a chastisement of that which i've become

alright. fuck hipsterdom.

sunk into this rut of imitation without meaning, a wasteful and consumerist approach to fashion, i've become that which i've always hated: the hipster.

from my skinny jeans to striped shirts, i have managed to combine by middle school trends into this vapid, meaningless hodge podge of societal vomit.

though i've never really fit into those crowds, often feeling ostracized for my inability to completely deny myself as well as my clear judgemental nature of the epitomy of what i used to despise.

these are things which i reject:
hipster keffiyeh- if you don't understand what it means and aren't well read on the tragedy in palestine, don't be so damn offensively cliche.


the hipster fedora: don't know what to really say about this....


the super deep v-neck- just nasty. patchy chest hair is just pathetic. being a frequent v-neck wearer, i still find deep v's nasty... if its deep enough to potentially get a man nip slip, its too nasty


excessive beads- jesus christ... i detest devendra barnhart enough for his music much less this picture....


the hipster vest- "i think vests are all about protection: the life vest protects you from drowning, the bullet proof vest protects you from getting shot, and the [hipster] vest protects you from pretty girls.


the hipster mullet- ew. just ew.

i'm in the wrong profession

More folding

Morphosis does it again....
at Cooper Union's campus




So as much as I like this project, aren't all these getting to look very similar? I mean... just look at all these:

san francisco federal building


los angeles cal tran




plus there are countless rip offs from other firms:

American Folk Art Museum- Tod Williams and Billie Tsien


condos in santa monica- Pugh+Scarpa





I still freaking love folding facades.... freaking awesome looking.

new libeskind tower.... got to admit. i like it compared to his other towers:

****LINK*****

Next up for auction...........

You can now buy architecture on ebay........
William Massie's American House 08 which has been exhibited at Cranbrook and other places, is now in an auction on Ebay. Currently it is going for 480,000 dollars and the reserve hasn't even been met.... If you want it, you can buy it for 750,000 dollars.

Ebay Auction

William Massie Architects

So Dan Auerbach is kind of intense... Solo stuff= eh... and the Black Keys are awesome. He's also got a label type thing going. Here's one of the bands on it. I kinda dig. Happy blues one might say. Kind of like those nights you have when you feel you should be sad but you're fighting it off with High Life and episodes of some funny tv show but you know by the end of the song, you'll just switch it to something slower eventually.

Hacienda "She's Got a Hold on Me" from REVELATOR on Vimeo.

I read an interesting article today at work about this architecture firm called Wikitecture that is based entirely in Second Life. As much as i hate SL and really almost anything to do with it, the concept of the firm is kind of interesting. Using SL as an interface, the principals, Ryan Schultz and Jon Brouchoud, manage a collaborative effort where they allow a bunch of people to collaborate to design a specific building. The collaborators are from all walks of life, both architects and non-architects, people directly associated with the context, or people completely unassociated and simply interested.



The most interesting thing I find however is that the collaborators aren't paid. It appears like the only thing this program can do is conceptual design through a SketchUp style interface. What would happen if a simplified version of Revit or some other Bim program was used. The only thing the principals would have to do is make judgement calls on designs presented through the voting process. All the drawings, renders, and construction documents could be created by unpaid labor in a computer game. It is a well known fact that many people in the world look back and regret not becoming an architect or would have wanted to be an architect. Through Second Life, these people could collaborate on a project that is finally built, and the principals that get credit hardly have to lift a finger. The ultimate Lazy Architecture (though it would be advertised to the public as "socially concious" or "open")

Studio Wikitecture

Canadian Glass and Clay Gallery

here's a cool project ifound while searching around:








Its done by Patkau Architects out of Vancouver B.C. www.patkau.ca

hanyoung traffic light

currently working on grad school apps.... bleh.

meanwhile. here's a cool solution to the antiquity of traffic lights (which people often ignore).

Its a graphic shield type thing that could double as a lazer based alarm system which could then trigger a camera so that anyone who runs a red light faces the consequences. pretty neat idea from a korean designer Lee Hanyoung.

etown gov building

kind of a lame attempt at making a glass box. its harder than it seems

crush= clémence poésy

Yip.
Another crush.
I tend to be going through them rather quickly these days.
Clémence Poésy
She played fleur delaceur in the harry potter movies. absolutely beautiful. and french. she's been in some other stuff that I havn't heard of (gunpower treason and plot, In Bruges, Bienvenue chez les Rozes, Le Grand Meaulnes, and a bunch more).

etown library design

homemade trucks

Fleet Foxes - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.