November 2011
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“A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.”
– Ai Weiwei (via thiscitycalledearth)
Nov 30th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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Nov 26th
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“… the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant, a pop-up venture which uses only the energy of the sun to cook food. Following its launch at Milan Design Week in April, the Lapin Kulta Solar Kitchen Restaurant — created in partnership with iconic Finnish beer brand Lapin Kulta — subsequently traveled through Europe on its way to Helsinki, where it was open for 10 days in August. The...
Nov 26th
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Nov 26th
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Nov 26th
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“All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that...”
– Philip Johnson
Nov 26th
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entrappedspaces: I like the part where they encourage the students frolicking in the fountain  A great overview of how Copenhagen is flourishing since transforming a one-kilometer area into pedestrian-friendly, social and people-centered space.
Nov 26th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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“Mass wasn’t always here. In 1918, there were two thousand car companies active...”
– Seth Godin
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Oh, so glad urbanistin reminded me. I chatted briefly with Patrick Dougherty when he was in the midst of his Brooklyn Botanical Gardens sculpture last year (nothing I can recall now, probably just thanking him etc). Adore how he does the sculpture right in public and involving the public. I didn’t know about this part of his creative process: “During a visit to BBG a year before...
Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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There definitely is something to “third places,” and I could write a dissertation or perhaps compose an ode to how they’ve enlivened my life through serendipity, connection, and communion. This was a really cool story about Dennis Jones who four years ago started camping out at his local Starbucks. I’ve been known to hang out for 4-6 hours in one sitting at coffee shops...
Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
– Vincent van Gogh
Nov 21st
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Nov 20th
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“Stemming from a 2009 project between urban visionary Tony Goldman and celebrated gallerist Jeffrey Deitch, Here Comes the Neighborhood [an upcoming webisode series] documents the revival of a Miami neighborhood within the context of one of the largest public commissioned art projects in the world.” - via Cool Hunting blog “HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD is a short-form Docuseries...
Nov 20th
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Nov 18th
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“we must create what we most need to find.”
–  Sabrina Ward Harrison
Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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“Design is the first signal of human intention.” - William McDonough I haven’t listened to McDonough in ages but I listened to this again tonight. He rocked my world in late 90s when I first discovered him, and I believe I  heard this exact speech at Bioneers 2000 in San Rafael, CA (altho, it’s hard to recall if it was 1999 or 2001) and each time I hear him it’s...
Nov 17th
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