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• Apr 04 2008
  Christian Dell by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Design, History of Design, Materials, Politics, Product Design, history

  Christian Dell was a German silversmith who is probably best known for his lamp designs through Gebr. Kaiser & Co. They represent the use of bakelite and plastics in products as early as 1929. According to the Wikipedia page, Walter Gropius invited him to America after Dell was forced from the Frankfurt art school by the Nazis, but Dell stayed in Germany. Now... Walter Gropius was the founder of the Bauhaus school at Weimar before it was shut down by the Nazis. Gropius eventually found himself in America and became the director of the Harvard Graduate School of ...
  
  
• Mar 09 2008
  Nendo by Christian Eager
  Architecture, Design, Product Design

  Giving people a small " ! " moment. There are so many small " ! " moments hidden in our everyday. nendo concept I saw nendo's chocolate pencils on pica + pixel the other day. Candy collaborations, however, are the tiniest sliver of the work they do: furniture, product, architecture, graphic; they design it all. I particularly like Time, Yori (below), & the Book House.
  
  
• Feb 19 2008
  A tip for the Philly-bound by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Experience Design, Misplaced Thoughts

  I visited a friend in Philadelphia several months ago and at some point, I had the urge for some ice cream. You know how it gets. My friend took me to Franklin Fountain (No. 116 Market Street. Phila. PA 19106) where I was enchanted by original architectural details, the mustach'd service gentlemen, and most importantly, the hand-made ice cream. Their website is similarly fantastic and tells the story of how the two founding brothers purchased the space in 2003 from "Eroticakes."
  
  
• Jan 29 2008
  The Historic Lincoln Hotel, Urbana, Illinois by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Experience Design, History of Design

  I don't know what it is with me, but I've been getting awfully caught up with turn-of-the-century design, architecture, fashion, and related literature. I've been aggressively reading Hemingway and Fitzgerald with sincere pleasure, imbibing the occasional 9 yr. whiskey, and thinking about the bygone era when a gentleman would remove his hat at the dinner table. My work lead me away from Boston for a trip to Urbana-Champaign, Illinois on account of some materials testing, and so I sought a hotel that offered more than the typical Hilton or Holiday Inn sort of venue. The search was successful and ...
  
  
• Jan 08 2008
  Eames “Wireframe” by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Computers, Design, Engineering, Product Design, Remix, Software

  I have a project at work that requires a CAD model of an aircraft although our program doesn't have much to do with the aircraft itself. It would be a tremendous investment of time and money do draw up the aircraft, but it would be unprofessional to have a bad quickie model of an aircraft. Enter 3D CAD Browser. For a price, you can download CAD models of a suprisingly vast selection of objects. On further inspection, I even found the LCW (Lounge Chair Wood) on there. It gives a new meaning to the wireframe ...
  
  
• Dec 17 2007
  Don’t Hassel the ‘Blad by David Goligorsky
  Architecture, Art, Film

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• Dec 12 2007
  Eames Aluminum Group Advertisement by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Graphic Design, History of Design, Typography
  
  
• Dec 11 2007
  Container City, TM by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Design, Remix, Sustainable Design

  I have liked the idea of making buildings out of shipping containers since I saw the first example of this with the Freitag shop in Zurich. Container City(TM) offers to plan and build structures using shipping containers. They have a nice gallery. FabPreFab is a website that offers a listing of prefabricated modernist homes including more information about shipping container architecture.
  
  
• Dec 03 2007
  Green architecture in NOLA’s Lower 9th Ward by Christian Eager
  Architecture

  Adjaye There's an article in today's New York Times about Make It Right, Brad Pitt's project to help rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Pitt commissioned 13 firms to design sub-$150,000 houses (building costs will be covered by donations) that take into account environmental and safety issues pertinent to the Lower 9th Ward. MVRDV Some designs are more traditional than others. Many incorporate wide steps for congregating, as well as other gathering areas. Although all firms addressed the potential for flooding, different firms took different stances on how to best address environmental issues: "The population doesn’t want to live on stilts ...
  
  
• Nov 15 2007
  The American Look by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Design, History of Design, Product Design

  The Sedgwick Virtual Theater (the meta-Sedgwick Theater) has provided "The American Look." It's a 1958 tribute to the designers of America. (via Innovation Blog, the blog of design firm Herbst LaZar Bell)
  
  

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