Portrait of Billy Al Bengston and Frank Gehry on the Rooftop of Gehry's Office, Santa Monica, CA, c. 1970
[There are] four approaches to architecture criticism: formal, experiential, historical, and activist.
Blair Kamin vs. Alexandra Lange, Writing About Architecture, 2012
A new aesthetic operates in Atlanta: the random juxtaposition of entities that have nothing in common except their coexistence, or - favorite formulation of the surrealists - the accidental encounter between an umbrella and a sewing machine on a dissecting table.
Rem Koolhaas, "Atlanta" in SMLXL, 1987/94
Market Street, Pingyao, China, c. 2012 (via digitalarchpapers)
The unrelenting axial nature of this city, the dispersal of new, polychrome plastic umbrellas on along a conduit of old, grey stone pavers, the exceptional details of the dragon acroteria, and the tectonic consistency of the roof tiles all coalescence to generate the beauty of this image.
Nick Kahler, Design for a Mephistophelian Umbrella Graphic Tee, 2012
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Nick Kahler, Design for a Hydrogenated Taxidermy Graphic Tee, 2012
Nick Kahler, Four Designs for a Mephistophelian Umbrella Graphic Tee, 2012
How to make cheap and easy t-shirt transfers here, or, how you too can be an architect turned graphic designer turned fashion designer! I haven't made these yet, but I am planning on it. Wouldn't wearing each of these one day after another be an incredible game to play on friends / coworkers?
Nick Kahler, Extracted "Mephistophelian Umbrella" from Peachskip No. 1, 2012
Nick Kahler, Actual "Mephistophelian Umbrella" from Peachskip No. 1, 2012
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Bucky Bar, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2010 (via yayeveryday)
Bucky Bar is a spontaneous and temporary public building inspired by Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) and made entirely of umbrellas.