The Rise and Fall of Buckminster Fuller’s Masterpiece
Oh, boy, do we have something for the design nerds: Evan Mathers's 2009 documentary on the rise and the fall of the Union Tank Car Dome, a massive geodesic structure by archi-god Buckminster Fuller, is available in full online. We've got it here:
Wavy, Wonderful Brick Facade Marries Shanghai’s Past and Future
Brick is about the fustiest building material in the book -- but with some 3-D modeling and imagination, it can become refreshingly modern. Case in point: World Architecture News has a story about a lovely office and exhibition space whose cinder-block facade seems to ripple.
Smart Design: 3 Reasons Why Gap’s Logo Flopped
Rather than rehash Gap's recent logo debacle, I wanted to learn why just about everyone expressed so much dissatisfaction with the new brand identity.
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Sculpture That Darts and Shimmers Like a School of Fish
We've got some nice Friday afternoon eye candy for you here from the wildly talented British art and design studio Troika. Their latest installation, suspended from the ceiling of a waterfront building in Toronto, is a school of abstract fish that looks like it's ready to swim off into Lake Ontario.
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Stephen Colbert Honors Boobies (and His Book Designer, Stephen Doyle) [Video]
After hours of lengthy, serious speeches at last night's National Design Awards, attendees were treated to an oasis of humor when Stephen Colbert, appearing via a segment taped at his Colbert Report desk, presented designer Stephen Doyle with the Communication Design Award.
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Infographic of the Day: How Does Your Kid’s School Stack Up?
The Gates Foundation has produced an online tool that every parent should see: The Education Nation Scorecard for Schools, which shows the performance of each and every school in the United States, and allows you to compare them across districts and states.
The charts were created by Fathom (the firm led by data-viz genius Ben Fry). They're draw from data filed each year by the various states's departments of education.
