Mystery Tour: Breaking Bread
My
gift for Saro’s birthday was this surprise trip to
Vancouver, and in keeping with the “Top Chef” theme
to the birthday: a 10 course dinner. As per tradition
one breaks bread to start the meal...
Feeling Good
Rube Goldberg Machines Japanese Style
ピタゴラスイツチ “Pathagora Switch” is a 15 minute children’s program in Japan offering lessons in principals in science, natural phenomena, etcetera in a short vignette format. The program is similar to Sesame Street in that it uses short sketches that demonstrate and re-enforce the lessons. Between each grouping of lessons there are some transitional Rube Goldberg style shorts. Each short starts with a motion of a single object, that through a remarkable route of ingenious design ends with the show title being revealed in a new way. Check out this video to see a few of them. Be prepared to be entertained!
Read More...A Day at MOMA
Before heading down to San Francisco I found an article on the web that listed the current gallery shows to see in the bay area. One stunning photo jumped out at me; wow! I gotta see that!
Read More..."The Dictatorship of Calatrava"
Ouch! The New York Times today reported that
architect Santiago Calatrava is suing the city of
Bilbao, Spain, because they’ve had an architect
(Japanese architect Arata Isozaki) build an adjacent
bridge as an extension to his original bridge across
the Nervión River. Calatrava is claiming that the
extension is violating copyright by breaking the
“symmetry” of his design as well as damaging the
“integrity” of it. He is asking for $360,000
compensation and the requirement to remove the
additional bridge. If the bridge by Isozaki is not
removed he requires compensation of $4.3 million for
“moral damages.”
Future for Seattle Housing?
Today I visited the sample modular housing unit
project
Inhabit
on display in downtown Seattle. The units are huddled
under the shadow of the all important and watching
Rainier Tower; ironic Rainier Bank no longer exists?