tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70173298702460770872024-02-07T14:46:52.212-05:00date in Design: a designer's almanacEAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-45215475725110701022013-02-11T09:00:00.000-05:002013-02-11T14:46:54.555-05:00Jacobsen-French Chef-Armory Show (11-17 February)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">on this date in Design…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Arne Jacobsen</b>, Danish
architect & designer, birthday 11 February 1902 <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The French Chef</b>, American
cooking show, premiere 11 February 1963<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Armory Show</b>, 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
avant-garde art show in the US, opening 17 February 1863<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7McmTF6n0fUqAPqlEyWeXpS5SmFW8gCLqprJi6A44BOpHOyNgf_aoPUi1HhOeclvCsu6lN7KTMN8tyZWXhm-LhX2VBsc2uZA4BhaiFAnmAyHDVxJQyullSg3xX24GufUPJuGyCdeVnF6w/s1600/Ant+Chair+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7McmTF6n0fUqAPqlEyWeXpS5SmFW8gCLqprJi6A44BOpHOyNgf_aoPUi1HhOeclvCsu6lN7KTMN8tyZWXhm-LhX2VBsc2uZA4BhaiFAnmAyHDVxJQyullSg3xX24GufUPJuGyCdeVnF6w/s320/Ant+Chair+001.jpg" width="220" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Luckily for us, Arne Jacobsen listened to his father and
opted for a more stable career of architecture than painting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wonderful aspect about Arne’s design was he
was able to take Functionalism and translate it into products & spaces that
were anything but sterile and unwelcoming putting him at the forefront of the
Scandinavian design movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inspired
by <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/06/chippendale-escher-eames-18-24-june.html" target="_blank">Charles & Ray Eames</a>, he worked with carpenter Fritz Hansen to develop the
Ant Chair: a simple bent plywood piece with three legs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This made it light weight, compact and
stackable, very similar to the concept of <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/05/hoffman-aalto-dali-7-13-may.html" target="_blank">Alvar Aalto</a>’s three-legged Stool 60.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSnODI3XbCqGIg9hVZkiRwibwxslGFBi1NfrfhKLA4WSF7fOPY0xPcq-J3mdPte43T9EeYf-f4ufBhud14FjRVKi91xBy27Hde3bQSFeG5KbDtXPZifhTk2lp2byl219r-VqEfAy-3vCJ/s1600/Jacobsen+SAS+Royal+Hotel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSnODI3XbCqGIg9hVZkiRwibwxslGFBi1NfrfhKLA4WSF7fOPY0xPcq-J3mdPte43T9EeYf-f4ufBhud14FjRVKi91xBy27Hde3bQSFeG5KbDtXPZifhTk2lp2byl219r-VqEfAy-3vCJ/s320/Jacobsen+SAS+Royal+Hotel.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Arne was commissioned for what could be
considered the world’s first “designer” hotel, the SAS Royal Hotel in
Copenhagen, designing everything from the furniture to the ashtrays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was for this project that the Swan and Egg
Chairs were developed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gentle curves
of the Swan Chair welcome the curves of the body and the envelope of the Egg
Chair creates a cozier wingchair for the new age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of these designs in addition to numerous
others are perfectly adapt to contemporary spaces. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirP1iG4k0ZMMQt4WDzybzGu2CUaGTQU7yKMsBBUcQzeqPsARDD8nlqnszfiIDPVT2KBjiENE4g8SmgWkkTvo6jK0q6-foH2MWY39RVLH4vwNiJsNbEoWNz8QEKea8SU7cL7pi03Tww3m4w/s1600/Julia+Child+on+set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirP1iG4k0ZMMQt4WDzybzGu2CUaGTQU7yKMsBBUcQzeqPsARDD8nlqnszfiIDPVT2KBjiENE4g8SmgWkkTvo6jK0q6-foH2MWY39RVLH4vwNiJsNbEoWNz8QEKea8SU7cL7pi03Tww3m4w/s320/Julia+Child+on+set.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">It may seem out of place to have the premier of a televised
cooking show on the list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Julia
Child had a broad impact not just on the psyche of the American housewife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This and subsequent cooking shows have had an
enormous impact on the design of the American home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With Julia’s easy-going and effervescent
attitude she made expert gastronomy look easy by showing us at home it was OK
to make a few mistakes in the pursuit of perfection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV_pWxVmirWFQfgR2HB8Blu4y8eRrkIYcfQwDLjFeekCvSEneHC9BhZWWbJiQxLCM-HVLpni80KG9LFi3VGp78kGF7G4YW7cidhSogYljLdHcsPUppTEbqQseN1Yo6lIPb4OD5fUkIrC0/s1600/Julia+Child+Kitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMV_pWxVmirWFQfgR2HB8Blu4y8eRrkIYcfQwDLjFeekCvSEneHC9BhZWWbJiQxLCM-HVLpni80KG9LFi3VGp78kGF7G4YW7cidhSogYljLdHcsPUppTEbqQseN1Yo6lIPb4OD5fUkIrC0/s320/Julia+Child+Kitchen.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">With “The French Chef”, PBS allowed Julia to
take intimidating recipes such as the meticulous 20 page recipe for French
bread and demonstrated how accessible delicious food could be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This lead to more and more equipment and
gadgets to be collected by the at-home-cook until the kitchen became the
enormous gourmet extravagance and center of the home it is today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No longer was the suburban kitchen a lonely
closed off room tucked away from formal spaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFogIws6YwMDAF5FFlnMvhCi0mP3Bz9rwW1DrkhlYaDOoh1uNxpIyzLTnCifSZJk8TQFKnGgEzc6_Gm_bokA-pR-tLHtkc7c0xb-EvHt5xJz8uu57ZRgWlocimN4YFK8dbBMDHlHn5Wvj/s1600/julia-child.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMFogIws6YwMDAF5FFlnMvhCi0mP3Bz9rwW1DrkhlYaDOoh1uNxpIyzLTnCifSZJk8TQFKnGgEzc6_Gm_bokA-pR-tLHtkc7c0xb-EvHt5xJz8uu57ZRgWlocimN4YFK8dbBMDHlHn5Wvj/s320/julia-child.jpg" width="211" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Now guest are encouraged to share the kitchen, indulge in a world of
flavors as their waistlines expanded as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Home design has come full circle to meet the needs of the modern family
lifestyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Formal spaces have been
abandoned in favor of open floor plans which, good and bad, invite guests into
the bosom of the home. </span></div>
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introduced to modern art at the Armory Show of 1913 in New York City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may seem counter intuitive to call
something “modern” that is over a century old but it was the new way of thinking
that truly defines where we as a society are headed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In terms of social consciousness, identity,
global connectivity, we are still on the cusp of understanding of how we, as
humans, fit into a drastically different world than centuries past and thusly
how we communicate and express ourselves.</span></div>
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today as Marcel Duchamp begged the question with his signed urinals hanging on
the wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abstraction and Expressionism
attempted to communicate the artist’s thoughts in non-traditional medium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No longer was Realism in the traditional
sense necessary, there was the photograph for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, how the photograph and realistic
painted imagery were used to communicate social and political ideas and thrust forward
to the viewer that same nagging question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Americans were for the first time exposed to European masters such as
<a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2013/01/manet-tschumi-lightbulb-21-27-january.html" target="_blank">Manet</a>, <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/05/munch-2-may.html" target="_blank">Munch</a>, <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/11/rodin-www-mouse-12-18-november.html" target="_blank">Rodin</a>, Picasso and many, many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, they discovered their own
home-grown modern artists such as Stella and Whistler that would pick up the
baton and make New York City a new hub of the artist community. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Links: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/h-l/arne-jacobsen.do" target="_blank">Arne Jacobsen at Design Within Reach</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.fritzhansen.com/en/designers/arne-jacobsen" target="_blank">Arne Jacobsen & Fritz Hansen</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.momastore.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_Arne-Jacobsen-Flatware_10451_10001_49725_-1_26669_26672" target="_blank">Arne Jacobsen flatware at the MoMA Store, NYC</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.knoll.com/designer/designer_detail.jsp?designer_id=80" target="_blank">Arne Jacobsen at Knoll</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.danishdesignstore.com/collections/designer-collections-arne-jacobsen" target="_blank">Arne Jacobsen at the Danish Design Store</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.radissonblu.com/royalhotel-copenhagen" target="_blank">Radison Blue (S.A.S.) Royal Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.juliachildfoundation.org/index.html" target="_blank">The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy & the Culinary Arts, Santa Barbara, CA</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/kitchen/" target="_blank">Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/julia-childs-family-outraged-over-thermador-ads-featuring-chef.html" target="_blank">LATimes article about Julia Child & commercialism</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://armoryfoundation.org/" target="_blank">The Armory Foundation, New York City, NY</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.montclair-art.com/exhibitions-details.php?id=31" target="_blank">"The New Spirit: American Art in the Armory Show" Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/armory-show-at-100" target="_blank">"The Armory Show at 100" New York Historical Society Museum & Library, New York City, NY</a></span></div>
<img height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiggfkoXXK2A1eEnvt32Q1Cye32lyijH-jJizepXLfIDIWJpg7J93mqZNkTF1a8HHUNVr7k0bNhFAwm2wHigPOjFUm36Q-nArdHkxOk-6siRdbfB77oqOyF50zZeCfeUnVqmpLUzrKgmEp/s1600/Fountain+Duchamp+1917.jpg" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 542px; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 2297px;" width="89" />EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-13117983096742956122013-02-04T09:00:00.000-05:002013-02-05T12:10:11.955-05:00Arts & Letters-Owings-Fire Extinguisher (4-10 February)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">on this date in Design…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">National Institute of
Arts & Letters</b>, honor society, Act of Congress passed 4 February 1913 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nathaniel Owings</b>,
American architect, birthday 5 February 1903</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fire Extinguisher</b>,
invented by Alanson Crane, patented 9 February 1863<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7cwixb0ytau2aT70JZfP4avacjomxm8uzLlYo-Sx0Z9T7MLPXAyIxAkNbipLf3Qn3Cz8LpGTEU1uj2zB1s2NBgQwqurpibi_pYw69WefWHZSflu7fAExGPXMRFUz3l-0dBUYYonvBxiq/s1600/ameracad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7cwixb0ytau2aT70JZfP4avacjomxm8uzLlYo-Sx0Z9T7MLPXAyIxAkNbipLf3Qn3Cz8LpGTEU1uj2zB1s2NBgQwqurpibi_pYw69WefWHZSflu7fAExGPXMRFUz3l-0dBUYYonvBxiq/s1600/ameracad.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The National Institute of Arts & Letters has a confusing
and unnecessarily complicated history of inception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without going into much detail as to how, the
organization is now known as the American Academy of Arts & Letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The original “Institute” was founded in 1902
but was recognized by an act of Congress in 1913.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This does not mean it is a government funded or
controlled organization, simply that it is recognized and is essentially an honorary
title.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other organizations with this
honor include the Girl/Boy Scouts and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Essentially, the purpose of the AAA&L is “to
foster and sustain excellence in Literature, Music and the Fine Arts by
identifying and encouraging individual artists.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does this by awarding prizes (money),
exhibiting work and funding performances & literature of up-and-coming
artist & authors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be elected to
the 250 council is not only an honor by being recognized by your peers but is
also a life-long membership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Academy
has also identified and fostered some of the country’s most influential and
important artists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite a black period
when modernism was shunned, today the AAA&L is more akin to the original progressive
intention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Members include <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/graves-stieglitz-loewy-9-15-july.html" target="_blank">Michael Graves</a>, <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/colombo-bartholdi-gwathmey-30-july-5.html" target="_blank">Charles Gwathmey</a>, <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/10/lin-jobs-mafistretti-1-7-october.html" target="_blank">Maya Lin</a>, <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/10/miles-meier-frankl-8-14-october.html" target="_blank">Richard Meier</a>, <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/04/pei-olmsted-geddes-april-23-29.html" target="_blank">I. M. Pei</a> and <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/06/venturi-klee-fuller-25-june-1-july.html" target="_blank">Robert Venturi</a>
to name just a few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ7TQG5vJH36j3J9sL3oIUx2WStgmsQRLsoswujaCIcBLPdkmF9TZWLcT7mYALS05YobHcfkm9yWfsJKlbkUOWdlNPhb-xHWGT0BUeR1CnL-2YjpqfbEA9-Wupg5uBiQ4t0o39sNJvrc0/s1600/Owings_Korling-246x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZ7TQG5vJH36j3J9sL3oIUx2WStgmsQRLsoswujaCIcBLPdkmF9TZWLcT7mYALS05YobHcfkm9yWfsJKlbkUOWdlNPhb-xHWGT0BUeR1CnL-2YjpqfbEA9-Wupg5uBiQ4t0o39sNJvrc0/s1600/Owings_Korling-246x300.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">As one of the founding members of the Chicago-based
architectural firm Skidmore Owings & Merril (SOM), Nathaniel Owings’
business & organizational acumen lead the firm to become known worldwide
for reliability for large-scale developments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Despite a cantankerous relationship with Louis Skimore, SOM became and
still is the quintessential “go-to” firm for record making skyscrapers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two were so independently strong willed that a satellite
office had to be opened in New York so they didn’t have to be in the same city
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, with the even-tempered engineer
John O. Merril in the middle, the business partnership was an enormous
success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SOM has the most buildings on
the “World’s Tallest Buildings” list with 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> with One World Trade Center holding fast to spots 1 and 2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Owings retired from the firm in 1975 but remained
an active advocate for open public spaces in American cities including acting
as President Johnson’s design advisor for the National Mall in Washington,
D.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additionally, the California
Architectural Council of the AIA continues his legacy by awarding an
architectural prize in his honor each year to projects that reconcile the
potential adverse needs between nature and the built environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 2012 winner, the California Academy of
Sciences is truly inspiring as it serves two purposes as a building and a
science experiment simultaneously. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think
of it as one giant terrarium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaIhuO6gAo5kiI0CyqlXtTdwv62YZCyn3hztKThw-r32uFYvLDgxLZ59YIHb-p-iefl5YIaBmeSnNsTPVSPyFhK4o4Ay4u0A-Yq0bofF2xWJ5az0EqKBDhW3NwPH11YMiKHedCd1QHKTL/s1600/450px-Childs_soda-acid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaIhuO6gAo5kiI0CyqlXtTdwv62YZCyn3hztKThw-r32uFYvLDgxLZ59YIHb-p-iefl5YIaBmeSnNsTPVSPyFhK4o4Ay4u0A-Yq0bofF2xWJ5az0EqKBDhW3NwPH11YMiKHedCd1QHKTL/s320/450px-Childs_soda-acid.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">In the wake of yet another deadly night club fire last week
(this time in Brazil) it is appropriate that we look at a fire prevention
device.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before there were fire
extinguishers, there were fire grenades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It seems counter-intuitive to throw a grenade at a fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, these small orb-shaped glass bottles
filled with fire suppression liquid would be hurled at an ensuing fire with
moderate success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the advent of the
fire extinguisher, a person would have a bit more control over where the liquid
landed and thereby a better chance of actually containing the fire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The basic principle is to contain the liquid
within a pressurized canister when opened the liquid will shoot out; much like
a “Super-Soaker” water gun works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully,
there have been many devices created over the past few centuries but Alanson
Crane’s was the first in the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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each new technology, buildings and the public at large are safer provided municipal
codes are in place, followed and enforced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The US today has some of the strictest Life Safety codes in existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are not hurdles that hinder the design
process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are essential the functionality
of a building and legitimize our job as design professionals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next time you enter a public building,
take a moment to locate some of the devices put there by the designer for your
safety: lighted exit signs, overhead sprinklers, fire alarms, emergency back-up
lighting (thank you Super Dome) and attached to the wall--a fire
extinguisher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Links: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.artsandletters.org/about.php" target="_blank">American Academy of Arts & Letters</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.som.com/nathaniel-owings" target="_blank">Biography of Nathaniel A. Owings on the SOM website</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.willistower.com/" target="_blank">Willis Tower, Chicago, IL</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.johnhancockcenterchicago.com/" target="_blank">John Hancock Center, Chicago, IL</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://natowingsaward.org/" target="_blank">Nathaniel A. Owings Award</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/academy/building/" target="_blank">California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.nfpa.org/" target="_blank">National Fire Protection Association</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=633&URL=Safety%20Information/For%20consumers/Occupancies/Nightclubs/assembly%20occupancies" target="_blank">NFPA artidle on Brazilian nightclub fire, 27 January 2013</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=277&itemID=18264&URL=Safety%20Information/For%20consumers/Fire%20&%20safety%20equipment/Fire%20extinguishers" target="_blank">NFPA article on fire extinguishers</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2012/story/_/id/8911864/2013-super-bowl-power-outage-stops-game-super-bowl-xlvii" target="_blank">ESPN article on the Super Dome Super Bowl power outage, 3 February 2013</a></span><br />
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EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-13304251445240658112013-01-28T09:00:00.000-05:002013-01-28T14:07:36.928-05:00Pollock-Lego-Computer Virus (28 January - 3 February)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span id="goog_1396428040"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1396428041"></span>on this date in Design…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jackson Pollock</b>, American
abstract expressionist painter, birthday 28 January 1912<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lego</b>, Danish
construction toy, patented 28 January 1958<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Computer Virus</b>, first
written by Richard Skrenta, 30 January 1982<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruI7Q4hhSMFTvhhbTcre6VXxeWqF8lvCFyP9A8ykgAowe93viIymnZ1k17Nq-Sbh-Ua38PbMh_XeCqOy-rpIkCCAbE07zC2KWjt_vGFd0hbAvTU0wl_W_sgwWdalqqk3AkuHe4_0ORzZH/s1600/IMG_5139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruI7Q4hhSMFTvhhbTcre6VXxeWqF8lvCFyP9A8ykgAowe93viIymnZ1k17Nq-Sbh-Ua38PbMh_XeCqOy-rpIkCCAbE07zC2KWjt_vGFd0hbAvTU0wl_W_sgwWdalqqk3AkuHe4_0ORzZH/s320/IMG_5139.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">It can be argued that Jackson Pollock’s rhythmic, almost
ritualistic drip painting style can be linked to Native American sand painting
from the Southwest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a child, he
accompanied his father on government surveying expeditions where he would have been
first introduced to the art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later,
after moving to New York with his brother, Pollock became involved in the
expressionist movement and eventually it’s most famous and successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Guggenheim in 1943, Pollock’s groundbreaking style was introduced to the art
community and then developed further at the East Hampton home he shared with
wife Lee Krasner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Krasner was an
enormously talented expressionist herself but was overshadowed by her husband’s
work. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the canvas lying on the
floor, Pollock would use stiffened brushes, sticks and even basting syringes to
pile paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an immediate means of
creating art and added a new dimension to the experience as it could be viewed
from all directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would come in handy
years later as the thickly coated canvases will shift much as antique window
glass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This requires the pieces to be routinely
rotated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As groundbreaking as Pollock’s
new style was, he abruptly halted all drip painting after the 1949 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Life</i> magazine article was printed in pursuit
of new expressions but sadly never found equal success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoazBv5OX4et3KtfLskVgSIqMEiJFFpC75x9UBoALTWHtXLOU6AreAck6WXgYpt5z7cKEnhKA6HCbJv53ZZbnypN21A6WDNIKNxhzhdKnsYVw8minYhKBBdv16wEYfyMoDusFj4-uKeRpE/s1600/Lego_dimensions_svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoazBv5OX4et3KtfLskVgSIqMEiJFFpC75x9UBoALTWHtXLOU6AreAck6WXgYpt5z7cKEnhKA6HCbJv53ZZbnypN21A6WDNIKNxhzhdKnsYVw8minYhKBBdv16wEYfyMoDusFj4-uKeRpE/s320/Lego_dimensions_svg.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">"Leg godt” means to “play well” in Danish and to carpenter
Ole Kirk Christiansen it meant to make the highest quality toys so children can
fully express their imaginations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
this day, Lego brand toys and their trademark LEGO brick continue to inspire
future architects and engineers (or really any kids who like to play).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKU5Ox075O0KTvCV1NF_JXKS27kW9CBtjUoTexSLDkmb-az2e6nlwyrGK_-sMFrnO7JqHqZz7bUPb8iRNUlNxk9n6NZ7owRemXiYB01hTnPemgxnwrTmyWUioEnCAA6lkY2wbyhzydc2V/s1600/IMG_1834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKU5Ox075O0KTvCV1NF_JXKS27kW9CBtjUoTexSLDkmb-az2e6nlwyrGK_-sMFrnO7JqHqZz7bUPb8iRNUlNxk9n6NZ7owRemXiYB01hTnPemgxnwrTmyWUioEnCAA6lkY2wbyhzydc2V/s320/IMG_1834.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">In 1958, thanks to injection molded plastic,
Christiansen’s son lead the company to patent the original brick based on an
improvement to an existing British patent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lego’s brick easily snapped together securely while still separating
without much effort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, these
original bricks are still compatible with those manufactured today leading the
way for generations of fans to pass down their highly prized collections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is, those that haven’t fallen victim to
vacuum cleaners, mouths of curious pets or the notorious Lego gnomes who steel
the single most essential piece from your construction set in the middle of the
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prankster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much so that his friends
began to refuse to barrow computer games and disks because he would alter them
to display onscreen joking messages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
in 1982, while on winter break in the ninth grade, Skrenta harmlessly created
the first large-scale, self-spreading personal computer virus called “Elk
Cloner”…and it was for the Apple II.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s right; the first computer virus was designed for Macs, not
Microsoft platforms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The truly harmless
program would copy itself onto a computer’s hard drive and subsequently copy
itself onto any disk inserted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
simple code is nothing like the multi-dimensional complicated programs that
plague computers worldwide today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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terrorist and thieves to inflict damage thereby creating the entire industry of
malware protection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later, Skrenta
ventured into less malicious ventures including helping to launch Netscape,
creating the online news source Topix and more recently, the search engine
Blekko which is set out to rival Google without all the spam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/pkhouse/" target="_blank">Pollock-Krasner House & Study Center, East Hampton, New York</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.jacksonpollock.com/" target="_blank">Jackson Pollock website</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/search/collection?query=pollock" target="_blank">Pollock work at MoMA, New York City, USA</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/search/collection?query=Krasner" target="_blank">Krasner work at MoMA, New York City, USA</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks?aid=1785&ws=date" target="_blank">Pollock work at the Tate, London, UK</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks?aid=1441&ws=date" target="_blank">Krasner work at the Tate, London, UK</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0xiovbDML0" target="_blank">Pollock movie trailer</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.lego.com/" target="_blank">Lego website</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.legoland.com/" target="_blank">Legoland parks website</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/video/2012/oct/15/felix-baumgartner-skydive-lego-video" target="_blank">Felix Baumgartner's skydive from space in Legos</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.skrenta.com/cloner/nu-clone.html" target="_blank">The Elk Cloner Poem</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.skrenta.com/" target="_blank">The Skrentablog</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://blekko.com/" target="_blank">Blekko search engine</a></span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-51808735382632199042013-01-21T09:00:00.000-05:002013-02-04T13:22:07.673-05:00Manet-Tschumi-Lightbulb (21-27 January)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">on this date in Design…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Edouard Manet</b>, French
impressionist painter, birthday 23 January 1832<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bernard Tschumi</b>, Swiss-born
French deconstructivist architect, birthday 26 January 1965<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lightbulb</b>, patent
granted to Thomas Edison, 27 January 1880<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOF0-tLLglotYV2UoEDcRnPWdxLD9a8Ut17PYSaRxuYVaCr5T3FRQWG7zedFRgTAtqLXL8GkXNBcuKdfZDCzJoUJXXD7jMRabd35THhZF0BonPb1S6HiOZW9iUq-sszyLNn7uG7seVu5bV/s1600/DOUARD~1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOF0-tLLglotYV2UoEDcRnPWdxLD9a8Ut17PYSaRxuYVaCr5T3FRQWG7zedFRgTAtqLXL8GkXNBcuKdfZDCzJoUJXXD7jMRabd35THhZF0BonPb1S6HiOZW9iUq-sszyLNn7uG7seVu5bV/s320/DOUARD~1.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Of all the brilliance that emerged from France in the latter
part of the 19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century during the impressionism movement, perhaps
the most influential to modern art would be Edouard Manet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The manipulation and engagement of the viewer
with his paintings was revolutionary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
action figuratively “broke through the fourth wall” and forced the viewer to
participate with the scene in front of him/her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of Manet’s first pieces to challenge the modern convention was<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here h</i>e took classic poses in a pastoral
setting from the works of masters of Raphael and Titian and inserted the common
university student and shockingly nude and nearly nude prostitutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, similarly the work of Kehinde Wiley is
heavily influenced by this juxtaposition by placing contemporary figures in
classic heroic poses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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to shock and engage was with his version of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Olympia</i>
who defiantly stares strait back out of the canvas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His Olympia is not a goddess but another
prostitute welcoming her next client, presumably the viewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, this painting made Parisian
society even more uncomfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </div>
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<a href="http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/collections/paintings/imppostimp/manet.shtml" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfYnFMqmTFkijOBko6KQ0AmhUWqF37oROW2C3KgyuZZqehT2qpHD0bG_jYszbSIsDsTjqSXbIpSeYiYmiF7s-C113YgXq95bFOyOl5luzsANAcsx-CrePAQCh5S_Mvr4M0IiWF08Y31aO/s320/Edouard_Manet_004.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Manet
expanded on this with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Un Bar aux Folies
Bergère</i> where in the reflection behind the barmaid you see the customer not
visible in the front.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads one to
assume it is a reflection of the viewer and the forlorn look in her eyes a testament
to her dissatisfaction with her occupation as she hides her cleavage by a
corsage; out of the ordinary for the bar maids at the Folies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This mix of playing with the viewer and
social commentary are familiar themes today but in Manet’s time, never before
had such challenges been posed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Parc de la Villette in Paris, France yet again sat on the forefront of a
revolutionary movement in design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time,
it was deconstructivism and the Swiss-born Tschumi was the movement’s most preeminent
practitioners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The site was over 150
acres of slaughterhouses established by Napoléon III and thereby had an unpleasant
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The desire to remove that image
was a perfect setting for the deconstructivist theories whereby the shape of a
building is not permanently fixed to the current activity currently housed
within.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather, the activity within
constantly forces the reevaluation of the shape of the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, it is a living structure and the
history of neither the building nor the historical context has no bearing on
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A testament to the success of the
theory is that several of the follies have been renovated and repurposed to
restaurants and visitor centers, et cetera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These programmatic pieces were not in the original plan but as the needs
of the park evolve there is no need to build new structures or compromise Tschumi’s
original concept for the follies to be reference points on a grid. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the success of the la Villette he gained
a foothold in the global architectural landscape which has led to such commissions
as the architecture school at F.I.U and the controversial Acropolis Museum in
Athens, Greece.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Critics argue that this
complete disregard for the historic context for which Greece is renowned, this
new museum is harming the building itself and the surrounding contextual context
of the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to disagree with
the critics but it is sure that in a few years’ time it will revered for its
forward thinking as the <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/rogers-van-gogh-moses-23-29-july.html" target="_blank">Pompidou Center</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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idea, merely improve upon an existing idea and beat his competitors to the
patent office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of the
lightbulb, Edison purchased the rights to an earlier version and then began
experimenting with materials and amperage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In October of 1879 he was able to improve the vacuum tube, carbon
filament and lower electrical current to develop a bulb which lasted for an
astonishing (for that time) 13 ½ hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After applying for the patent, he demonstrated his achievement at his
Menlo Park laboratory by lighting it up on New Year’s Eve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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his lightbulb when he switched on the power at the Pearl Street Power Station
in lower Manhattan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the first investor
funded commercially successful electrical grid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These achievements made his work more economically practical to bring to
the mass market thereby increasing his notoriety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is for his business acumen in addition
to his innovations that Thomas Edison name is more prolific than Tesla,
Westinghouse and others of equal creative caliber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/pastoral-concert" target="_blank">The Pastoral Concert by Giorgione or Titian, Musee du Louvre, Paris, France</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/index-of-works/resultat-collection.html?no_cache=1&zoom=1&tx_damzoom_pi1%5Bzoom%5D=0&tx_damzoom_pi1%5BxmlId%5D=025651&tx_damzoom_pi1%5Bback%5D=en%2Fcollections%2Findex-of-works%2Fresultat-collection.html%3Fno_cache%3D1%26zsz%3D9" target="_blank">Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe by Monet, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/index-of-works/resultat-collection.html?no_cache=1&zoom=1&tx_damzoom_pi1%5Bzoom%5D=0&tx_damzoom_pi1%5BxmlId%5D=000712&tx_damzoom_pi1%5Bback%5D=en%2Fcollections%2Findex-of-works%2Fresultat-collection.html%3Fno_cache%3D1%26zsz%3D9" target="_blank">Olympia by Manet, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/beyond/manet.html" target="_blank">The Shock of the Nude: Manet's Olympia, PBS</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.uffizi.org/artworks/venus-of-urbino-by-titian/" target="_blank">Venus of Urbino by Titian, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/collections/paintings/imppostimp/manet.shtml" target="_blank">Un Bar aux Folies Bergere by Manet, The Courtuald Insitute of Art, London, Great Britain</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.kehindewiley.com/" target="_blank">Kendinde Wiley website</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.chatsworth.org/art-and-archives/contemporary-art-at-chatsworth/sculpture/d-jeuner-sur-lherbe" target="_blank">Le Dejeuner sur l'Hurbe by Allen Jones, Chatsworth House, UK</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.tschumi.com/" target="_blank">Bernard Tschumi Architects</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.villette.com/fr/" target="_blank">Parc de la Villette, Paris, France</a><a href="http://soa.fiu.edu/" target="_blank">F.I.U. School of Architecture, Miami, Florida</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.nntt.jac.go.jp/english/" target="_blank">New National Theater, Tokyo, Japan</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en" target="_blank">Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllight2.htm" target="_blank">History of the Lightbulb Timeline</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-edison-9284349" target="_blank">Thomas Edison Biography</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/edis/index.htm" target="_blank">Thomas Edison National Historic Park, West Orange, New Jersey</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.menloparkmuseum.org/" target="_blank">The Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park, New Jersey</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.edisonmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Edison Museum, Beaumont, Texas</a></span></span></div>
EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-13030191582432062922012-12-17T09:00:00.000-05:002013-02-14T19:05:12.091-05:00Chauvet-De Wolfe-Olbrich (17-23 December)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">on this date in
Design…</span></b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc
Cave</b>, Ardèche, France, discovered 18 December 1994</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Elsie De Wolfe</b>, American
actress & interior decorator, birthday 20 December 1865</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Joseph Olbrich</b>, Austrian
architect and co-founder of the Vienna Secession, birthday 22 December 1867<s><o:p></o:p></s></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">With as small as the world seems today, it may be unbelievable
that in the modern era there are still prehistoric discoveries which amaze and
challenge the collective knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
recently as 1994, the immense cave of Chauvet with its perfectly preserved
paintings dating over 30,000 years was discovered, isolated by an ancient
landslide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqxyopuv3HNdqquV0zqDyHs4oNwMzb9jeEPRHV4wknesJXi6tXO2xm_RoVYccVWHBkzs2GS5PZ7FcnL2bf0qrHMVmIbH3PpoPNUJPytfDRIReHNZzvmYojKVo2iiEoyncYejt-roQGbCm/s1600/diapo13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzqxyopuv3HNdqquV0zqDyHs4oNwMzb9jeEPRHV4wknesJXi6tXO2xm_RoVYccVWHBkzs2GS5PZ7FcnL2bf0qrHMVmIbH3PpoPNUJPytfDRIReHNZzvmYojKVo2iiEoyncYejt-roQGbCm/s320/diapo13.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">What makes these images different
than those found at <a href="http://www.dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/lascaux-sottsass-vishwakarma-puja-10-16.html" target="_blank">Lascaux</a>?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only
are these images over twice as old, but they show similar and in some cases
more advanced techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The artist(s)
prepared the surfaces by scraping away debris and sometimes older
paintings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are images that have
been carved into the surface not just applied with paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are full “scenes” of action, not just encyclopedic
representations of animals. <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">In one scene there is a dominance struggle between two rhinoceroses. Of course there are rudimentary acknowledgments of perspective and action as with <a href="http://www.dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/lascaux-sottsass-vishwakarma-puja-10-16.html" target="_blank">Lascaux</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa6dpyV_IavJfUErV6H4g8eg7_4MyiJBe8deetu_GSGBwmhauN8Jv8YTx3SnG0sVvBvfsU74E7qe4xtEtqh5Y18AqHyp501MA1pGsFtRh3ynMkW1MA5sFtwAGl61CUmhMimhCNjhHmPzH/s1600/hillaire05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa6dpyV_IavJfUErV6H4g8eg7_4MyiJBe8deetu_GSGBwmhauN8Jv8YTx3SnG0sVvBvfsU74E7qe4xtEtqh5Y18AqHyp501MA1pGsFtRh3ynMkW1MA5sFtwAGl61CUmhMimhCNjhHmPzH/s320/hillaire05.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"> However, the level of shading detail here evoke a
sense of three-dimensionality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With
every new discovery the understanding of the prehistoric human mind becomes
richer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The more complex these findings
are offers the opportunity to re-examine what it truly means to be human and
the need to express one’s self artistically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQXxKPbiCQbbW9HrGFYD_n4xdHqyQ7vxGStI_GQ0qtVbpRbqFtBWVJ-XKyOSm2S3LTsNwaljfnSe-awNeuoKzbi1J7Hbtg75L6jL09ZQk-DUj0mJe4JhAQijhxYb9pVgRqGLPrLVua3og/s1600/image300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQXxKPbiCQbbW9HrGFYD_n4xdHqyQ7vxGStI_GQ0qtVbpRbqFtBWVJ-XKyOSm2S3LTsNwaljfnSe-awNeuoKzbi1J7Hbtg75L6jL09ZQk-DUj0mJe4JhAQijhxYb9pVgRqGLPrLVua3og/s320/image300.jpg" width="215" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p>Most people will tell you that Elsie De Wolfe is “The First
Lady of Interior Decoration”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
that moniker barely begins to describe what a force she was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>De Wolfe almost single-handedly created the
separate and distinct profession of the interior decorator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a career on the stage, at the age of
40, she was commissioned to complete the interiors of the Colony Club, one of
the first women’s clubs in New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>De
Wolfe figuratively “threw open” the dark velvet drapery of the Victorian era
and using inspiration from 18th century France created light, bright
and airy feminine spaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be
said that her design sensibilities manifested themselves as a child when she
threw a kicking and screaming temper tantrum in response to her parents
redecorating the drawing room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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her acting career she was more known for her creative costuming (which she
designed) than her thespian abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>De Wolfe’s design successes should be credited to her knack for self-promotion
and connections as a socialite in both the American and European circles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her business was bolstered by such clientele
as Morgan, Astor & Whitney in addition to inviting <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Vogue</i> to cover her parties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The descriptions of her hostess abilities in the magazine brought her
name and style to housewives around the country and perhaps even influenced the
likes of Martha Stewart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>De Wolfe’s book
“The House in Good Taste” became equally an influential beginning the trend of
faux finishes and animal print upholstery; only in Elsie’s case, the animal
print was more likely to be real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKQcjyO6R80GakFVKEMjoxUExIxw9V5PizD2mpfjRSv6i1s7JgwE6DI9XR599WoJwqjlldRa7_-RpiSJhMMDvd9XDBR4OUR-BWTnLUmPffiZu8LQDh3cY8KWwaeWNMKJT4BJgIdZuQeYz/s1600/2004_Austria_100_Euro_Secession_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKQcjyO6R80GakFVKEMjoxUExIxw9V5PizD2mpfjRSv6i1s7JgwE6DI9XR599WoJwqjlldRa7_-RpiSJhMMDvd9XDBR4OUR-BWTnLUmPffiZu8LQDh3cY8KWwaeWNMKJT4BJgIdZuQeYz/s1600/2004_Austria_100_Euro_Secession_front.jpg" /></a>Joseph Olbrich along with Gustav Klimt, Josef Hoffmann &
Koloman Moser established the Vienna Secession movement in 1897 but Olbrich
gave the group what would become its figurehead: the Secession Hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The movement sought to break from the
prevailing traditional conservatism of the Vienna Künstlerhaus which focused on
historicism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, Olbrich wanted to
bring “purer” geometric forms to buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This can be seen in the Secession Hall with the iconic orb atop the
structure contained by four rectangular pillars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The building surface is then decorated with
linear ornament which would come to be called “whiplash” or “eel” style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5ekW4pOnc5xnjEgCJhuzar6G8l_lnkp8v_ksBGD0m5owcztsxyuk7ElvXviymePMnFoO-puvs0YQzesa7icyiE6Bz226gLXNRgZ0CTSdjAiuLyVh1iFjRw0ULX3UxhEHaue03OfF4BA1/s1600/Joseph_Maria_Olbrich_1908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5ekW4pOnc5xnjEgCJhuzar6G8l_lnkp8v_ksBGD0m5owcztsxyuk7ElvXviymePMnFoO-puvs0YQzesa7icyiE6Bz226gLXNRgZ0CTSdjAiuLyVh1iFjRw0ULX3UxhEHaue03OfF4BA1/s320/Joseph_Maria_Olbrich_1908.jpg" width="236" /></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>These ideas would give way to the Art Nouveau
movement which eventually formed a theoretical break in the Secession members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Olbrich maintained the original
ideal of the group and found extended success in the States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After participating in the Louisiana
Exhibition in St. Louis, he was appointed corresponding member of the AIA, most
likely at the behest of Frank Lloyd Wright.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a small wonder as the two shared similar theories on architecture
and ornamentation. <br />
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Links: <br />
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<a href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/" target="_blank">The Chauvet Cave, <span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ardèche, France</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/cave-of-forgotten-dreams" target="_blank">"Cave of Forgotten Dreams", flim by Werner Herzog</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/chauvet/venus_sorcerer.php" target="_blank">The Bradshaw Foundation for ancient rock art</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architecture/archive/dewolfe_article_012000" target="_blank">article on Elsie De Wolfe, Architectural Digest</a><br />
<a href="http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/DLDecArts/DLDecArts-idx?id=DLDecArts.deWolfeHouse" target="_blank">"The House in Good Taste", by Elsie De Wolfe, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.secession.at/building/planung_e.html" target="_blank">The Secession Hall, Vienna, Austria</a><br />
<a href="http://eng.archinform.net/projekte/1774.htm" target="_blank">archINFORM for the Secession Hall</a><br />
<a href="http://eng.archinform.net/projekte/1769.htm" target="_blank">archINFORM for Hochzeitsturm, Darmstadt, Germany</a></div>
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EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-87573191758052540752012-12-03T09:00:00.000-05:002012-12-03T12:52:29.386-05:00Folding Chair-Royal Opera House-Freud (3-9 December)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">on this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Folding Theater Chair</b>, American
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Royal Opera House</b>,
London, United Kingdom, opens 7 December 1732<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lucian Freud</b>, German-born
British painter, birthday 8 December 1922<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HmbFIJgi3__Zzp0ZSOHWjVagjqWoHGHNfKjt5Rg1ZbpXRHcElB7Smy9JCI_JvgBmHCSANQJ7N9q_Gh0BXr2Dj4V3eLK9MN0SAJ1dwJ4RA99Flr_35cwYABKeok7Pamp95HjzdsdyG3uZ/s1600/XXX_folding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HmbFIJgi3__Zzp0ZSOHWjVagjqWoHGHNfKjt5Rg1ZbpXRHcElB7Smy9JCI_JvgBmHCSANQJ7N9q_Gh0BXr2Dj4V3eLK9MN0SAJ1dwJ4RA99Flr_35cwYABKeok7Pamp95HjzdsdyG3uZ/s320/XXX_folding.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">A folding chair seems like such a simple concept and in fact
it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all there have been
multiple versions of portable chairs dating back from nomadic tribes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it appears as though it took millennia
to reach the theater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Shakespearean
times, those in the audience stood for the duration of the performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is no wonder they might turn into harsh
critics if the play not worth their tired feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Only those privileged enough to afford a balcony might find a space on a
wooden bench.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, in the mid-19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
century Aaron Allen found a solution where a theater owner might appease the
masses and retain maximum profits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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the folding theater seat, precious space was used efficiently as the aisle
between rows could be narrowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
seats were still wooden but at least they were seats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, theater owners continue to cater to
their patrons as their seats have become larger, sumptuously upholstered and
come with a cup holder (just like your car).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They know that if they keep the rabble happy they will be less likely to
throw their popcorn at the screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
in reality, as “home theaters” become more and more sumptuous as well, the
likelihood one might venture out to a theater has declined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is unlikely theater will die out
completely which makes the overall viewer experience all the more important.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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built, Allen’s invention was more than a century away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As can be seen in the image here, those on
the floor are standing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There have been
a total of three theaters built on this site, the first being destroyed by fire
in 1808.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That building designed by
Edward Shepherd added to the religious complex begun by who can be described as
the first significant British architect of the modern era: Inigo Jones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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theatrical designer before he reached notoriety as an architect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The Royal Opera not only housed the company managed by John Rich, it also was the venue by which George Frideric Handel became one of the most significant composers of the era as musical director.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">A large portion of his work was composed specifically for the venue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, Handel’s “Messiah” which debuted in Dublin in 1742 to great applause and adulation was harshly criticized when it was presented at the Royal Opera a year later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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critics thought it too exalted a piece to be performed in a theater by singers
in secular garb rather than in a cathedral.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has of course become his most celebrated and most performed work of
all time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is assured it will be heard
at least once this Christmas season at some point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZKmpkMDbMxXAso2nFFvhOLzdQXwBrJCv2UbeocJYgl3TP5fniW6CepC2H2xW-Sn7TswlayCfV3P86VVgRu5XgibyzoWrbRMRhw3ZHJM1mc26A8s7tEFhr2bbazZSrSXrN-VL7CivYwj_/s1600/DAWSON_2005_Lucian_Freud_Working_At_Night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZKmpkMDbMxXAso2nFFvhOLzdQXwBrJCv2UbeocJYgl3TP5fniW6CepC2H2xW-Sn7TswlayCfV3P86VVgRu5XgibyzoWrbRMRhw3ZHJM1mc26A8s7tEFhr2bbazZSrSXrN-VL7CivYwj_/s320/DAWSON_2005_Lucian_Freud_Working_At_Night.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">If Sigmund Freud made you uncomfortable with the subconscious
thoughts you might be harboring about your mother, then his grandson Lucian
makes you even more so as you are compelled to stare into the exposed souls of
his subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among those who have willingly
and wholeheartedly bore their souls to him include a pregnant Kate Moss and the
Queen of England.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1fziurwhUuyhAOgVf59y42kLxGpwLAXyy-K0AXaq1dZI7w-s7E7k96zv-NrhyAw619HkxroWuEQepWBwNIyyrtndPrXWC0oGLMr1IgxOuC-VR-bmAJaRwzAPqiMdiXWamMr7LrkZnM4t/s1600/Benefits_Supervisor_Sleeping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1fziurwhUuyhAOgVf59y42kLxGpwLAXyy-K0AXaq1dZI7w-s7E7k96zv-NrhyAw619HkxroWuEQepWBwNIyyrtndPrXWC0oGLMr1IgxOuC-VR-bmAJaRwzAPqiMdiXWamMr7LrkZnM4t/s320/Benefits_Supervisor_Sleeping.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The nudes who sat for
Lucian Freud are not only free of clothes but seem to let lose all their
emotions and thoughts to the canvas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Flesh tones highlight what appear to be the most unattractive portions
of the figure which in turn make them compelling, captivating and
beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few years ago, a U.S.
television show did a piece on an exposition of his only to receive a mountain
of angry letters from viewers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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thing to them was producers had chosen to film the work with strategically placed
visitors in front what might be argued as offensive anatomy to act as natural
censor bars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears that even over
the television screen, Lucian Freud’s work begs to be seen completely
exposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/" target="_blank">Globe Theater, London, U.K.</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.ipictheaters.com/" target="_blank">iPic Movie Theaters</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.imax.com/movies/#1" target="_blank">IMAX Movie Theaters</a> </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.roh.org.uk/" target="_blank">Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, U.K.</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/sights/royal_opera_house.htm" target="_blank">Annotated full façade of the Royal Opera House</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.rohcollections.org.uk/" target="_blank">Royal Opera House Collections online</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/Palladio/PalladianBritain/Architects/InigoJones.aspx" target="_blank">Biography of Inigo Jones from the Royal Insitute of British Architects</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.handelhouse.org/" target="_blank">Handel House, London, U.K.</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76RrdwElnTU" target="_blank">Handel's Messiah Hallelujah Chorus</a> </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57536789/analyzing-the-art-of-lucian-freud/" target="_blank">Article on Lucian Freud, CBS Sunday Morning</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-3445_162-10014264.html" target="_blank">Slideshow of Lucian Freud work, CBS Sunday Morning</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.artnet.com/artists/lucian-freud/" target="_blank">Lucian Freud work on artnet</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/search/collection?query=Lucian+Freud" target="_blank">Lucian Freud work at MoMA, NYC</a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.ago.net/background-lucian-freud-interview-video" target="_blank">Interview with Lucian Freud, 1988</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017441/Lucian-Freud-dead-British-realist-portrait-painter-dies-aged-88.html" target="_blank">Obituary for Lucian Freud, the Daily Mail</a></span><br />
<span id="goog_339437912"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_339437913"></span><br />EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-53961890334137700362012-11-26T09:00:00.000-05:002013-02-14T19:06:15.642-05:00Palladio-Crystal Palace-Yamasaki (26 November - 2 December)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">on this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Andrea Palladio</b>, Italian
architect, birthday 30 November 1508</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Crystal Palace</b>, Hyde
Park/Penge Common, London, England, destroyed by fire 30 November 1936</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Minoru Yamasaki</b>, American
architect, birthday 1 December 1912<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Palladian style window: an arched top window flanked by matching rectangular
ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">But to the architecture community
the image of the nearly perfectly symmetrical Villa Almerico-Capra (a.k.a.
Villa Rotunda) comes to mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Palladio’s
life long search desire to achieve symmetry was influenced by classical
architecture after being exposed to Vitruvius’ Seven Books on Architecture and
inspired him to write four more of his own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the Renaissance, artists were searching antiquity to regain the
symbolic knowledge lost during the Dark Ages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Palladio used classical Roman hierarchies to create a new building type, the agricultural villa, but used inexpensive building materials such as stucco covered brick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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of the time ate it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These imposing
structures lorded over their sites creating a sense of superiority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would later influence the American
plantation designers where the main house used neoclassical designs and
plantation owners attempted to establish their dominance as a new
aristocracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Revolution, Great Britain sought to hold the world’s first international
exhibition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To accompany the effort, the
committee organizers called for designers to submit plans for an exhibition
building that was cheap, easy to construct and temporary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nearly 250 were submitted but none fulfilled
the requirements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the committee
members sought out the head gardener at Chatsworth House, Joseph Paxton. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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designs and the new, inexpensive and strong manufactured cast plate glass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paxton’s idea of using the manufacturer’s
off-the-shelf materials as the basis of the building unit-scale and
construction not only saved money, it saved time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The subsequent design was not only larger
than any of the other submissions; it was way under budget and on time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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enclosed over 19 acres of parkland and was adapted to save existing trees to be
chopped down (a point of contention to those opposed to the entire production).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This enormous “erector” set was easily
dismantled after the Great Exhibition of 1851 and relocated to a park elsewhere
in the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, little was
known about fire safety at that time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When a small fire started in the women’s coat room it quickly spread to
the entire edifice and turned the night sky red visible for eight
counties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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brutal “New Formalism” buildings he designed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although, it is for the controversial design of the Twin Towers in New
York City Yamasaki is most remembered, it was the Pacific Science Center in the
shadow of the Seattle Space Needle that first gained him international praise
and the cover of Time magazine in 1963. <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The metal lace of the PSC’s gothic pointed vaults was carried over to the purely decorative base of the WTC. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Yamasaki was on the forefront of the postmodernist movement which made his designs an easy target for criticism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Towers as giant metal file cabinets (and I agree).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, with their collapse and all the
lives taken with them, it is hard not to look at the New York skyline and be
reminded of their absence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
undoubtedly placed them in a more loving corner of the general population’s
hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all the controversy,
Yamasaki went on to design the similar Rainier Tower in Seattle which seemed to
put the “file cabinet” on a pedestal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.cisapalladio.org/cisa/doc/bio_e.php?lingua=e" target="_blank">Palladio Center & Museum, Vicenza, Italy</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.palladiancenter.org/" target="_blank">Center for Palladian Studies in America, Richmond, VA</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.olimpico.vicenza.it/en" target="_blank">Olympic Theater, Vicenza, Italy</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.destrehanplantation.org/" target="_blank">Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan, LA</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.crystalpalacemuseum.org.uk/" target="_blank">Crystal Palace Museum, London, UK</a> </span></div>
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EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-66965303462047090242012-11-19T09:00:00.000-05:002013-01-10T16:00:06.706-05:00Klein-Bicycle-Lapidus (19-25 November)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">on this date in Design...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Calvin Klein</b>, American
fashion designer, birthday 19 November 1942, CBS bans CK commercial from air 19 November 1980</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bicycle</b>, patented
by Pierre Lallemont, awarded 20 November 1866; Tour de France founded 20
November 1902</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Morris Lapidus</b>, American
architect, birthday 25 November 1902</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">An interesting present CBS gave to Calvin Klein on his 38<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
birthday was to ban the airing of his infamous commercial with an under-aged
Brook Shields implying she was “going commando” under her Calvin Klein
jeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all the controversy sighting
the over-sexualization of the young female, it ultimately heightened public
recognition and firmly set the image of the designer as one of youthful
exuberance and liberation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was not
the first time Klein ventured to put to fashion the needs of a changing
demographic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he started his fashion
house in 1968, Klein’s dress designs were unusually streamlined which made them
perfect for the emerging housewife into the business sector. </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The clothes had a sophisticated style with a
minimal aesthetic that function without hindrance either picking up the kids or
commanding a board room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Klein further
appealed to his devoted followers throughout the 1970s when he refused to
succumb to the polyester tidal wave and stuck to natural, breathable
fibers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Calvin Klein is now owned by the
Philips Van Heusen Corp which purchased the company in 2002 for an enormous sum
of $400 million plus stock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Klein is
no doubt resting comfortably in his Miami Beach home with the secure knowledge
his designs and vision continue to facilitate modern life and style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Pierre Lallemont started off designing baby carriages and
children’s riding toys which eventually lead to the development of a new form
of transportation: the rotary crank mechanical bicycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some debate as to exactly whose
design was first in France seen as all the prototypes of the era were being
experimented with by the same circle of inventors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lallement himself actually worked briefly wit</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">h one of them, Ernest Michaux.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling the pressure from competition, he
made his way across the Atlantic to file the earliest & only American
patent for a pedal bicycle with James Carroll from Connecticut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, failing to find a manufacturer in
the states, Lallement returned to France.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By then, European enthusiasm for cycling was in full swing thanks to
Michaux’s version. </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Dejected and
depressed, Lallement returned to the states where he died in relative
obscurity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>It was over a century later
that the International Cycling History Conference gave credit to him for the
idea of putting crank pedals on the child’s toy which paved the way for further
innovation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coincidentally, on the same
date his patent was awarded, 36 years later in 1902 the Tour de France was
established.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all controversies
surrounding the sport in recent times, perhaps a bit of lighthearted perspective
should be taken with a device that started out as child’s play.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Morris Lapidus started out as a retail architect for 20
years before venturing into hotels on Miami Beach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Known for his Neo-Baroque Miami Modern style,
Lapidus’ list of hotels along the strip is so long he almost single handedly
designed the entire district.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Fontainebleau Hotel is one of his most notable masterpieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The bow-tie inlayed marble floor in the lobby
was the height of sophisticated modern elegance matched with the exotic monkey
cage behind a circular bar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the
grand stage Lapidus conceived for guests to “play their part” of over-indulged,
fabulously wealthy on vacation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today,
the monkeys are gone but you can still find the players still revising their
rolls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ‘Bleau was so popular that he
was commissioned to do the Eden Roc next door the following year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Later, he was asked to design the numerous
follies along Lincoln Road after it was closed to vehicular traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This open-air pedestrian mall was inspired by
la Rambla in Barcelona and is so successful, city planners across the world
have been attempting to mimic it ever since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also happens to be the site of my very first internship after college
with HR Design above the Van Dyke Café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(My, was I a lucky girl?!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
weather is beautiful right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would
be a perfect time to stroll along for a little window shopping et café.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Links: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.calvinkleininc.com/en_US/" target="_blank">Calvin Klein, Inc.</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.calvinklein.com/home/index.jsp" target="_blank">The Calvin Klein Online Store</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CalvinKlein" target="_blank">Calvin Klein on Facebook</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/04/calvin200804?currentPage=7" target="_blank">Vanity Fair profile on Calvin Klein</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.mhd.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=../common/downloads/bikemaps/south&sid=about" target="_blank">The Pierre Lallement Bike Path, Jamiaca Plain, Massachusetts</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.cycling-history.org/" target="_blank">International Cycling History Conference</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.usbhof.org/" target="_blank">U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.letour.fr/us/" target="_blank">Le Tour de France</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.livestrong.org/" target="_blank">Live Strong Cancer Foundation</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.fontainebleau.com/" target="_blank">The Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, Florida</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.edenrocmiami.com/" target="_blank">The Eden Roc, Miami Beach, Florida</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.lincolnroadmall.info/" target="_blank">Lincoln Road Mall, Miami Beach, Florida</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.laramblabcn.com/" target="_blank">Amics de la Rambla, Barcelona, Spain</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.thevandykecafe.com/" target="_blank">The Van Dyke Café, Miami Beach, Florida</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-55213060645917346232012-11-12T09:00:00.000-05:002013-02-14T19:26:07.035-05:00Rodin-WWW-Mouse (12-18 November)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">on this date in
design…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Auguste Rodin</b>, French
sculptor, birthday 12 November 1840, death 17 November 1917</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">World Wide Web</b>, formally
proposed as a hypertext project, 12 November 1990</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Computer Mouse</b>, patented
by Douglas Engelbart, awarded 17 November 1970<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8SYbjHRG3QldKEzDSPhxdlIqMtNoZlNbg6avIgPXhUHwTYzTLChSTgrmf52kim9mSnDySgnr28bTDIMcczc-fy2CxqDZhqFob3KBUMab0slAzHFFrvhVBzKq3IMdifWKA4ELFmd6VbQ8/s1600/The_Thinker,_Rodin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip8SYbjHRG3QldKEzDSPhxdlIqMtNoZlNbg6avIgPXhUHwTYzTLChSTgrmf52kim9mSnDySgnr28bTDIMcczc-fy2CxqDZhqFob3KBUMab0slAzHFFrvhVBzKq3IMdifWKA4ELFmd6VbQ8/s200/The_Thinker,_Rodin.jpg" width="150" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">When most people think of Rodin, most people think “Thinker”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However this is just a small portion of his
amazing artistic career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reject three
times from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Rodin refused to ignore the
negative aspects of human emotion in his work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Often his subjects are depicted in great distress in the midst of moral
weakness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it is this
overwhelming passion that makes the work so compellingly beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Critics doubted he sculpted the molds for
bronzes instead of casting a live model due to the exquisite realistic
detail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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subject matter of moral dilemma spouted from Rodin’s personal life which was
rife with complicated family obligations and multiple love affairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually, he would marry the mother of his
only child, Rose Beuret over 50 years after they met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two weeks later she died and Rodin later that
same year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rodin willed his entire
studio and casts to the French state with the intention they would continue to reproduce
his work; his final gift to the country that embraced his unconventional
talent.</span></div>
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world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tim Berners-Lee (TimBL to his friends) knew
exactly what to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While working at
CERN, TimBL with Robert Cailliau proposed to their bosses to take all the
existing hypertext (digital information) and make it available on demand on the
growing interconnected global computer system—essentially making a
website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to imagine today
what it was like before you could type a few letters (not even an entire word)
into a search engine and have a wealth of information at your fingertips.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Web and the internet may seem like interchangeable
terms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The difference lies in that the Web (the hypertext documents) is a service that runs on the internet (the interconnected computer system).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both have forever changed society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>How it interacts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How it learns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How it functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmhkohwv6P54m2aaCePjEPDEHDG4rg99VfJ9rwwWrza_8nUX-mkmg6iAijOVB0nigJ3H5ZzP2zuF24IXuVerwYSCo45qvbW28MkhoKbpFzRoX3Mol5st9q8oKedQSk1_LE6N6b6lv1WgG/s1600/Cailliau_Abramatic_Berners-Lee_10_years_WWW_consortium.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQmhkohwv6P54m2aaCePjEPDEHDG4rg99VfJ9rwwWrza_8nUX-mkmg6iAijOVB0nigJ3H5ZzP2zuF24IXuVerwYSCo45qvbW28MkhoKbpFzRoX3Mol5st9q8oKedQSk1_LE6N6b6lv1WgG/s320/Cailliau_Abramatic_Berners-Lee_10_years_WWW_consortium.png" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">By June of this year over one third of the
planet’s 7 billion people have had at least one service provided by the
internet and Web.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With all technologies
& innovations there is always a learning curve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are still trying to negotiate what this
new virtual world means to us as individuals and as humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The internet has saved some businesses and
eliminated others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Small specialized
craftsmen can now make their products available globally without much overhead
while the postal service struggles to compete with email and online bill
pay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, it is the greater
opportunity to learn that is the most exciting (and I think this site is testament
to that).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t get me wrong; I still
visit my local public library on a weekly basis…but I browse the card catalogue from
my computer at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Douglas Engelbart came up with a device to locate the cursor on the
screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or what Englebart called it: “X-Y
Position Indicator for a Display System”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Before the days of touch screen tablets, communicating with our
computers was a complicated process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Few
remember typing “DOS” commands onto a black and green screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What made Englebart’s invention special was
the rollerball, not the wheel on the top of the mouse but an actual ball located
on the underside of the mouse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ball transferred
the user’s motion onto an X-Y coordinate system the computer could understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think of “Etch-a-Sketch” knobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today’s optical mice have eliminated the
rollerball and WiFi has eliminated the namesake wire tale connected to the
computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Further developments with
touch pads and touch screens may eliminate the device all together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this tool was essential to making
computers more accessible to the public and ushered in the Computer Age TimBL
and the WWW started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, the Doug
Engelbart Institute continues his vision by addressing complex human problems
in the rapidly advancing world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://rodin-web.org/frames.htm" target="_blank">Online Collection of Rodin images</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.rodinmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Rodin Musem, Philadelphia, PA</a> </span></span></div>
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EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-64145191175444633252012-11-05T09:00:00.000-05:002012-11-13T13:57:36.875-05:00MoMA-Fornasetti-Telescope (5-11 November)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
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New York City, opens to the public 7 November 1929<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Piero Fornasetti</b>,
Italian painter, sculptor, interior decorator and engraver, birthday 10
November 1913<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Telescope</b>, patented
by Alvan Clark, 11 November 1851</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">“The Daring Ladies”: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P.
Bliss & Mary Quinn Sullivan opened the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan
nine days after the Great Crash of Wall Street.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One might say that due to the enormous fortunes of their husbands that
event had little effect on their ambitions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, from a quite modest rented space on corner of 5th & 57th
they brought to the American public European Modernism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, it continues to display some of the
most significant modernist paintings including <a href="http://www.dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/10/earth-picasso-irt-22-28-october.html" target="_blank">“Les Demoiselles d’Avigonon”</a>
& <a href="http://www.dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/rogers-van-gogh-moses-23-29-july.html" target="_blank">“The Starry Night”</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Architect
<a href="http://www.dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/thonet-jefferson-johnson-2-8-july.html" target="_blank">Philip Johnson</a> was initially asked to design a sculpture garden in honor of
Abby by her sons and as a result he arguably became the museum’s most important
contributor, board member and defender of “The Ladies’” vision into the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">One of the most photographed stars of her era, operatic
soprano Lina Cavaleri was often referred to as the most beautiful woman in the
world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is only natural that Piero
Fornasetti would come across an image of her and be forever inspired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fornasetti’s signature style not only
centered around her enigmatic face & near perfect hourglass figure but was
also influenced by Neo-Classicism & Surrealism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often his legendary accessories for the home
and fashion would combine illusionism, architectural perspectives and motifs
such as stylized fish or flowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are over 300 pieces Fornasetti originally designed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today his son now continues to design in his
father’s tradition, maintaining the studio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Before Fornasetti’s “Teme e Variazioni” series was so popular, he was
kicked out of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan for insubordination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continuing to paint, it was one of his
inspired painted scarves that caught the attention of Gio Ponti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus began their lengthy collaboration in
design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only did the two combine
their design efforts in physical form but Ponti regularly utilized Fornasetti’s
paintings for the cover of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Domus</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Alvan Clark originally made his living as a portrait painter
& engraver but it was his eldest son, George, who exposed him to telescope
making while a student at Andover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a
result, Clark went on to a second career manufacturing some of the world’s
largest and most successful refracting telescopes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, the world’s largest still in
operation is one of Clark’s at the Yerkes Observatory, the University of
Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">At 40” it was amazingly
produced in what several observers referred to as crude and inferior practices
in comparison to what was being manufactured in Europe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was Clark’s skill & supervision of the
entire process which is attributed to the overwhelming success of his
pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such precision lead to his
younger son, Alvan Graham Clark, to discover the dim companion to Sirus (the
“dog” star, not the satellite radio company).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The contribution Clark offered the world is honored by two separate
extraterrestrial sites: craters bearing his name on both the Moon and
Mars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Modern Art, NYC</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.momastore.org/museum/moma/StoreCatalogDisplay_-1_10001_10451" target="_blank">The MoMA Store (great source for fantastic holiday cards)</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.rbf.org/" target="_blank">The Rockefeller Brothers Fund</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.fornasetti.com/en/story/piero-fornasetti/" target="_blank">Fornasetti, Milan, Italy</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.domusweb.it/" target="_blank">Domus Magazine</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.astrosurf.com/re/alvan_clark.pdf" target="_blank">Biography of Alvan Clark & sons</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/" target="_blank">The Yerkes Observatory, Univerity of Chicago, Illinois</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-64298443710188920032012-10-29T09:00:00.000-04:002012-11-02T17:20:00.851-04:00Pen-Hadid-Sistine (29 October - 4 November)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
design…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ballpoint Pen</b>, first
sold in US, 29 October 1945; patented by John Loud, 30 October 1888<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Zaha Hadid</b>, Iraqi-born
British architect, birthday 31 October 1950</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sistine Chapel</b>, Vatican
City, Michelangelo’s paintings inaugurated, 1 November 1512</span><br />
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<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">When the Reynolds Rocket ballpoint pen went on sale for the
first time at Gimbals Department Store in NYC, it was a
copy of an invention seen in Buenos Aires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But even the Argentinian piece wasn’t the first in existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ability to write without a separate ink
well wasn’t even the initial catalyst.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
1888, a leather tanner named John Loud simply wanted the ability to write on
his leather products and the traditional fountain pen would not work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">It was nearly 60 years later that a viable
ballpoint pen would come to market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </span><br />
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</span>Several factors contributed to the delay including a few useful
innovations to the fountain pen and quick-drying ink. Today, the leader in the cheap writing
implement is without a doubt BIC pens. But before you cast off the device as insignificant (especially in light
of the computer age), consider the work of a Portuguese lawyer Samuel
Silva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Silva creates amazing
photorealistic drawings using none other than eight colors BIC provides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<o:p></o:p><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Zaha Hadid can only be described as a momentous force in the
architecture community today. In addition to be a strikingly glamorous figure, she one any aspiring female architect dreams to emulate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a profession dominated by over-bearing
male egos, Hadid offers it back in kind maintaining a significant hold on
modern design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only is she the first
female to be awarded the Pritzker Prize (2004), she is also the first Muslim,
being born in Bagdad to professional intellectual parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hadid’s neo-modernist style seeks to
communicate the chaotic fluidity of modern society which makes it surprisingly
human and tactile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Originally lumped
into the Deconstructivist movement, Hadid’s designs are rooted in the Islamic
tradition where architecture is open to nature.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her tenacity and uncompromising attitude is essential to finding success
as an architect but also proved difficult to find willing clients early in her
career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most notably is the commission
Hadid won for the Cardiff Bay Opera House in 1994.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, due to vocal pushback from the
local population, the project was never completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, England’s loss is China’s gain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Early in 2011, Hadid’s firm completed an opera
house in Guangzhou that was based on the Cardiff design but applied to the new
site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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geometries of tumbling pebbles and her signature multiple perspective points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No wonder her early renderings were abstract
paintings rather than conventional drafted drawings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">It was more than appropriate that Pope Julius II official
inaugurated the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel on the feast day of All
Saints.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This awe-inspiring work is
arguably Michelangelo’s finest work and draws hundreds of thousands to crane
their necks each year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although it has
been much satirized and over-exposed, it would be a mistake to dismiss its
significance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us remember that
before literacy was as wide spread as it is today, these types of works were
the biblical “picture books” to the masses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Please reserve your opinion of the Catholic Church and Christianity in
general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every culture on the planet has
sought to communicate with one another in pictorial form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think of prehistoric cave painting such as
<a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/lascaux-sottsass-vishwakarma-puja-10-16.html" target="_blank">Lasceaux</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The true meaning may be lost
in the modern era but to the community to which it belonged it is certain they
were essential to its existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think
also that even in this technologic</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">ally advanced age we as
a species still have difficulty communicating across cultures, languages and
beliefs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often times it is with a single
image that a message is best delivered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.bicworld.com/en/products/details/7/cristal" target="_blank">BIC pens</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://vianaarts.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">Samuel Silva's portfolio</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.zaha-hadid.com/" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid Architects, London, UK</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-coolest-staircases/24" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid's stair for the MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/?lang=en" target="_blank">The MAXXI Museum, Rome, Italy</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://contemporaryartscenter.org/" target="_blank">Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.pad-fairs.com/london/en/pad-prize-award/david-gill/" target="_blank">"Liquid Glacial" coffee table</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://designmuseum.org/design/zaha-hadid" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid biography at the Design Museum</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://gzdjy.org/" target="_blank">Guangzhou Opera House, China</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/12701/zaha-hadid-architects-guangzhou-opera-house.html" target="_blank">Images of the Guangzhou Opera House</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/CSN/CSN_Main.html" target="_blank">The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-frescoes-in-rome-500-year-anniversary-01112012.html" target="_blank">Article related to the 500th anniversary of the frescoes</a> </span></div>
EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-11324529544932796182012-10-22T09:00:00.000-04:002012-10-24T16:09:31.735-04:00Earth-Picasso-IRT (22-28 October)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On
this date in design…</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Earth</b>, first seen
from outer space 24 October 1946</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Pablo Picasso</b>,
Spanish painter & artist, co-founder of Cubist movement, birthday 25
October 1881</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Interborough Rapid
Transit</b>, New York City, first subway system, opens 27 October 1904</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMVWr_kIKcLKDa9UP2nb_3gfyy1NoZG0977Bvv5sikfj5n7oexvcXHnFoF6adm23R9rjKVncBVqzBAjPxNYAUW3vHHKBk35FBnHD_hEITIQ6c40RHlBjAxtK4xiq2CGIjtmtw0wqxVvCp/s1600/1stPhotoFromSpace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMVWr_kIKcLKDa9UP2nb_3gfyy1NoZG0977Bvv5sikfj5n7oexvcXHnFoF6adm23R9rjKVncBVqzBAjPxNYAUW3vHHKBk35FBnHD_hEITIQ6c40RHlBjAxtK4xiq2CGIjtmtw0wqxVvCp/s320/1stPhotoFromSpace.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">When Felix Baumgartner stepped out of his balloon hoisted
capsule and plummeted to back to terra firma last week, the image of the
curvature of the Earth was relegated to a backdrop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, less than 70 years ago that image
had never been seen by man until a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands, New
Mexico brought back a few grainy black & white photos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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is something that we as a species may take for granted today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Columbus’ time, it was not so certain and
something for which he was willing to risk his life. </span>Baumgartner didn’t come close to the height
of the V-2 rocket but it was high enough not only to appreciate how tiny our
planet is but to also break the sound barrier on the way down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may all seem a frivolous exercise of a
thrill seeker and a pop-drink's marketing department but innovations in
the suit’s design will benefit future space exploration as man creeps farther
and farther away from our tiny blue marble and into the vast expanses of
space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5SUU9qp7EiQwJSkf5wPVF_buQQd8GIAuzl5t1wJveFKaCPmiw0OohNVC1l4nbh4kIuBY2SJPhvZQfUUoS8DQeGrJyH6fOBYiqXpXuPdiLLXGdvx3vBYWFufXKY7VeIl6Mmn6VpLwGK9j/s1600/CRI_151271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd5SUU9qp7EiQwJSkf5wPVF_buQQd8GIAuzl5t1wJveFKaCPmiw0OohNVC1l4nbh4kIuBY2SJPhvZQfUUoS8DQeGrJyH6fOBYiqXpXuPdiLLXGdvx3vBYWFufXKY7VeIl6Mmn6VpLwGK9j/s320/CRI_151271.jpg" width="307" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">“Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth,” Pablo
Picasso once said and no truer words regarding art could have been stated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along with Georges Braque, he founded the
Cubist movement introduced to the world with “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907)
where the female nudes were abstracted and morphed with seemingly grotesque
tribal images.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be argued this
painting epitomized Picasso’s chauvinistic attitude toward woman as either
“goddesses or doormats”. </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezhlXrXuRohSzD7lsmcK-kSF_ldUHz1aiGu_HxnJ7zM2wZgTzCJres4gQldwTHSYupmHeLWmxL9WbOVOB8rot-AqVo3UbEwmnO7QMUZNTgXVRh3c27MAmNfXK-gLhdpMCuxidQXIiasbw/s1600/Pablo_picasso_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezhlXrXuRohSzD7lsmcK-kSF_ldUHz1aiGu_HxnJ7zM2wZgTzCJres4gQldwTHSYupmHeLWmxL9WbOVOB8rot-AqVo3UbEwmnO7QMUZNTgXVRh3c27MAmNfXK-gLhdpMCuxidQXIiasbw/s1600/Pablo_picasso_1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">He was a
notorious womanizer but as an artist, no painter before him had such a massive
audience nor was as famous in his own lifetime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span>He used this influence to bring the world’s attention to the Spanish
Civil War with the masterpiece “Guernica” (1937) after the German’s callous
bombing of that town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No longer was war
commemorated in glorious battle scenes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Picasso’s stark black-white-gray image was reminiscent of a newspaper
photo and the collateral damage inflicted on the civilian population was made
aware to the public as the enormous mural-sized piece was toured
world-wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was perhaps the world’s
first sociopolitical artistic statement and one that worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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once was relegated to the fantastic ideas of Jules Verne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, in the early years of the 20<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
century, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company sought to alleviate
above-ground traffic by expanding their existing elevated train network with
the world’s first subway system. </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The
firm operated as a privately held entity until 1940 when it was acquired by the
City of New York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">To assist passengers
orient themselves in a dark underground world, no two stations were designed
the same. </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">This provided an opportunity
to expand the metropolitan landscape and offered designers new inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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an effective subterranean rail service alleviating congestion and hastening not
only travel time but also the pace of commerce as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Links: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/FEATURE-FirstPhoto.html" target="_blank">Article from "Air & Space" about the V-2 #13 launch</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.redbullstratos.com/" target="_blank">Redbull's site dedicated to Baumgartner's jump</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZpmnV93MZA" target="_blank">Reenactment of Baumgartner's jump with Legos</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.picasso.fr/us/picasso_page_index.php" target="_blank">The Picasso Administration</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.picasso.com/" target="_blank">Resource for Picasso art</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.pablopicasso.org/" target="_blank">Pablo Picasso website</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79766" target="_blank">"Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" at MoMA, New York City</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.museoreinasofia.es/coleccion/coleccion-1_en.html" target="_blank">"Guernica" at the Museu Nacional Centro de Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.mta.info/" target="_blank">The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/The_First_Subway" target="_blank">The New York Subway Organization</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://life.time.com/history/new-york-city-subway-photos-from-the-1940s-1950s-and-1960s/#1" target="_blank">Slideshow of vintage NYC subway images from Life Magazine</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-70996538950918758992012-10-15T09:00:00.000-04:002012-10-24T16:28:09.864-04:00Alexandrina-Newson-Cement (15-21 October)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bibliotheca Alexandrina</b>,
Alexandria, Egypt, inaugurated 16 October 2002</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marc Newson</b>,
Australian-born industrial designer, birthday 20 October 1963</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ordinary Portland
Cement</b>, Joseph Aspdin, patent 21 October 1824</span><br />
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World but was a victim of collateral damage as a
result of Julius Caesar setting fire to his own ships in the harbor in 48
B.C.E.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, the only remaining Wonder
are the Great Pyramids of Giza which are also in Egypt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, in commemoration and near the original
site, the Egyptian government along with the support of UNESCO and
contributions from the majority of surrounding Arab states, Snøhetta Arkitektur
Landskap AS, from Oslo, Norway won the design competition in 1988 for a new
library. <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Snøhetta has become renowned
around the world for major civic projects</span></span></div>
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Museum Pavilion in New York City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
company philosophy strives to intricately incorporate landscape & public
art installations with building design in addition to adhering to
environmentally responsible design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
new library can hold over 8 million books but its true purpose (as in
antiquity) is to act as a hub “for the production & dissemination of
knowledge, and to be a place of dialogue and understanding between cultures
& peoples.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The campus includes
multiple art galleries, conference center, planetarium & manuscript
restoration laboratory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Snøhetta’s
design incorporates a monumental granite wall covered with letters from all the
world’s alphabets and the entire building mimics an enormous sundial on the
shore of the Mediterranean Sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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light-filled reading room also harkens back to Wright’s Johnson Wax Building
interior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In light of what has become
known as “The Arab Spring” with so many citizens, including Egyptian, taking
control of their future, let us hope this spirit of learning, collaboration,
dialogue, understanding and tolerance will be forever rooted in its walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Australian Crafts Council brought us the sumptuous Lockheed Lounge (1986) which
has set three consecutive auction records for final sale price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it wasn’t until he designed the
creepy Embryo Chair (1988) that he developed a signature style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a native of Australia it seems only
natural Newson would become the creative director for Quantas and earn a place
on the faculty of his alma mater, the Sydney College of the Arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">In addition to his furniture pieces which
consistently sell out in record times, <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">his work stretches into </span></span></span></span></div>
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from manufacturing & technologies to transportation & fashion which has
earned Newson a place on Time magazine’s list of the top 100 Most Influential People
in the World.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, he operates out of
his London office continuing to offer clients retail successes with his designs. His work is collected and displayed in major museums around
the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So compelling are is pieces that every time I come within a
few feet of the Lockheed it takes all the will power I can muster not to take a
seat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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cement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unbelievably, this great
achievement was lost to antiquity until the 19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century when it was
rediscovered and Joseph Aspdin patented in Britain his version of “Roman
Cement”, what would be known as Ordinary Portland Cement (OCP).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Made up primarily of limestone, it is the
basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco & grout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OCP, when combined with structural steel
reinforcing virtually illuminated the need for enormous blocks of stone to be
quarried, transported and lifted into place, drastically reducing building
costs & time of construction. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basic
building materials from ancient times of granite and marble were relegated to decorative
applications; luxuries that were no longer necessary but still prized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This led the way for man to build stronger,
safer & higher than ever before ushering in the expansion of the modern
metropolis that the industrial revolution spurred and challenged classic
principles of design that brought about the modern design era.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.bibalex.org/Home/Default_EN.aspx">Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.history.com/topics/seven-ancient-wonders-of-the-world">The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the History Channel</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/">The United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.snoarc.no/#/main/">Snohetta Arkitektur Landskap AS, Oslo, Norway</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.911memorial.org/">The September 11th Memorial Museum Pavilion, New York City, New York</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.craftaustralia.org.au/">Craft Australia</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/home/au/en">Qantas Airlines, Australia</a> </span></span></div>
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EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-11805113128715631292012-10-08T09:00:00.000-04:002012-10-09T16:32:21.362-04:00Miles-Meier-Frankl (8-14 October)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alexander Miles</b>,
American inventor, patented an electric elevator 11 October 1887</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Richard Meier</b>, American
architect, birthday 12 October 1934</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Paul T. Frankl</b>, Austrian-born
furniture designer, painter & architect, birthday 14 October 1886</span><br />
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even the electric elevator, the innovation in his 1887 patent improved the
overall safety of the contraption that still was not entirely comfortable with
the general population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With U.S. Patent
#371207, Miles improve the method by which the doors opened and closed so as to
protect passengers from falling into the elevator shaft, which was still a real
danger at the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His mechanism
automatically closed access to the shaft when the car was not properly aligned
with the desired floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As buildings
climbed higher and higher, this advancement helped the public adapt to the
ever-growing cityscape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine falling
from the top floor of the <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/trajan-chihuly-burj-khalifa-17-23.html">Burj Khalifa</a> because someone forgot to close the
elevator door all the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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tower, <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/trajan-chihuly-burj-khalifa-17-23.html">S.O.M.</a> has fostered a fair share of burgeoning architects including a
brief stent in 1959 by Richard Meier who would become one of the famed New York
Five.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would also go on to work under
<a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/05/breuer-knoll-kravitz-21-27-may.html">Marcel Breuer</a>, no doubt encouraged by his fascination with the work of Le
Corbusier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been argued that Meier
perfected Corbu’s own theories of architecture more so than the master
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he espouses that white is in fact the rainbow of all colors in that it reflects
the hues of the environment in which it resides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One look at Meier’s Douglas House nestled
among the green hillside and you understand his three essential concepts: Light, Color
& Place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meier, like <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/disneyland-hejduk-de-la-renta-16-22.html">Hejduk</a>,
experiments with plain geometry and at the same time allows light & shadow
to become part of the comprehension of the total space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is as if he has fully embraced the fourth
dimension, time, to complete the spacial composition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other buildings by Meier include the Getty
Center in Los Angeles, California (1997), the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary
Art, Spain (1995) and the controversial Arca Pacis in Rome, Italy (2006) where
recently a compromise has been made to reduce the site wall to improve the view
to the river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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thanks to the invention of the elevator, Paul Frankl ventured into furniture
design which became known as “Skyscraper Furniture”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he emigrated to New York City in 1914
after studying at the Berlin Polytechnic (as did <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/graves-stieglitz-loewy-9-15-july.html">Alfred Stiglitz</a>), he embraced
new materials with his furniture such as cork veneers and metal, shaping what
would become known as the American modern aesthetic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After moving to the west coast, Frankl’s work
trended more toward biomorphic shapes which were reflective of clothing
fashions of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until his death in
1958, Frankl was a vocal proponent of the modern design movement in numerous
writings helping to validate these emerging designs into popular culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/354.html">Profile of Alexander Miles in the Inventors Hall of Fame, Invent Now</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.thekleerteam.com/Condos/Beach-House-Miami.htm">Buy a condo designed by Meier, Surfside, Florida</a> </span></span></div>
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EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-32501724002944098162012-10-01T09:00:00.000-04:002012-10-02T08:47:31.032-04:00Lin-Jobs-Magistretti (1-7 October)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Maya Lin</b>, Chinese-American
architectural designer & landscape artist, birthday 5 October 1959</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Steve Jobs</b>, American
inventor, designer & businessman, death 5 October 2011</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vico Magistretti</b>,
Italian industrial designer & architect, birthday 6 October 1920</span><br />
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University and having your design selected out of over 1400 entries for one of
the most significant and controversial war memorial projects in Washington,
D.C.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maya Lin’s simple and elegant
design for the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial on the National Mall is poignant
and emotionally provoking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
objectors complained that it was a grotesque scar on the landscape, evoking
images of a grave and the deep black granite selected for inscription too
depressing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">But it is perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">All complaints once throw in its direction
are now the features which are those most praised.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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monuments on the mall and the design is so moving it prompted a replica to be
erected in Pensacola, Florida after the traveling “Moving Wall” made a stop
there in 1987.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This project was just the
beginning of a masterful career for Lin who has gone on to complete numerous
installations around the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
analysis of a site in both the macro and micro view leads her design to explore
how one experiences a particular place and challenges the viewer to respond to
the environment in compelling ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently
Lin has collaborated with the Confluence Project along the Columbia River which
strives to evoke the region’s history to impress upon the landscape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">It may be still settling in to our collective conscious that
Steve Jobs is no longer with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a
year’s passing we can take what he introduced the world to utilize and
learn from it to make the future better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those who camped out in line for the latest iPhone recently may have
reflected on this a bit more than others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Love him or hate him, Jobs did more for the design industry in popular
culture than he is usually credited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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notable event is when the original iMac design was complete in 1998 he asked
those individuals who collaborated to sign it on the interior; Jobs recognized
the importance of the designer to the success of the machine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, the “out-of-the-box” experience for the
consumer (no complicated set-up requiring a tech-savvy neighbor to help you
plug it in) was essential to reaching a broad-based consumer market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, that brightly colored egg shape made
it less intimidating and more like a piece of art you placed on your desk that
just so happened to connect you with the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jobs wanted us to embrace technology, use it, everyday and in the most
effective way possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He strove to
make technological advances approachable and simple. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is this child-like exuberance about the
future which will be his most enduring legacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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architects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately, he avoided
becoming a cog in the Nazi war machine in 1943 by moving to Switzerland to study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the war, he thrived in the vacuum of
destruction left in its wake by collaborating on multiple rebuilding projects
in his hometown of Milan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To complement
Magistretti’s architectural career, he ventured into industrial and furniture
design. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His entries to the Milan
Triennial during the 1950s won him numerous awards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9NtPiyA1D_ZpMMPyi8bDDRoY1GSRt_B3i2U3xzxg4F83ts8vOtHMEM84ZaHf2hCneiAEjhRp55qoyuXtf2Ra4lGwiGrlmHERcOBIIIOaJ2nVG_r-rZVH9RZBj39z8LR9JMUsJhYNA7uc/s1600/vidun-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9NtPiyA1D_ZpMMPyi8bDDRoY1GSRt_B3i2U3xzxg4F83ts8vOtHMEM84ZaHf2hCneiAEjhRp55qoyuXtf2Ra4lGwiGrlmHERcOBIIIOaJ2nVG_r-rZVH9RZBj39z8LR9JMUsJhYNA7uc/s320/vidun-02.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">For the next 50 years designed pieces for a variety of manufactures. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Many of these
companies still produce his designs as part of their “classic”
collections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without a doubt, Vico
Magistretti wasn’t just in the right place at the right time; he was a powerful
force whose impression still ripples in the design pond.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.mayalin.com/">Maya Lin Studio website</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://thewall-usa.com/">Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.pensacolawallsouth.org/home.html">The Wall South, Pensacola, Florida</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.confluenceproject.org/">The Confluence Project</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/">Remembering Steve Jobs, on the Apple website</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/steve-jobs/">Forbes List of Richest Persons, 2011</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html">TED Talk, Steve Jobs: "How to Live Before You Die"</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.vicomagistretti.it/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvico%2Bmagistretti%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D792%26bih%3D766%26prmd%3Dimvnso&sa=X&ei=YfloUHiFyPYEifGB2A8&sqi=2&ved=0CEsQ7gEwBw">The Vico Magistretti Foundation</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.depadova.it/en/company/designer/vico-magistretti/">Vico Magistretti Pieces at De Padova</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.helleronline.com/products/selene">Vico Magistretti's "Selene" chair at Heller</a></span>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-47843234636332877882012-09-24T09:00:00.000-04:002012-10-09T11:20:36.058-04:00Remote Control-Richardson-Hoover Dam (24-30 September)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Birth of the Remote
Contol”</b>, successful demonstration of the “Telekino” by Leonardo Torres y Quevedo,
Bilbao, Spain, anniversary 25 September 1906
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Henry Hobson
Richardson</b>, American Romanesque Revival architect, birthday 29 September
1838<br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hoover Dam</b>, Arizona/Nevada
boarder across the Colorado River, dedication 30 September 1934
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not getting off one’s rear in order to control the myriad of devices that
inhabit the modern landscape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This goes
beyond the scope of the television to include keyless ignitions, wireless internet
access, G.P.S. and R.C. toys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It all
happens every day, millions of times a day; little thought goes into how it all
started: Leonardo Torres y Quevedo and some radio waves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Named the Telekino, and in the presence of
the King of Spain, Quevedo guided a boat from the shore of the port of
Bilbao.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiflGYQTvwD8E2fkEUuCM8B3DMk5Rp4kgjuc2GPXkKeahm9OUuLTCqtynYyPe5V5NuuSEF0_S0JVlWNRE6cAyz8gF7wWKWeQrXAqh9dr364mqz4k1v997hK3Lkct5y96TXjii9UzfmqnC/s1600/Telekino-imagen-400x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiflGYQTvwD8E2fkEUuCM8B3DMk5Rp4kgjuc2GPXkKeahm9OUuLTCqtynYyPe5V5NuuSEF0_S0JVlWNRE6cAyz8gF7wWKWeQrXAqh9dr364mqz4k1v997hK3Lkct5y96TXjii9UzfmqnC/s320/Telekino-imagen-400x300.jpg" width="320" /></a>Granted, Nikola Tesla had also
successfully demonstrated his radio-controlled “Teleautomaton” years earlier
but received little recognition for its achievement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where Tesla’s invention was seen as a
novelty, Quevedo applied his technology to projectiles and torpedoes but, just as
Tesla, met with public resistance and lack of financing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, more recently in 2007 the Telekino
was recognized by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) as the milestone it was forever granting us (rightly or wrongly) the
ability to guide intercontinental ballistic missiles and drone aircraft to
reduce the human cost of war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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but such as in the case of other great American architects Wright &
Sullivan. H.H. Richardson developed what would become known as the
Richardsonian Romanesque.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the combination
of French, Spanish, Syrian & Byzantine examples he was able to study while
at l’École des Beaux-Arts (only the 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> American admitted to the
architecture division) he developed a distinctly unique style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Richardson’s designs focused on the balance
of massive proportions, devoid of elaborate and superficial ornamentation so
the viewer would not be distracted from the composition as a whole to
appreciate the symmetry and the beauty of the rusticated material of the
façade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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perfected with the Trinity Church in Boston and for this commission he won
national attention which guaranteed him work for the rest of this shortened
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On his deathbed, he hastily
scribbled a will in which he asked his assistants to carry on present
commissions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually they formed
their own partnership Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, which answered the call for
New Orleans to have its own example of Richardsonian in honor of the native son
(seen as the majority of this work is in the Massachusetts area).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapzyv8QpyB-YN9R7pNQ_bMj_xDlxNv8iHePWdj_McONtDBxFIQEeMiBOvA1dibS6zAPqlpAjjgKnYBTzfltgE5P8j5_hwlItEzZA2RlzTmP0tB8d1psqTZZ5bm3lyyzWe9nFJpoag-5Ge/s1600/howard_memorial_library._new_orleans_louisiana._1900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapzyv8QpyB-YN9R7pNQ_bMj_xDlxNv8iHePWdj_McONtDBxFIQEeMiBOvA1dibS6zAPqlpAjjgKnYBTzfltgE5P8j5_hwlItEzZA2RlzTmP0tB8d1psqTZZ5bm3lyyzWe9nFJpoag-5Ge/s320/howard_memorial_library._new_orleans_louisiana._1900.jpg" width="320" /></a>The Howard (a.k.a. Taylor) Library Building
on Lee Circle now is part of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and open to the
public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this is not the only
Richardson-inspired building in New Orleans; Tulane University also
commissioned a separate firm to complete three buildings in his style which now
have become an essential part of the university’s iconography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Richardson Memorial Hall completed in
1908 originally housed the School of Medicine but today, more appropriately, is
the home of the School of Architecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was the first building on campus to install an elevator, used to transport
cadavers for anatomy class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be
said that with the late hours architecture students work they still do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lDHvqJ0JHaA4_tWPbWg0LKr5izpywF6peBl0bLkPAtCsySku0k0Bkn4R9gVvJH4eXW1wQAYSJHbetfmZxMwvgV1OjQFJfDJwC4eX1tEseBxUxr1bX5-HytHU4Kx1QYArHeQn1JW6UD6S/s1600/750px-Damforms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0lDHvqJ0JHaA4_tWPbWg0LKr5izpywF6peBl0bLkPAtCsySku0k0Bkn4R9gVvJH4eXW1wQAYSJHbetfmZxMwvgV1OjQFJfDJwC4eX1tEseBxUxr1bX5-HytHU4Kx1QYArHeQn1JW6UD6S/s320/750px-Damforms.jpg" width="320" /></a>It may appear hipocrical that so many environmentally
concerned Americans have issue with China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze
River which will displace 1.3 million people and disrupt a delicate
ecosystem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, it was the U.S’s
own civil engineer on loan from the Department of the Interior who first
surveyed the location for China in 1944.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, the U.S. has also made tremendous environmental missteps in
the name of economic progress, one of which would be our own Hoover Dam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">In an effort to put people to work during the
Great Depression, idea was born to build the dam in Black Canyon to provide
hydroelectric power, fresh water & control flooding.<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"> However, in retrospect the decision might
have been a little too hasty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over 100
lives were “officially” lost; for many others their cause of death were
suspiciously attributed to other things such as pneumonia instead of carbon
monoxide poisoning to avoid paying insurance claims.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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drowned while looking for the ideal spot for the dam, the last was, sadly, his
son Patrick W. Tierney who died 13 years to the day his father did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Environmentally, the dam does in fact control
flooding but at a cost of thousands of species down river in the Colorado River
delta who depended on seasonal waters. <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Additionally, during construction & since, the delta experiences a
reverse flow which has increased the salinity of the marsh to toxic
levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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of Las Vegas to enjoy Lake Mead, due to evaporation, there is about 30 feet
less of the lake than there was initially.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means less fresh water and less habitat for fish and other
species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, in all the post-game
analysis of the pros and cons of a dam, can we really blame China for wanting
to take advantage of virtually free hydroelectric power in lieu of the coal it
burns today?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Man has been manipulating
the landscape for millennia and will continue to do so in perpetuity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ieee.org/index.html">The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers</a><br />
<a href="http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=04399975">IEEE article on Quevedo & the Telekino</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.shepleybulfinch.com/history/">Shepley Bulfinch</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ensba.fr/">l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France</a><br />
<a href="http://www.trinitychurchboston.org/">Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ogdenmuseum.org/">The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana</a><br />
<a href="http://architecture.tulane.edu/home/">Tulane School of Architecture, New Orleans, Louisiana</a><br />
<a href="http://www.eldo.us/6265/richardson-memorial-hall-renovation/">Article related to the renovation of Richardson Memorial Hall</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/">US Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Hoover Dam</a><br />
<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=colorado+river+delta&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8">Map of Hoover Dam, Arizona/Nevada Boarder, USA</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cedointercultural.org/uppergulf.htm">Upper Gulf of California & Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve</a><br />
<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=chinas-three-gorges-dam-disaster">Scientific American article regarding the Three Gorges Dam</a><br />
<a href="http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=30.823056,111.003333&z=14&t=H&marker0=30.823056,111.003333,Three%20Gorges%20Dam">Map of the Three Gorges Dam, Hubei, China</a> </div>
</span>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-32683394880407947302012-09-17T09:00:00.000-04:002012-10-02T21:45:37.409-04:00Trajan-Chihuly-Burj Khalifa (17-23 September)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Burj Khalifa</b>,
Dubai, U.A.E., anniversary beginning of construction 21 September 2004</span></div>
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the infamous Roman Emperor Trajan was born to Roman elite parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only was he responsible for orchestrating
massive gladiatorial festivals in which over 11,000 prisoners & thousands
of animals were publically murdered, he instituted popular welfare programs and
implemented multiple building campaigns all designed to keep the citizenry
happy and entertained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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architect of his many triumphal arches throughout the empire and “Trajan’s bridge”
across the Danube was Apollodorus of Damascus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span>Apollodorus is also often credited for building the Pantheon, although there has never been any reliable documentation of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of Trajan’s most notable projects
completed during his reign in Rome was his forum & market complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was once thought to be the world’s first
shopping mall but recent theories suggest it was an administrative office
complex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the more unusual site, he
broke from the arch tradition to create a new type of monument: Trajan’s Column
which commemorates one of his many military successes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was anything but modest, but then again,
was there ever a Roman emperor who was?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Art Glass Movement being celebrated this year by multitudes of retrospective
and exhibits it is all too fitting that the work of Dale Chihuly be
featured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As one of the brave pioneers
into this medium that was once restricted to large-scale industrial production,
he has been able to produce pieces that are extraordinarily delicate, enticing,
overwhelming by sheer magnitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">His
studio works much as one from the Renaissance, where he as the master oversees a
core of apprentices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">To build the
communal spirit there is one enormous long natural wood table that all are
encouraged to congregate at not just for meals but for collaboration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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creatures, collections of fire tongues and unearthly flora.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as the name Chihuly is salivated over
by designers & clients alike, the time may have come that he has reached
the pinnacle; dangerously teetering on the verge of becoming a one-trick-pony
as Britto and Gehry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a difficult
wire to tread as artists strive to satisfy the desires of an adoring public
while maintaining a forward-thinking creative flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>None the less, I still would jump at the
chance to own a piece and will make room in my schedule to see any exhibition
in the neighborhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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still amazes and astounds me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
vertical city was six years in the planning and will sit atop the list as the
tallest structure built by man for many, many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to the design team from Skidmore,
Owings & Merril (SOM) evoking images of Frank Lloyd Wright’s mile high
tower, that pinnacle has come closer than ever before and trumps any attempt
since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Burj Khalifa stands at 2,717
feet high, over 1000 feet taller than the next contender.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Equally as iconic as this new tower is the
architectural firm who designed it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SOM
has designed 10% of the world’s top 100.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This may seem like a small number until you analyze the list a bit
closer: out of 100, that is 10 completed and separate buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next closest in number would be Cesar
Pelli & Associates with four but it may be unfair that the Petronas Towers
were each counted separately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If that’s
the case then Cesar is tied with Tange & Associates (<a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/09/schlemmer-tange-serlio-3-9-september.html">see 3 September entry</a>)
but none of Tange’s buildings reach the 1000 foot mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For SOM, all but one is over a thousand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the building boom than gave us the
Chrysler Building lay dormant, SOM reinvigorated the race for the sky with the
first project to attempt that mark after the Empire State Building with the
John Hancock Center in Chicago in 1969 and established themselves on the global
market as the “go-to” firm for massive buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=16224896767031326732&q=Trajan%27s+Bridge&iwloc=A&gl=US&hl=en">Map of Trajan's Complex, Rome, Italy</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/602188/Trajans-Bridge">Trajan's Bridge over the Danube (Encyclopedia Britannica)</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=16224896767031326732&q=Trajan%27s+Bridge&iwloc=A&gl=US&hl=en">Map of Trajan's Bridge, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.chihuly.com/current-and-upcoming.aspx">Dale Chihuly current & upcoming exhibitions</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.bocamuseum.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Current%20Exhibitions_archive_7-9-12&category=Exhibitions">Chihuly pieces on view at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www6.miami.edu/lowe/collection_palleypavilion.html">Chihuly pieces on view at the Palley Pavilion, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/">Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.di.net/almanac/buildings/tallest-buildings/">List of the World's Tallest Buildings</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-37718714310156635022012-09-10T09:00:00.000-04:002012-09-22T11:24:34.229-04:00Lascaux-Sottsass-Vishwakarma Puja (10-16 September)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lascaux Caves</b>,
Southwest France, anniversary of discovery 12 September 1940</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ettore Sottsass</b>, Italian
architect & designer, birthday 14 September 1917</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vishwakarma Puja</b>,
Hindu god of architecture, holiday (India), 16 September (alternatively 17
September)</span><br />
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a remote cave little did they know they were on the verge of one of the most
significant discoveries of prehistoric art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since there have been several other sites discovered but this was an
eye-opener to the world community as to the complexity and detail which the Paleolithic
mind was able to communicate in visual form nearly 15,000 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today it is still hotly debated as to the
intention of the artists; from ritualistic to historical recording.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, one cannot help but be amazed at the
diversity of subjects, the depiction of seasonal changes and the overwhelmingly
apparent symbolic meaning behind the images still unknown to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are records of now extinct species and
herds of animals that read like an encyclopedia of the hunt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvlXQpwOka1P-_Ii8HgxxL61a3s8f8zTJqdNzNH99GGYx1m7zpxmDpN9R-pCrfCAo1MlCHjtBZT0AxEH1GJWav9DhGr4WsvvA6-_bOt_ej8fqiu1c002WojjyieGZwGRmjiyh5NI3a8AH/s1600/7330lascaux1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvlXQpwOka1P-_Ii8HgxxL61a3s8f8zTJqdNzNH99GGYx1m7zpxmDpN9R-pCrfCAo1MlCHjtBZT0AxEH1GJWav9DhGr4WsvvA6-_bOt_ej8fqiu1c002WojjyieGZwGRmjiyh5NI3a8AH/s320/7330lascaux1.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">There are even examples that appear to
regress in perspective; a technique that would be rediscovered during the
Renaissance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This monumental discovery
forced modern man to rethink the nature of what the prehistoric man was able to
comprehend and thus paint the way for further understanding of from where we,
as a species, came. </span></div>
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the caves paintings at Lasceaux he no doubt would say to destroy them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seems harsh but for Sottsass, his idea
was that the future only begins when the past is completely dismantled, and its
logic reduced to dust so only nostalgia remains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He saw that the past was a jumping off point
and for humanity to continue to progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnNh4BpIZk07fk5DDW84z7iO9sirbxB6vVQqNx0aFvC_S3YIVXESZBLx6MyaBc9hr75KKOMxnow9SLiKo42cT8YlHnmJwOb6f7SGZ45JUwxBzWOXQdDgwyNxaimWiuEPuY7xzxtW44yK1/s1600/TOTEM+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKnNh4BpIZk07fk5DDW84z7iO9sirbxB6vVQqNx0aFvC_S3YIVXESZBLx6MyaBc9hr75KKOMxnow9SLiKo42cT8YlHnmJwOb6f7SGZ45JUwxBzWOXQdDgwyNxaimWiuEPuY7xzxtW44yK1/s320/TOTEM+001.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">And to this credit, it can be believed that we as a species have
considerably evolved from those Paleolithic individuals for millennia without
the benefit of access to those wonderful images to guide us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Sottsass’s case, he went further to
figuratively dismantle the design greats of the past such as Wright and create
new forms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He believed that
functionalism is not enough; design should also be exciting and sensual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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group in the early 1980s (and as you may already know my personal least
favorite movement).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, in
challenging the avant garde to push forward there was a creative freedom that
eliminated heavy-handed design for design’s sake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Designers who followed his mold such as Gehry
& Graves were light-hearted and expressive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To document the deterioration of the past, Sottsass always carried a
camera which was confiscated on more than one occasion; once while
photographing a rotting window on a police station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police might not have understood his
fascination with the ruin but were more concerned that he was casing the joint.
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the Mahabharata legend, Vishwakarma Puja is the divine draftsman of the entire
universe and the official builder of all the palaces of the gods in addition to
their flying chariots & weapons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is depicted as wearing lots of gold topped off with a gold crown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his four hands he holds a pot of water, a
book, a noose & craftsman’s tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unlike in the west, Indian culture commemorate the day by using it as an
excuse to increase productivity and be inspired to create innovative
products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the festivities happen
on factory floors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, Hindus also
make the connection with the heavens by flying kites; most likely encouraged by
Vishwakarma Puja to create new and exciting designs for the sky. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/lasc/hd_lasc.htm" target="_blank">The Caves of Lascaux website</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://hinduism.about.com/od/godsgoddesses/p/vishwakarma.htm" target="_blank">Article on Viswakarma Puja</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-32308016979451254202012-09-03T09:00:00.000-04:002012-09-04T20:28:48.172-04:00Schlemmer-Tange-Serlio (3-9 September)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On this date in
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Oskar Schlemmer</b>, German
painter, sculptor, designer & choreographer, birthday 4 September 1888</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kenzo Tange</b>,
Japanese architect & Pritzker Prize winner, birthday 4 September 1913</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sebastiano Serlio</b>,
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but its far-reaching impact is limitless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With the addition of Oskar Schlemmer to the faculty in the sculpture
department and eventually the theater department, the influence on the art
world exceeded the oppression of the Third Reich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One unique feature of the Bauhaus is that so
many controversial and challenging individuals with conflicting ideas thrived
in constructive disharmony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schlemmer
objected to the popular abstract ideas, focusing more on the human figure and
its relationship to the space in which it occupies fundamentally grounding what
architecture should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
illustrated by his reduction of the human form to an architectural language that
emulated movement thereby “capturing” the fourth dimension in physical space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The influence of these dancing
forms can be seen today in the work of Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid who both
strive for Schlemmer’s theories in the contemporary world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">In the aftermath of the destruction of World War II, the
metabolist movement took hold in Japan and one of its most ardent supporters
and contributors was Kenzo Tange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
movement is characterized by large-scale flexible & expandable structures what
would grow organically as the needs of a population changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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atmosphere of two nearly leveled cities where the architects of the time were
mostly concerned with housing the demoralized population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the case of Tange, his design was selected
to memorialize the event with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The museum hovers over the axis of the park
in plain, unadorned concrete so as to not distract from the contents inside; the
visitor is suspended on piloti in the figurative mushroom cloud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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few select architects and journalist who were invited to participate in the documentation
of the habitual construction of the Ise Shrine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Historically a closed process it also marked the end of the US
occupation of Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later, he was able
to demonstrate to the world his talent for combining traditional Japanese
design with the modernism by completing a few structures for the 1964 Tokyo
Olympics; the first held in Asia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">This
would make Tange’s work in demand around the world and notably, his funeral was
held in the Tokyo Cathedral he designed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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elevate the human experience not just societally and scientifically but artistically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As advances in building and communication technologies
arose and in his day, Sebastiano Serlio laid the groundwork for proliferation
of the Italian Renaissance style throughout Europe with his influential book “I
Sette Libri Dell'architettura”, a.k.a. “The Seven Books of Architecture”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This addition to the design community
enlivened the atmosphere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It examined
and definitively identified the proportions and geometries of
architecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It combined both high
quality illustration with explicit written instruction for not only architects
but the builders and craftsmen of the time to achieve what could be argued
perfection in built design focusing on the practical rather than theoretical
aspects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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and is a phenomenal reference for the classical orders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The comparison could be made that what Serlio
did for architecture was what the Bauhaus accomplished in the 20th century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To see Serlio’s work in physical form visit
le Châteaux de Fontainebleau.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.schlemmer.org/" target="_blank">Oskar Schlemmer website</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5219" target="_blank">Oskar Schlemmer work at MoMA, New York City</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/search-artwork/results/artist:Schlemmer" target="_blank">Oskar Schlemmer work at the Art Institute of Chicago</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/28583474" target="_blank">Triadisches (Triadic) Ballet, 1970 reconstruction</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.bauhaus.de/index+M52087573ab0.html" target="_blank">Bauhaus Archive & Museum</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html" target="_blank">Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Japan</a><span id="goog_1968862200"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1968862201"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.isejingu.or.jp/english/" target="_blank">Ise Jingu Shrine, Japan</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr/spip.php?page=sommaire&lang=en" target="_blank">le Chatueax de Fountainbleau, France</a></span></span></div>
EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-20564366508103555162012-08-27T09:00:00.000-04:002012-08-28T10:10:37.416-04:00Ray-Ruhlmann-van Doesburg (27 August - 2 September)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Man Ray (Emmanuel
Radnitsky)</b>, American modernist artist, birthday 27 August 1890</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Émile-Jacques
Ruhlmann</b>, French Art Deco furniture & interior designer, birthday 28
August 1879</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Theo van Doesburg (Christian
Emil Küpper)</b>, Dutch artist, birthday 30 August 1883</span></div>
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only American artist who played a prominent role in launching both the Dada and
Surrealist art movements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Raised in New
York City, he was extremely influenced by the avant-garde pieces displayed at
Alfred Stieglitz’s 291 gallery (see post our post from <a href="http://dateindesign.blogspot.com/2012/07/graves-stieglitz-loewy-9-15-july.html" target="_blank">9 July</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As one to originate the “BoHo” lifestyle, Ray
shunned college and began challenging the formal constraints of the visual
arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He taught himself photography and
invented what would become known as the “rayograph” where he would take objects
and expose them directly onto photosensitive paper, much like a sun print but
in the studio environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">By 1921, he left the U.S. and his first wife to settle in Paris where he became entrenched with the cultural elite residing there and documented many such as Picasso, Hemmingway, Dali, Stein and Joyce in striking photographs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span> It is here where he met Kiki of Montparnasse whom would be his most famous subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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surrealism where the subconscious or non-rational significance of imagery was
explored in more depth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Briefly during
WWII he relocated to Los Angeles but was frustrated as American audiences only
considered him a fashion photographer and never took his film or other work as
significantly as he desired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore,
he and Kiki returned to France in 1951 for the remainder of their lives in
surrealist bliss that deliberately defied reason.</span></div>
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and contracting business he quickly developed it into one of the most
significant furniture & design company in Europe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He openly despised the clunkiness of the Arts
& Crafts movement remarking that it was too common for the wealthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Essentially, according to Ruhlmann, since the
movement originated from the common people that the elite, from whom all
fashion derives, would have no desire to own it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Fashion’s real purpose is to display
wealth,” and of course provencal style did just the opposite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His designs started out in the Art Nouveau and
then morphed quite well into the Art Deco period inspired by classical
elements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ruhlmann sought out the rarest
woods and inlayed his pieces with ivory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To protect the notoriety of his design, when he discovered he was terminally
ill, Ruhlmann wrote in his will that his company was to be dissolved. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, his pieces hold fast as the epitome of
style and luxury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFimZgZdaLArSZBbHv9a8WnN4niaAzhGKtkJEuhgVOTmxl3VrFTudeeQ8eqpdbB2_pFcb-mI3lE-cNO6bHf_bi4FF1lg_BwYXaq7r4NZSO8UGsq8bRCWnQQ9sYfT2kfhtDnWSYQeg9pnr/s1600/CRI_232742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinFimZgZdaLArSZBbHv9a8WnN4niaAzhGKtkJEuhgVOTmxl3VrFTudeeQ8eqpdbB2_pFcb-mI3lE-cNO6bHf_bi4FF1lg_BwYXaq7r4NZSO8UGsq8bRCWnQQ9sYfT2kfhtDnWSYQeg9pnr/s320/CRI_232742.jpg" width="318" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">It is no surprise when looking at their work that Theo van
Doesburg and Piet Mondrian were contemporaries, friends and collaborators who
developed the De Stijl movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, this relationship ended due to a heated debate over, of all
things, diagonal lines: van Doesburg for, Mondrian against.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Mondrian stuck to his abstract guns, van
Doesburg ventured into a variety of movements including neo-plasticism,
constructivism, Dadaism and elementarism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His work and opinions were so polarizing that his theories nearly split
the newly formed Bauhaus when he started his own architecture course in his
Weimar studio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHQlAr7KURhFxDo8yil3KQTioTHrpms9Ib4Ra9G6c2uZJaE_AHWfE1p4qLkngGBVc8OpLP3j9Ud8uHBORc3RmtILqV5qlLXnSoG9lASXHGQyWDslUikUqjpb0dSMaNNoVJNw3HtaEcVaE/s1600/CRI_162658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHQlAr7KURhFxDo8yil3KQTioTHrpms9Ib4Ra9G6c2uZJaE_AHWfE1p4qLkngGBVc8OpLP3j9Ud8uHBORc3RmtILqV5qlLXnSoG9lASXHGQyWDslUikUqjpb0dSMaNNoVJNw3HtaEcVaE/s320/CRI_162658.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">It is unclear whether or
not he actually was hired faculty but he lured students away from Gropius
ultimately laying the philosophical foundations that would become the tenants
of Bauhaus principles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is most
surprising is that for all van Doesburg’s aggressiveness and polarizing
opinions, it is the reclusive, bleak and one-dimensional Mondrian who is more
remembered by history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to
painting he also was a poet, art critic, designer, typographer, architect and
performance artist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the polar
opposite of the De Stijl austere theories was his work in Dada “performances”
where dialogue was intentionally and absurdly interrupted by a planted person
in the audience who would bark like a dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Van Doesburg was also witness to what would be called “the end of Dada”
when a performance in Paris broke out into a riot where an actor’s arm was
broken by a disgruntled rival and eventually the police were called to disband
the melee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Links:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.manraytrust.com/" target="_blank">The Man Ray Trust</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3716" target="_blank">Man Ray's work at MoMA, NYC</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGArcwGJts0" target="_blank">A brief documentary of Man Ray by Jean-Paul Fargier</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.ruhlmann.info/" target="_blank">Source for Ruhlmann reproductions</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jan/23/theo-van-doesburg-avant-garde-tate" target="_blank">Article on van Doesburg by "The Guardian"</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=6076" target="_blank">van Doesburg work at MoMA, NYC</a></span>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-36112351316526073722012-08-20T09:00:00.000-04:002012-08-21T09:19:54.363-04:00Saarinen-Kahlo/Rivera-Andrew (20-26 August)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eliel Saarinen</b>,
Finnish-American architect, birthday 20 August 1873</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eero Saarinen</b>, Finnish-American
architect & industrial designer, birthday 20 August 1910</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Frida Kahlo &
Diego Rivera</b>, Mexican painters, anniversary of 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> marriage 21
August 1929</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hurricane Andrew</b>,
Category 5 storm, anniversary of landfall in Florida 24 August 1992</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zALil6Z_fXmacbk0f3kaLInzbnslwmjmwbPgq9zCNboCG8KPfxFmPp6Mvlp5VCLRUwlEJ3ydrWf3ODTu1G97OsDmYYamaCkChJC1764jRfjDsuiAcRFL-PSVxiiJlj7oOxuhr20vXPJn/s1600/Gateway_arch+Rick+Dikeman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zALil6Z_fXmacbk0f3kaLInzbnslwmjmwbPgq9zCNboCG8KPfxFmPp6Mvlp5VCLRUwlEJ3ydrWf3ODTu1G97OsDmYYamaCkChJC1764jRfjDsuiAcRFL-PSVxiiJlj7oOxuhr20vXPJn/s400/Gateway_arch+Rick+Dikeman.jpg" width="266" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Imagine getting a telegram letting you know that you are one
of five finalists in a competition for a major national monument project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then halt your elation to receive a second
telegram two hours later notifying you that in fact it was, not you but your
son who was the finalist (with whom you also share a birthday).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What would you do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well if you were Eliel Saarinen, open a
second bottle of champagne and toast to your son’s success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the scene during the competition for
the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
testament to his talent, as magnificent as the arch is, it is only a small
sampling of what Eero was able to accomplish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It could be said that, as a juror, he returned the favor to the universe
when he saved Jørn Utzon’s entry for the Sydney Opera House from the discard
pile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He captured the spirit of flight
with the TWA terminal (now utilized by Jet Blue) in Los Angeles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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to Hugh Hefner for the momentous photo commemorating the premiere issue of
Playboy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could be argued that with all these achievements
that the most prolific are the Tulip chair and Pedestal table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, for personal reasons, I long for
Eero’s giant white marble topped pedestal table in my dining room as many do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No wonder Eero’s designs are still offered in
major showrooms around the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cwRxlEyvcKa-IRzBW7J16-QsgyisVTV6RYoISDKcvZdN7xCZ0VU4WuGrazkQjMNphWRmXSfLSlmsK5cmagubMbMGD6UqN-7N7NaLUGXni7gZTEpYFLhPoyxuKis06Vq6psgrrpK8i7GU/s1600/Frida_Kahlo_Diego_Rivera_1932+March+19+Carl+Van+Vechten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cwRxlEyvcKa-IRzBW7J16-QsgyisVTV6RYoISDKcvZdN7xCZ0VU4WuGrazkQjMNphWRmXSfLSlmsK5cmagubMbMGD6UqN-7N7NaLUGXni7gZTEpYFLhPoyxuKis06Vq6psgrrpK8i7GU/s320/Frida_Kahlo_Diego_Rivera_1932+March+19+Carl+Van+Vechten.jpg" width="246" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">If we will entertain the imagination a moment longer, let’s
envision being mentored by a well-respected and renowned artist of the 20<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
century.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then have that relationship
blossom into mutual respect and admiration leading to a matrimonial union which
promises to elevate your work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus is
what would evolve into the first marriage between Frida Kahlo and Diego
Rivera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was actually Diego’s third
marriage and their subsequent years together would degrade into a tempestuous
relationship rife with extramarital affairs on both sides and eventually lead
to divorce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later the two will remarry
each other once more which would thrive due to the fact that they lived in a
house where they didn’t actually have to live under the same roof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Their notorious home connected by an open-air bridge between the wings never overshadowed their separate and extreme talent. Frida’s work was equally grounded in traditional Mesoamerican themes and deep <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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revolutionary causes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both were geniuses
in technique and product which established themselves independently as
essential artist of the era. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
simply natural that two great contributors to modern art would be drawn both
intellectually and romantically together as their passion for the work was
reflective of their passion for life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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South Florida homes is the out-swing front door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing can be more unwelcoming than hitting
your guests in the face when you answer the doorbell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Hurricane Andrew made landfall in south
Florida twenty years ago this week, the storm forever changed the architectural
landscape including this annoying feature to keep the door from blowing in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Largely to blame for the extensive
devastation were greedy developers who took dangerous short cuts in speedy home
construction that lead to the near complete leveling of Homestead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since then, Miami-Dade County was successful
for o</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">nce and got something right: creating stricter
building codes to protect the public which have become the model for multiple municipalities
along the east coast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">As an architect I enjoy the opportunity to rebuild every few years but, I don’t want to give the impression that my eyes light up at the thought of mass destruction. <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">On the contrary, a native Floridian like myself understands how to prepare for the occasional “hurrication” <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">the same way</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></div>
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how to duck into a doorway when the walls sway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is a part of life and provides the opportunity to reflect on the
glory of electricity while grilling everything perishable from the refrigerator
on the back porch with your neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It also makes for a tougher licensing process for architects in Florida
and for that I am even more grateful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Links: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.gatewayarch.com/" target="_blank">The Gateway Arch Memorial in St. Louis, MO</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://tjrhino1.umsl.edu/whmc/view.php?description_get=gateway+arch" target="_blank">Images of The Gateway Arch during construction</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.knoll.com/designer/designer_detail.jsp?designer_id=90" target="_blank">Eero Saarinen pieces at Knoll</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/r-t/eero-saarinen.do?nType=2" target="_blank">Eero Saarinen pieces at Design Within Reach</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/search?query=eero+saarinen&page=1" target="_blank">Eero Saarinen pieces at MoMA, New York City</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/" target="_blank">PBS documentary of Frida Kahlo</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/diego-rivera/about-the-artist/64/" target="_blank">PBS documentary of Diego Rivera</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/the-complete-works.html" target="_blank">The Complete Works of Frida Kahlo</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.diego-rivera-foundation.org/" target="_blank">The complete works of Diego Rivera</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.noaa.gov/" target="_blank">National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.miamidade.gov/development/product-control.asp" target="_blank">Miami-Dade Product Contol main page </a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/" target="_blank">Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation</a> </span></span>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-12661318486657556942012-08-13T09:00:00.000-04:002012-08-13T10:15:34.325-04:00Cologne-Mendini-Mathsson (13-19 August)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Cologne Cathedral</b>,
Germany, construction begins 14 August 1248, foundation stone laid 15 August
1248, construction ends 14 August 1880</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Alessandro Mendini</b>,
Italian designer & architect, birthday 16 August 1931</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bruno Mathsson</b>, Swedish
furniture designer & architect, death 17 August 1988</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4l10-_jFGRt0RrBbO5Dj6oSLvlobEUnf5GmUaJ6b75b1vrzvM-nzfohks8S1HSWqzJkv8lGEbx_CYpgJiIYOn5nK2YxOpFF0L5X9ODULS58ZopCGToc4PLv1ylaWLGEvoG6NhWVSqEAUr/s1600/800px-K%C3%B6lner_Dom004_(Flight_over_Cologne)_byNeuwieser.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4l10-_jFGRt0RrBbO5Dj6oSLvlobEUnf5GmUaJ6b75b1vrzvM-nzfohks8S1HSWqzJkv8lGEbx_CYpgJiIYOn5nK2YxOpFF0L5X9ODULS58ZopCGToc4PLv1ylaWLGEvoG6NhWVSqEAUr/s320/800px-K%C3%B6lner_Dom004_(Flight_over_Cologne)_byNeuwieser.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">In medieval times it was not unusual for the architect of a
great cathedral never to see the completion of his masterpiece due to the fact
these enormous structures would decades if not over a century to complete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, in the case of the Cologne
Cathedral, the construction time went way over schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When work halted in the 15th century, a crane
remained in place atop one of the half complete towers for nearly 400
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The building of a Cathedral was
an enormous construction project which employed not only the architect with a
lifetime of work but also the multitude of highly secretive guilds which
protected the skills of their respective professions such as stone masons,
glazers, sculptors, tile setters, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the pre-internet era, education and knowledge were highly prized and
passed on only to carefully selected apprentices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The socio-political implications of this
particular project extend beyond this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cathedrals
were meant to awe the naïve and mostly illiterate population and this
particular cathedral was going to be impressive with what would eventually be
the largest façade of any church in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was also to be a tourist attraction for religious pilgrims to come
adore the relics of the Three Kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Later during the Protestant Prussian rule, construction commenced in the
early 19<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century to appease the newly acquired Catholic population
spurred on by renewed revival interest in Gothic architecture.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuKkNxy6l2chjHefzXcnOU6HyRKOyICq_WHMGeCl8EhJfzI35LuSdqJHnrYOKMgKX9APx5xN1-M48WqkW7I_nhePff_hksospRYSt_tbqfB_1ybPLGbyXl4177UWI3_tz2WFywcQlJqVx/s1600/6704149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuKkNxy6l2chjHefzXcnOU6HyRKOyICq_WHMGeCl8EhJfzI35LuSdqJHnrYOKMgKX9APx5xN1-M48WqkW7I_nhePff_hksospRYSt_tbqfB_1ybPLGbyXl4177UWI3_tz2WFywcQlJqVx/s1600/6704149.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">An essential member of the Radical Design movement which
emerged during Postmodernism is Alessandro Mendini.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His tongue-in-cheek design of the Lassú chair
in 1974 challenged designers to face the rid</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">iculousness
of into what the profession was evolving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By placing it atop a pyramid he farcically elevated the simple chair
design onto an altar and then subsequently ritualistically burned another for
the cover of Casabella magazine in 1975. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to working for that magazine Mendini
also contributed to Modo and Domus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
1979 he partnered with Ettore Sottsass and Michele De Lucchi in Studio Alchimia
where they disputed what was considered “good taste” and laid the foundation
for what would eventually become the Memphis Group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGvyc3OFCsljORU2yqQpHmaFJeDrmKsEaqKBCQC9DOZd95DXIaSjFBtQUwgod4aWAP4b8vrMxeFc2aeMGY4LbyLO6lC8PGhazPPAQgi2RApGiPoZaKsrNdZAmRNgr7Gy_XpQrxEe7CPrT/s1600/Alessandro_Mendini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGvyc3OFCsljORU2yqQpHmaFJeDrmKsEaqKBCQC9DOZd95DXIaSjFBtQUwgod4aWAP4b8vrMxeFc2aeMGY4LbyLO6lC8PGhazPPAQgi2RApGiPoZaKsrNdZAmRNgr7Gy_XpQrxEe7CPrT/s320/Alessandro_Mendini.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Mendini examined the banal and everyday object
which then could be decorated not necessarily by the elegant convention of the
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition to numerous projects
around the world he was influential in the founding of Domus Academy in Milan
which, Italy’s first postgraduate design school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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centuries, Bruno Mathsson was born into four generations of cabinet
makers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This family tradition soon evolved
into experimentation with form and emerging technologies which lead to his
first success of the Grasshopper Chair in 1931 designed for the
Värnamo Hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately for the
staff and patrons of the hospital, the design was so controversial that it was
banished to the attic until Mathsson and his designs became more famous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never receiving a formal design education,
Mathsson poured over archives from the Arts & Crafts movement which helped
him emerge as a highly influential contributor to the Functionalist movement of
modern design on the international stage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other successes in seating include the Mimat Chair, Eva Chair and Swivel
Chair<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.koelner-dom.de/index.php?id=2&L=1" target="_blank">Der Kolner Dom (Cologne Cathedral, Germany) </a></div>
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<a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/292/" target="_blank">The UNESCO World Heritage website for the Cologne Cathedral</a></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a href="http://www.ateliermendini.it/index.php?page=69" target="_blank">Atlier Mendini</a></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a href="http://casabellaweb.eu/" target="_blank">Casabella Magazine</a></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a href="http://www.domusweb.it/" target="_blank">Domus Magazine</a></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a href="http://www.domusacademy.com/site/home.html" target="_blank">Domus Academy, Milan</a></div>
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a href="http://www.bruno-mathsson-int.se/" target="_blank">Bruno Mathsson International</a></div>
EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-9283694887803210022012-08-06T09:00:00.000-04:002012-08-06T09:00:20.420-04:00Gray-Adler-Nouvel (6-12 August)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eileen Gray</b>, Irish
furniture designer & architect, birthday 9 August 1878</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jonathan Adler</b>, American
potter & designer, birthday 11 August 1966</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jean Nouvel</b>, French
architect, birthday 12 August 1945</span><br />
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design was a hard-fought battle at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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</span>As a woman in a male-dominated medium of architecture in the turn of the
20<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> century it was a struggle to be recognized as the legitimate
formidable force she was without the benefit of support networks or a powerful
mentor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To add to the up-hill battle for
Gray was </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">where she was working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paris at the time was alive with the Art
Nouveau and her geometric forms were more in line with the International Style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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the Bauhaus that Gray provided opulent luxury to the mostly cold industrially
produced materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these
successes were the Bibedum Chair and the E-1027 table designed to indulge her
sister’s love of eating breakfast in bed (who doesn’t).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally a lacquer artist she was lauded
outside of Paris for the interior design for an apartment on Rue de Lota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, as time wore on and the French
critics were relentless she became increasingly reclusive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Gray isolated herself at the house she designed for her and lover to share on the French Rivera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </span></span></div>
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Corbusier who would “vandalize” the house with murals he would paint uninvited
and in the buff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nearly 30 years later
there was a resurgence of interest in her work that included some of her pieces
being brought back into production.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is said that Joe Colombo’s Boby Trolley (see last week’s entry) was inspired by
a double sided chest she designed for the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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early age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a teenager he begged his
parents for a potter’s wheel where spent most of his time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dejected by criticism from a college
professor, he gets a “real job” in New York but after three years of misery and
having being fired from every job he ever held Adler ventures again into his
passion, much to the chagrin of his parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately, buyers for the department store Barney’s recognized the
same whimsical optimism Adler professes in persona translated directly into his
work and gave him his first large commission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since then his empire has expanded into all realms of home furnishings
including a commission from Mattel for Barbie’s “real” Dream House in honor of
her 50<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> anniversary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition to inspiring people to unabashedly embrace the smile within he is an
advocate for artisans around the world extoling the belief “If your heirs won’t
fight over it, we won’t make it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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would be untrue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, like Jonathan
Adler his parents weren’t convinced that a career in art would be a reliable
occupation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They originally urged him to
become a teacher like themselves or to go into engineering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The compromise was architecture and Nouvel
has been teaching the world about site-based responsive design ever since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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onto the world stage was his commission for the Institut du Monde Arabe in
Paris.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the south side of the building
are thousands of mechanical lenses that contract and expand automatically by photoelectric
cells for the regulation of light within the building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The building is alive and breathing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This not only alleviates the mechanical
systems but it also is reminiscent of Arabic latticework which in of itself is
a passive cooling system in an arid climate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This is the perfect adaptation of one culture’s vernacular transformed
into a foreign local. A</span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"> second success
in Paris is the Foundation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain which is a nearly
invisible glass structure that hovers among the trees and between buildings; an
unusual sight in the middle of the city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More examples of Nouvel’s work are scattered around the globe and earned
him a Pritzker Prize in 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.e1027.org/" target="_blank">Friends of E-1027 House, Cap Martin, France</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.dwr.com/product/adjustable-table-e1027.do?sortby=ourPicks" target="_blank">E-1027 Table available for purchase at Design Within Reach</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.aram.co.uk/designers/eileen-gray.html?limit=all" target="_blank">Eileen Gray pices at ARAM</a></div>
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<a href="http://jonathanadler.com/" target="_blank">Jonathan Adler's website</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/jonathan-adler-conversation.html" target="_blank">Interview with Jonathan Adler in Dwell magazine</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.jeannouvel.com/english/preloader.html" target="_blank">Atleiers Jean Nouvel website</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.jeannouveldesign.com/" target="_blank">Jean Nouvel Design website</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.imarabe.org/" target="_blank">Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France </a></div>
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<a href="http://fondation.cartier.com/#/en/home/" target="_blank">Foundation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France</a></div>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-75336050215278321692012-07-30T09:00:00.000-04:002012-07-31T09:13:25.832-04:00Colombo-Bartholdi-Gwathmey (30 July - 5 August)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Joe Colombo</b>, Italian industrial designer, birthday 30 July 1930 & death 30 July 1971</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Frédéric Bartholdi</b>, French sculptor, birthday 2 August 1834</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Charles Gwathmey</b>, American architect, death 3 August 2009</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE_RfXBTNDQUfdqrYtNxpywKo7n2Q3aB6ZIQAbU1yYzFq16uPDMzz5lbN41amL-K_lfYOy3tIUb_LJfuIn1cw9GL1XF-Q17f4iA9t11BiNylwOTQ9mXwMbBHH8FFuBPalhlRTSRtsFoOs/s1600/TUBE+CHAIR+1969+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLE_RfXBTNDQUfdqrYtNxpywKo7n2Q3aB6ZIQAbU1yYzFq16uPDMzz5lbN41amL-K_lfYOy3tIUb_LJfuIn1cw9GL1XF-Q17f4iA9t11BiNylwOTQ9mXwMbBHH8FFuBPalhlRTSRtsFoOs/s320/TUBE+CHAIR+1969+001.jpg" width="320px" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Joe Colombo’s work can best be described as “space-y”; everything that lead to the ridiculousness of low-budget scenery of sci-fi productions from the 1960s and 70s. However, Colombo was the original and as so often happens, the intended vision gets lost by the imitators. After inheriting the family electronic business he expanded into a range of design that sought to challenge traditional aesthetics that no longer applied </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">to the modern lifestyle. He created micro-living environments in which each element was <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">strategically placed for</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFI8U1hd8d6HVrDvi5OZXxqeVK7SkQ3Hz5LEExIzd-jtJAVfIAeymyGBziOkW_BITxXTARhDiK_WK_8qFYK7D-D90yQogKZZfdi7eGvn1-4Ryl0V79NiigHRoVbnq2bBiAWlfgCaXZmIf/s1600/head+on+display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFI8U1hd8d6HVrDvi5OZXxqeVK7SkQ3Hz5LEExIzd-jtJAVfIAeymyGBziOkW_BITxXTARhDiK_WK_8qFYK7D-D90yQogKZZfdi7eGvn1-4Ryl0V79NiigHRoVbnq2bBiAWlfgCaXZmIf/s320/head+on+display.jpg" width="320px" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Although Frédéric Bartholdi is best known for his work “Liberty Enlightening the World” (a.k.a. the Statute of Liberty), he had a career that spanned decades both in his home country and in the U.S. After being trained in multiple disciplines in Paris he established himself as a preeminent patriotic monument sculptor, the majority of his work is in his hometown region of Alsace. Additional work this side of the Atlantic includes a statue of the Marquis de Lafayette in Union Square, New York City and the Bartholdi Fountain at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. But without a doubt, it is the Statue of Liberty; the new Colossus will remain his most notable commission. Bartholdi’s knack for self-promotion was employed by gaining a patent in the U.S. for the design and reproduction of the statue in miniature. The proceeds of the sales of these souvenirs before there was an attraction, “pre-venirs” if you will, raised the funding needed to see the statue come to life. This tactic has been also been used by another notable French duo, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. It is rumored that Lady Liberty’s face is modeled after his mother and the body after his wife, a subject it could be imagined would make for uncomfortable dinner table conversations at the Bartholdi residence. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBStjvwsqsKKOkUEs8bqiVBj8QO5oni4EAgb_xhrXXTMrQMgVWT4sn1juyk-oclkjvDGr0hfIF9mq7oXcsgYZw4Od_JDLkemvl0ESu4OcSihyphenhyphenP-G7vHWJuidXovPlPK_ramD45wGzj22BZ/s1600/Solomon-R_-Guggenheim-Museum-New-York.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBStjvwsqsKKOkUEs8bqiVBj8QO5oni4EAgb_xhrXXTMrQMgVWT4sn1juyk-oclkjvDGr0hfIF9mq7oXcsgYZw4Od_JDLkemvl0ESu4OcSihyphenhyphenP-G7vHWJuidXovPlPK_ramD45wGzj22BZ/s320/Solomon-R_-Guggenheim-Museum-New-York.jpg" width="320px" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">One of the New York Five who sought to elaborate on the Corbusian</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">vision of modernism, Charles Gwathmey extensive career may be most notable for his addition to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim in New York City. Some have described it as the tank to Wright’s toilet bowl but it is in reality a perfect example of elegant high modern simplicity and was inspired by an original rendering by Wright. The addition seamlessly integrates into the urban landscape </span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.joecolombo.com/index2.htm" target="_blank">The Joe Colombo Studio website</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://designmuseum.org/__entry/3875?style=design_image_popup" target="_blank">The Tube Chair at the Design Museum, London</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.moma.org/search/collection?query=colombo" target="_blank">Joe Colombo pieces at MoMA, New York City</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm" target="_blank">The Statue of Liberty webpage at the National Park Service </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-new-colossus/" target="_blank">"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://papertoys.com/statue.htm" target="_blank">Make your own Statue of Liberty souvenir!</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.usbg.gov/bartholdi-park" target="_blank">Bartholdi Park at the United States Botanic Garded, Washington, D.C.</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.gwathmey-siegel.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman & Associates website</span></a><span id="goog_292872922"></span><br />
<a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The Guggenheim Museum, New York City</span></a> <br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.institute-ny.org/" target="_blank">The Institute for Architecture & Urban Studies website</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://mocanomi.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/arts/design/05gwathmey.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">Charles Gwathmey's obituary in the New York Times</a></span></span><span id="goog_292872924"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_292872925"></span>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017329870246077087.post-5220235383426687442012-07-23T09:00:00.000-04:002012-07-30T11:33:05.139-04:00Rogers-van Gogh-Moses (23-29 July)<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Richard Rogers</b>, British
architect, birthday 23 July 1933<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vincent van Gogh</b>,
Dutch post-impressionist painter, death 29 July 1890<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Robert Moses</b>, American
urban planner, death 29 July 1981<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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winning collaboration with Renzo Piano and Gianfranco Franchini for
the controversial and ground-breaking Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, his career
is far more expansive and netted him not only awards and recognition within his
own country but also on the world stage with a Pritzker Prize in 2007.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first glance one may look at the Pompidou
Center and believe it is under construction or in a constant state of repair
with the scaffold-like grid encasing the public library and modern art museum
inside. <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">However, this experiment with what </span></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">would </span></span></div>
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more importantly the causes of its decline was recognized by the British
government which appointed him several essential positions within planning and
development organizations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rogers was
also the mastermind behind London’s Millennium Dome and Lloyd’s building and
continues to innovate and illuminate in the built form and in writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppVeXvjCfGRaeDY4hxxuI3g4XQRCFjAiH910XqV1_jhSL2r3chC0hQrHkQH6FGE229gFMsIp1vS2W9lQkrEAeOM4AhnvhnxtbeZl9T8LeWDeLga0mnFNQ7yoaNAtFfQILHmH9osS3cYuD/s1600/van_gogh_painting_sunflowers_by_gauguin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppVeXvjCfGRaeDY4hxxuI3g4XQRCFjAiH910XqV1_jhSL2r3chC0hQrHkQH6FGE229gFMsIp1vS2W9lQkrEAeOM4AhnvhnxtbeZl9T8LeWDeLga0mnFNQ7yoaNAtFfQILHmH9osS3cYuD/s320/van_gogh_painting_sunflowers_by_gauguin.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">The starving, misunderstood, tortured artist; this is what
most people believe about Vincent van Gogh and for the most part it is
correct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since his passing psychiatrists
have hotly debated from what of over 30 possible diagnoses he actually
suffered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most likely it was a
combination of multiple issues exacerbated by malnutrition, insomnia and
alcohol.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result of these problems is
most infamously the “ear” episode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
reality, van Gogh didn’t actually cut off his entire ear (images of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Reservoir Dogs</i> dancing in my head); it
was only (and I say this with a bit of ironic sarcasm) a portion
in a manic fit after an argument with Gauguin, whom his doting brother sent to
look after him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the manner of his
death has been recently debated (and this new theory has yet to be accepted by the van Gogh estate) as the
iconography of the van Gogh enigma is both revered and pitied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The offical story remains: a<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">fter van Gogh shot himself in the chest in a field, stumbled home and died two days later after somewhat lack-luster medical care came the <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">majority of his fame posthumously. Colleagues and collectors</span></span></span></span></div>
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multiple memorial exhibitions of the thousands of paintings he completed in his
short career of about ten years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
yes, only one painting sold during his lifetime but currently his work is among
the most expensive ever sold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever
one believes about van Gogh, either romantic genius or mentally ill psychotic or both, the work
speaks for itself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is vibrant, emotional
and moving; the true nature and purpose of art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wGpE9kRFr4jijs20L4xhYuMQJ6vBmqMmxsqqLKpaR1nCZKt12POuV3YJ8sd76KZ_XSnkwQYAHBlGzzd8xIX-UpxZ6rAEAuk4JJl2cuMztGzTR5j2G_pZ_F16nU6nscljkPyOOKm7kIxi/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wGpE9kRFr4jijs20L4xhYuMQJ6vBmqMmxsqqLKpaR1nCZKt12POuV3YJ8sd76KZ_XSnkwQYAHBlGzzd8xIX-UpxZ6rAEAuk4JJl2cuMztGzTR5j2G_pZ_F16nU6nscljkPyOOKm7kIxi/s1600/images.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">“Those who can, build.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Those who can’t, criticize.” was what Robert Moses once said in response
to those who questioned his vision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
build is just what he did, forever sculpting the landscape of not only New York
City but the art of urban planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often
vilified for his heavy-handed ambitious building and highway projects, his unintentional
legacy was to make people stand up, take notice of their surroundings and ultimately
care about the urban fabric in which they live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most notably, Moses’ plan for the Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway in
New Orleans lead the citizenry to fight for the designation of the French
Quarter as a historic district halting the project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine NOLA without those 14 by 7 blocks of
history if Moses had his way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like most
New Yorkers, he never held a driver’s license but the driving force behind much
of what he was able to build was to accommodate the automobile which also
fostered the growth of suburban sprawl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As chairman of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority he had massive
amounts of funding for his projects which he could spend freely without
oversight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Among his mishaps include a development scheme which allowed Penn Station to be destroyed; he fought against the Shakespeare in the Park as a free festival; essentially ran the Dodgers out of New York </span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsZzrREyA3zF9LYH7sGG2Kpbkt7frAFoxxQeRUWtWjqs8jpvP5AfgYZAl0oBH9bbaVYrA02imsT1FSpmC0c4Bpj1xugdFmtj6-TWl2zdOdT8I-62B4w6LpaAUsOypYJaPSSeKDL_yTc3n/s1600/2007_01_moses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsZzrREyA3zF9LYH7sGG2Kpbkt7frAFoxxQeRUWtWjqs8jpvP5AfgYZAl0oBH9bbaVYrA02imsT1FSpmC0c4Bpj1xugdFmtj6-TWl2zdOdT8I-62B4w6LpaAUsOypYJaPSSeKDL_yTc3n/s320/2007_01_moses.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"> and was responsible for the fiasco of the 1964 New York
World’s Fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for all the bad
there is plenty of good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moses not only
was instrumental to making New York more accessible by car but he built
multiple public pools during the Depression through the WPA, wooed the United
Nations away from Philadelphia and built tens of thousands of apartments within
the city (forget he destroyed almost as many as he constructed).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Links: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Accueil.nsf/Document/HomePage?OpenDocument&L=2&sessionM=1&L=2" target="_blank">Le Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris website</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gmvz4" target="_blank">Richard Rogers complete Reith Lecture "Sustainable City"</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp" target="_blank">The van Gogh Museum, Netherlands website</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=2723&lang=en" target="_blank">"The Street" 1888 (don't forget to zoom in on the detail of the enlargment)</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79802" target="_blank">"Starry Night" at MoMA, New York</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57481909/the-life-and-death-of-vincent-van-gogh/?tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel" target="_blank">60 Minutes piece on the life and death of van Gogh</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://robertmoses.com/" target="_blank">website deditcated to the accomplishments of Robert Moses</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/past/robert-moses-and-the-modern-city-remaking-the-metropolis.html" target="_blank">"Robert Moses & the Modern City" past exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1218.html" target="_blank">Robert Moses obituary in the New York Times</a></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><o:p><a href="http://www.nola.gov/en/residents/vieux-carre-commission/" target="_blank">The Vieux Carre Commission, New Orleans, LA website</a></o:p></span></div>EAGlennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13588161632259815898noreply@blogger.com1