sets out to build a house in pure Japanese style, striving somehow to make electric wires, gas pipes, and water lines harmonize with the austerity of Japanese rooms—even someone who has never built a house for himself must sense this when he visits a teahouse, a restaurant, or an inn.
Push for free hat
April 3, 2012
This reminds me of Irish comedian Dylan Moran at the Edinburgh Festival in the 90s, before he was famous. Semi-famous. He was decoding the emergency exit signs in the theatre: “First: cut off hands and feet, then head down stairs.”
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Antarctica
April 2, 2012
Above: abandoned Norwegian whale oil station
My mother went to Antarctica recently. She had always wanted to go, largely to see the penguins. She’s surprisingly penguin mad and as a child was known for singing the Peter Penguin song incessantly.
Perfect chair
March 31, 2012
When humans apply this much care to designing things, it makes me almost teary. This chair is a life-raft on a tidal wave of mass-produced cynicism. The person who made this chair was doing something so careful it’s almost spiritual.
