design

Once Upon A School – Dave Eggers and his Pirate Supply Store/Tutoring Centre

January 24, 2010

Once Upon A School – Dave Eggers and his Pirate Supply Store/Tutoring Centre

Most people have probably seen this video, but it’s worth watching again. Dave Eggers won the 2008 TED Prize for his education and literacy work with kids, and in this entertaining acceptance speech he provides a brief history of his project.

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Why is Australian design so cool?

Why is Australian design so cool?

Not a rhetorical question. This is a hodgepodge sample, for sure, and spans decades, but all of it seems to partake of some form or other of adventurousness.

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Chapel in Tarnów, Poland, by Beton Architects

November 8, 2009

Chapel in Tarnów, Poland, by Beton Architects

This chapel in Tarnów, Poland, is by Marta Rowińska & Lech Rowiński of the firm Beton (photos by Beton) and was completed in 2009. Being a completely non-religious non-churchgoer who really dislikes all the tortured religious iconography and narrative (and could do without the cross), I don’t know why I’m so attracted to all these humble churches (see also here and here) but I think it’s a relief to see a building whose utility is somewhat non-utilitarian and undefinable.

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Douglas Coupland’s magical white house

August 26, 2009

Douglas Coupland’s magical white house

This is by far one of my favourite houses in Vancouver. It’s in the municipality of West Vancouver, home to many of the best modern houses in the city, and it belongs to the novelist Douglas Coupland.

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