shift in perception as explained by walter benjamin
benjamin writes, “In Moscow, I lived in a hotel in which almost all of the rooms were occupied by Tibetan lamas who had come to Moscow for a congress of Buddhist churches. I was struck by the number of doors in the corridors that were always left ajar. What had at first seemed accidental, began to be disturbing. I found out that in these rooms lived members of a sect who had sworn never to occupy closed rooms.”
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David Byrne needs a new tailor.
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Yona Friedman’s drawing for his Spatial City concept in 1960
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The Sky Falls to Earth (by caribb)
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The Ferris Wheel at the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris
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Entrance detail of Cass Gilbert’s Festival Hall of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1903
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and to think that all we ever hear about is koolhaas’ striated plan for la vilette… la vilette is a fantastic park.
Tschumi’s Parc de la Villette Follies, 1986, Paris
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infographics are pretty fantastic - they graphically represent a data-based idea or argument in a visually appealing way. no ugly charts or graphs here.
unfortunately, some of them are lacking info-wise + look amazing, while others are a great wealth of knowledge, but look god awful.
this is one of those rare finds - an awesome balance of both.
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