Wednesday, February 23, 2011

post 200.

"philosophers and philologists should be concerned in the first place with the poetics metaphysics; that is, the science that looks for proofs not in the external world, but in the very modification of the mind that meditates on it. since the world of is nations is made by men, it is inside their minds that its principles should be sought" - giambattista vico

"why do we have a mind if not to get our way?" - fyodor dostoyevski
      both as quoted in rem koolhaas's delirious new york... 1st page... i can't imagine what the rest of the book holds

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

excel, i own you


what life is like.. assignment 2, community profiles.


Tuesday, February 15, 2011

searching for truth

trees in boston

This is one way to deal with our failing ecosystem...fake plastic trees aka TreePods that filter the air based on real trees and the human lung. they're pretty neat being realistic and solar powered and made from recycled bottles.. how sweet this may be, we shouldn't forget that this doesn't change the bigger picture, we gotta quit consuming so much of everything because the by-products are co2 or other more toxic toxins. at least people are getting creative and buying us some time.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

color me beautiful

Color Brewer 2.0 is an amazing site to help **MAPPERS** put colors together that are easily readable. colors that compliment each other and colors that people who are colorblind can read. it's a great site that works well in map making program ArcGIS. the site provides you with the proper values for each color so you can make it yourself or upload the entire program set into ArcGIS and other programs. but it's not just for mappers, anyone that works with color is gonna love this site. so enjoy and put some color into this barren [winter] landscape of NYC!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

design stuff

innovate + sustainable ideas began in North America.. think the organic movement of the 1960's... people used to like this landmass, enough so that we impacted development around the world - but suddenly we stopped... and we've been stuck in a money-hungry funk for nearly 40 years.  one of the most innovate ideas out there these days deals with sustainable architecture and how we reduce our footprint by starting at home. Passivhaus was a [north] American idea and it has taken off in Europe.  Check out the article, it makes you hope for a future were people care not just their home but how their home can make a difference.  Also Rau.Eu is the Dutch architectural firm RAU, founded in '92 by German Thomas Rau.. their work is incredible and their manifesto: OnePlanetArchitecture has lead to, among others, the call for a radical paradigm shift in how we consume and where responsibility for waste lies.  ENJOY!

lovely song.. even better video

this came on during brunch, awesome

perspective