turns out, this is an endearing little essay. worth the quick read.
“Donald is an artist – he designed the now iconic pink plastic flamingos you see in gardens – so has an excellent eye for colour and is comfortable wearing distinctive designs. Whenever I see flamingo fabric, I buy some and make us an outfit; we now have more than 40 in their own special closet. Whoever gets there first gets to choose what we’re wearing. It’s not a stampede, though; we’re both amenable to the other’s choice.”
At long last Flickr Finds returns with the 31st edition of my favorite photos seen on the newly redesigned Flickr over the last few weeks. For more photos see previous Flickr Finds. All photographs above courtesy the individual photographers.
There are some fantastic sequences in this brief stop motion clip by Victor Haegelin of Patator Prod accompanied by music from Professor Kliq. Haegelin relies entirely on bent wire and paper to create everything you see and it’s amazing how fluid all the individual wire strands become when animated like this, wish it went a bit longer. (via vimeo)
The history of rapid-transit began 150 years ago, with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in London in 1863. In the next century and a half, dozens of architects and engineers have worked on underground tunnels and stations. Some are abandoned now, but others are as good as new. Here are some of the most wonderful underground railway stations.
Rådhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Rådhuset (Court House) station was opened in 1975 as a part of the Stockholm rapid transit system, one of the best examples of organic architecture. Pictured above.
Marienplatz Station is one of the most frequently used stations in Munich, and was opened as part of the new S-Bahn network for the 1972 Summer Olympics.
This station was opened in 1968, but was completely renovated between 2007 and 2009 with GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) panels and interesting details designed by the Barcelona-based ON-A Architects.
Elektrozavodskaya Station was named after an electric light bulb factory nearby and opened in May 1944 during the WWII. It's famous for its decorations, designed by Vladimir Schuko, Vladimir Gelfreich and Igor Rozhin.
The station, designed by S. Volovich and opened in 2008, has green Cuban marble on the walls, and grey granite with darker (Gabbro granite) marble edges.
The Orthodox cathedral-like Zoloti Vorota was opened on December 30, 1989 as the part of the first stage of the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. Designed by Boris and his son Vadim Zhezherin, S.Adamenko, and M. Ralko.
Puhŭng and Yonggwang Station, Pyongyang, North Korea
Puhŭng
Many foreign tourists were allowed to travel only between Puhŭng Station and Yŏngwang Station (both opened in 1987) on the Chŏllima Line. The Pyongyang Metro is the deepest in the world–the track runs 360 ft (110 m) underground.
This station, with its curved and luminous walls made of glass, is located at O'Hare International Airport. It was designed by Murphy/Jahn and opened in 1984.
The steampunkish underground station near the Musée des Arts et Métiers was opened in 1904, but was redesigned by the famous Belgian comics artist François Schuiten in a style inspired by the works of Jules Verne.
This transfer station was built for the 2009 World Games, but opened in September 2008. It has the largest glass work in the world, designed by Narcissus Quagliata, covering an area of 23,465 sq ft (2180 sq m) with 4,500 glass panels.
“Students announced the filing at a press conference in New York yesterday afternoon, along with students from the University of California at Berkeley, who are also filing a Clery complaint against their school. In addition, students from the University of Southern California and Swarthmore College announced that they were filing Title IX complaints. Gloria Allred, a Los Angeles-based women’s rights lawyer, attended the conference and represents Occidental College students, who filed a Title IX complaint on April 18.”
I recently stumbled onto the Facebook page of a new wheatpaste artist named Lavalet who has been making some pretty imaginative site-specific pasteups in various locations around France since late last year. Almost all of his pieces interact with their direct surroundings and frequently include props or other three-dimensional objects. You can see more over on his blog, and if you happen to be in the south of France he just opened an exhibition at NUNC ! Grenoble last week.
in this edition of “why are you hitting yourself?”
i left work a bit early today because i was toast. work’s been insane and after having a particularly draining day, i was really quite done, thank you.
i was going to treat myself to sneaking out, going home, putting on my jammies and losing myself in some tumblr.
what did i do?
came home, put on jammies and proceeded to login and start working. you know… just had the one more little thing to do.
