EL MILAGRO

A miracle! Rain and sunshine produce a double rainbow over next door El Milagro Tortillaria. The lack of rain and the myriad dryness has caused structural shifting in many slabs as the ground dries out. Then when a large rain pours down, expansive soil shifts the structural components and causes trouble shooting ...

Making Stuff

Well, it has been a long time since I have posted on here. Wonder if I even remember how...

After seeing Jeremy out in SF last week and discussing our work, I was encouraged to post more evidence of the work I have been doing. So this begins a series of posts showing fabrication work done in the past three months.

Most recently, I just finished fabricating a trio of skis for an artist looking for help laminating wood together for an interactive installation she will be showing soon. The build required the fabrication of a mold to laminate the wood layers together. Below are some shop drawings of the mold. I will post more pictures up this week of the process and final skis... Stay tuned!

Architecture League NY

Above: Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Polshek Partnership ©Jeff Goldberg/Esto




See here for more details

Requirements: A background in architecture or a related design profession is preferred. No prior experience in photography is required, although participants will need to use their own digital photography equipment. Architects and designers at all levels in their careers are encouraged to apply, as are those who are currently unemployed or under-employed. Photography Corps members will be active collaborators in the production of the exhibition, so a sustained commitment to the project throughout fall 2009 will be expected. Participation will be on a voluntary basis.

To sign up, please send a brief bio with a letter describing your interest in the project to nny@archleague.org .

James Piatt's Copper Lookin' Gun Bag : 'The Pursuader'

Saw this on MOCOLOCO ... Thought of Mussotter and his affection for things 'kitsch' and 'tacky'. Enjoy - its an all leather bag, NO stitching and is laser cut ...

Mussotter and hats

I've been going through all my old files on the external drive and ran across this cutie. I think Rex sent me this pic from one of their road trips not too long before Mussotter departed. What a 'sweetie' in his silly hat. Just thought I'd share this with ya'll in case you hadn't seen this one. I think this is some hat store in west texas or between there and kansas...any ideas?

Here's what I hear...
"Ya ya - weggie - put your guns up ya, huh huh good bad and the ugly...uglier sweetie, ooo look at this one ... ok ya lets go for a smoke break..."

Urgent: Looking for Architects and administrators for a mission in Afghanistan.

Anyone interested in working abroad and helping rebuild in Afghanistan please see here It looks like teaching and practice would be part of the project requirements. If any of you are interested please let me know - I want to discuss this idea. I saw AU at the AIA Convention in San Fransisco and posted about them here



Urgent: Looking for Architects and administrators for a mission in Afghanistan.
Since 2003, Emergency architects is active in Afghanistan, as part of the following up of a workshop for the training of afghan and students architects at the Polytechnic University of Kabul.
The emergency architect foundation considers the possibility to develop at the same time the rebuilding projects in Afghanistan.
As part of the workshop to bring education in architecture but also as part of the building up and the realization of rebuilding projects, we are looking for architects and administrators ready to intervene in Afghanistan.

Profiles:
Architects and administrators / project management (H / F), English required, computers skills, among others AutoCAD & All plan desired, quick availability, experience in builder’s yards to build up projects and valid passport (more than 6 months from the departure date).

To apply, please send us your resume with your application letter to info@archi-urgent.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and portfolio (in pdf format 10 pages).

KROB 09

KROB 09 get the details here

I'm really going to enter it this year ... seriously I will. I've already got it ready. You guys wanna man up and all enter?

On (Design) Bullshit

Excellent article by Michael Bierut at Design Observer (need to add this to the links on blog)

Read article here

"So into this vacuum rushes the bullshit: theories about the symbolic qualities of colors or typefaces; unprovable claims about the historical inevitability of certain shapes, fanciful forced marriages of arbitrary design elements to hard-headed business goals."

Please also read the discussion below the article between Bierut and fellow writer Rick Poynor because this is a refutation and further explanation.

As referenced in article : DVD here

Do not fuck with graphic designers

Do not fuck with graphic designers

Check out this wonderful post over at Boing Boing. I am not one to jump on the opposition bandwagon, but maybe this somehow accurately defines the separation between a liberal mind and a conservative mind, or more accurately, a designer mind and a builder mind. This is not to say that there exists shades of gray between engineers and architects, but I have to admit my frustration with engineers that "working" graphics like those provided by republicans to illustrate the current health plan.

posted sketch

just keeping the sketches going on office plots that would otherwise be headed to the recycle center. this one was on a 24x36 sheet and is centered and about 14x9 or something close. changing scales increases the ability to shift mediums and play with the palette.

kyle would you be up for a trace of this one? the others looked sweet. i wonder if we could blow those up really big if they would look good still?