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Posted by on Aug 20th, 2008 | 0 comments

Good enough for retail

Good enough for retail
If you go to Beijing for the Olympics you can see some really expensive architecture. You can also find some cheap knockoffs – something China is infamous for. As with retail, the architectural knockoffs can be just as amusing. Perhaps they don’t recreate the original faithfully but they give you something for the effort, even if a kind of commentary on the value of the original. Of course these...
Posted by on Jun 12th, 2008 | 0 comments

Zunes descend upon Canada

Zunes descend upon Canada
Last month Ohmpage was sent an 8GB Zune. This new toy had been out in the US for a while now with lots of talk surrounding the little device but surprisingly little solid information since a lot of the discussion ended up in heated opinionated brawls with false analogies and rampant speculation. Comparisons to the iPod seem unavoidable though rational ones remain oddly rare. The toy is out in Canada this Friday the...
Posted by on May 12th, 2008 | 7 comments

Think Ageist

Spacing Toronto is usually pretty respectable. They’ve just announced a new urban design ideas competition. Lets not get in to the whole debate about weather competitions are appropriate or beneficial for good design. Lets look closer at the intent and the rules. They seem to want new, exciting ideas which can rejuvinate Toronto and improve it’s urban condition. Thats all good stuff. They invite...
Posted by on Apr 2nd, 2008 | 0 comments

Architecture & the ‘Starchitect’ fallacy

Witold Rybczynski over at Slate has a nice little writeup talking about the Pritzker architecture prize and inquiring as to why it would be awarded to an individual when architecture is not an individual enterprise. What about all the ‘little people’ involved in the process? Its a worthy question to raise and one which should be discussed a lot more.
Posted by on Apr 2nd, 2008 | 0 comments

The Royal Mint gets with the program

They’ve just unveiled their new designs over at the royal mint – the result of a big competition. The winning designs are by Matthew Dent from London England. The resulting coinage doesn’t look too bad though they may look dated before long. They should have been producing coins like this twenty or thirty years ago. Should coinage look timeless? What of tradition – is it over rated? Never the...
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