Los Angeles

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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YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SOMETIME

August 14, 2009

YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SOMETIME


The blog YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SOMETIME does, as its title suggests, provoke an uncanny sensation. It’s halfway between a feeling of deja vu and a renewed sense of the mysterious life of objects.

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Avenel Cooperative Housing Project built either for cartoonists or communists

July 27, 2009

Avenel Cooperative Housing Project built either for cartoonists or communists

Why can’t cooperative housing look like this more often? The Avenel Cooperative Housing Project in LA’s Silver Lake neighbourhood, supposedly built either for “a bunch of communists” or for a “group of motion picture cartoonists and their families” (click above for informative Wikipedia article) was affordable when it was built in 1947 and of course is now ridiculously expensive.

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Categories: design, Uncategorised

Coast Modern – preview of the upcoming documentary film

June 16, 2009

Coast Modern – preview of the upcoming documentary film

These stills were shot during the filming of Coast Modern, a documentary film about West Coast modern house architecture, spanning from LA to Vancouver, by Vancouver filmmakers Gavin Froome and Mike Bernard.

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Categories: design, Uncategorised