January 2012
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The Guest by Jaime Hayón for Lladró →
I have never been a fan of the traditional porcelain figurines produced by Lladró but this collaboration with Jaime Hayón seems to open the door to a new, more modern, family of figurines. More at Dezeen.
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A Swiss Village, Laboratory for Contemporary Art →
(“Street Painting #5″ by Lang/Baumann, Verocin, Switzerland, 2010. Photograph by Robert Hofer)
Every summer the small Swiss town of Vercorin offers up its public spaces and buildings to artists to make do with them what they will. R&Art, the association behind the initiative, commissions contemporary works that seek to engage the village as a whole in an effort to reconcile Vercorin’s...
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Nature as Infrastructure →
Turenscape’s founder Kongjian Yu demonstrates how nature can be a cost-free service provider in an urban context. Ecology is a synonym of economy. An architecture report from Haerbin City by Ethel Baraona Pohl. (Domus)
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Into the Heart of Lightness →
Doug Wheeler’s installation “DW 68 VEN MCASD 11” (1968-2011), in San Diego. Photo by Doug Gates/Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
The artist Doug Wheeler tells two stories, both having to do with light, that go a long way toward explaining why he is so revered by many fellow artists — as a visionary and a relentlessly stubborn perfectionist — and also why his work has been seen by so...
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Luis Urculo lecture in Chicago, Jan 25. →
We are excited to present the lecture by Madrid-based architect Luis Urculo in partnership with the Graham Foundation.
Luis Urculo’s work is characterized by an unusual portrayal of architecture in the form of illustrations, animations, installations, and interiors. He studied at the ETSAM Madrid, at the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago and at the Institute of Design and has...
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Hell →
By Olly Moss
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Happy Birthday, Muhammad Ali: 70 Iconic Images for... →
Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams at the Astrodome, Houston, 1966. (Photograph by Neil Leifer—Sports Illustrated)
Fantastic collection of images and quotes from Time magazine to celebrate the 70th birthday of Muhammad Ali.
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Watch“Marea alta” by Ricardo Mendialdua. Beautiful video of my hometown.
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James Bond Film Titles As Pictograms →
Designed by Bryan Lenning (via Taxi)
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White Elephant (Privately Soft) →
A project done by my teaching colleague Jimenez Lai and featured in quite a few places this week. Congrats Jimenez!
This is Jimenez Lai’s description of the project:
The White Elephant is roughly 10’x10’x10’. It has three basic premises:
1. A building inside a building, somewhere between a super-furniture and a small house.
2. An object that tumbles to attain...
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An Elevated Path Makes You Feel At Home In The... →
Tetsuo Kondo’s temporary installation makes use of nature, without destroying it. (Fast Company)
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El Bosque de la Esperanza →
In a Bogotà favela, a sport center recently completed by Giancarlo Mazzanti represents a project for community and social change. (Domus)
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christopher baker: hello world! video diary... →
Chicago-based visual artist, and designer of the cover for MAS Context CONFLICT, Christopher Baker’s video installation ‘hello world! or: how i learned to stop listening and love the noise’ is now on display at the Duke of York Square screening room at London’s Saatchi gallery. The artist’s massive video-graphical work consisting of 5,000 video diaries projected...
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We would love your feedback →
We are starting the fourth year of MAS Context with the goal to keep improving the journal in any possible away, from the content to its design, from the ways we reach you to extending our network of collaborations, both online as well was with the events we put together such as MAS CONTEXT : ANALOG.
For that reason, we want to get your opinion about the journal, what you like, what you...
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Year-long exposure of Toronto skyline produces... →
(Photo by Michael Chrisman)
Photographer Michael Chrisman, who we interviewed for MAS Context SPEED, has produced a photograph of Toronto’s skyline in 365 days. “The Star” newspaper writes about his new photograph:
“A year ago, Michael Chrisman placed a pinhole camera in Toronto’s Port Lands and aimed it — as best one can aim such a camera — at the city skyline.
For...
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Case Study House #22 - Stahl House →
(Photo by Iker Gil)
I just finished uploading a set of images of the Case Study House #22 or Stahl House in Los Angeles designed by architect the Pierre Koenig. If you live or visit LA, make sure to try to schedule a visit to this house, it is truly fantastic. Meanwhile, enjoy the pictures!
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A year from now →
(via Design Milk)
December 2011
18 posts
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Fieldcandy Tents →
(via Fubiz)
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“Young architects who confront social issues often abandon both architecture and...”
– Denise Scott Brown, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, May 1969, 184-86
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The Coverjunkie Magazine →
If you love magazines and you love covers, don’t miss the chance to get the independent magazine The Coverjunkie Magazine. It includes the “best magazine covers of 2011 and special additions from ace designers like Arem Duplessis (NYTimes Mag), Francesco Franchi (IL), Richard Turley (Bloomberg Bizzweek), Matt Willey (Port), Rodrigo Sanchez (Metropoli), Robert Newman (Readers...
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In Madrid’s Heart, Park Blooms Where a Freeway... →
More than six miles long, Madrid Río took over a neglected area of Spain’s capital, knitting together neighborhoods that had been severed from the city center. An article by Michael Kimmelman (New York Times)
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“When you’re doing something for yourself, or your best friend or family,...”
– Steve Jobs in “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson
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Skin 2, Festival des Cinq Saisons →
“Skin 2” by artist Uysal Mehmet Ali. Photo by mmarsupilami
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An Exhibition of Graphic Design's Cutting Edge →
A massive graphic design exhibition emphasizes new production methods, with everything from Google Doodles to experimental typography. (Fast Company)
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ABERRATION: LIVE IN LOS ANGELES →
Thanks so much to all you who came to the event in LA! Check some the pics here.
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ABERRATION: LIVE THIS FRIDAY IN LOS ANGELES →
If you are in Los Angeles this Friday, make sure to stop by and say hi!!! This is the info of the event:
Join MAS Context: ABERRATION editors Iker Gil and John Szot for a one-night-only live publishing event. One part magazine, two parts launch party, ABERRATION: LIVE is part of Woodbury School of Architecture’s inauguralPublish Or…, a launch series that celebrates and critiques the...
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Laser Geodynamics Satellite I →
The LAGEOS I (Laser Geodynamics Satellite) was developed and launched by the Marshall Space Flight Center on May 4, 1976 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California . The two-foot diameter satellite orbited the Earth from pole to pole and measured the movements of the Earth’s surface. (NASA on the Commons)
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Dear Andy
(via Letters of Note)
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Most Powerful Photos Of 2011 →
(via Fubiz)
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Moses bridge in
Halsteren →
Beautiful bridge by RO&AD Architecten (via Fast Company)
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MAS CONTEXT RELEASES ABERRATION →
If firmness, utility, and delight are the enduring pinnacles of architectural achievement, then it would appear architecture’s moral destiny is a foregone conclusion. But is it possible that opportunities for valuable cultural insight are being lost out of deference to this legacy? We examine forces, trends, and ideas that enhance the significance of the built environment despite, or due to,...
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8 Mind-Bending Animated GIFs By Micaël Reynaud →
Micaël Reynaud has opened our eyes to the creative potential of the format, with GIFs that are like surreal digital flipbooks, though Reynaud describes them as “hypnotic very short films.” (Fast Company)
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amazing ideas that will change the world →
(via Iain Claridge)
November 2011
17 posts
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Jim Denevan Carves Enormous Drawing In Frozen... →
In a quest to create the world’s largest work of art, Jim Denevan and a team of helpers inscribed circles on the frozen surface of the world’s largest lake. (Fast Company)
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Two Stunning Examples Of Urban Waterfront Renewal →
San Francisco’s Crissy Field and New York’s Brooklyn Bridge Park are stunning examples of reinvented waterfronts. (Fast Company)
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Niemeyer Center by Oscar Niemeyer →
Photo by Iñigo Bujedo-Aguirre
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Simon Norfolk: Afghan Echoes →
(Simon Norfolk, Russian bomber abandoned in car park for Shamshad TV, 2010–11, from Burke + Norfolk.)
Ten years after his first major body of work from Afghanistan, Simon Norfolk is guided by the work of a 19th-century photographer to reflect on the cycle of empires. (Domus)
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OCCUPY HOPE →
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Flicking through Buildings - Design Bureau →
(Photo by Sue Barr)
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Mika Savela: Inside Marina City, The Zine →
Thanks for sharing it Mika!
mikasavela:
You might have already heard of Inside Marina City, a project by Chicago architect Iker Gil (founder of MAS studio) and L.A.-based photographer Andreas E.G.Larsson. Together they’ve beautifully documented the life and living in Bertrand Goldberg’s uniquely modern Marina City…
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Kim Byoungho: Soft Crash →
Sculpture by Kim Byoungho. (via iainclaridge)
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On Islands | Landscapes of Contradictions →
Star Wars’ Cloud City. Model by Juan Carlos Acosta
From the always fantastic dpr-barcelona blog:
“We have seen a renewed interest on the concept of “island” during the past months. San Rocco Magazine dedicated its winter issue to this topic and Cabinet Magazine published Islands as its summer 2010 issue.
Maybe it’s due to urban sprawl that we feel there’s no more space on Earth and...
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WatchThis is what we were up to during MAS CONTEXT : ANALOG last month. You can find pictures of the event here.
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In NYC, A Huge Light Matrix Pulsates When You Move →
Another projet from the always fantastic United Visual Artist who contributed to the Amusement issue of MAS Context.
It is a massive cube of light that’s programmed to respond to visitors’ movements. Built for last month’s Creators Project New York event, Origin was a 33-foot-by-33-foot space frame covered in LEDs that pulsated as people moved through the cube. (Fast Company)
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Jordi Colomer →
Images from “Anarchitekton”, a video project by Jordi Colomer. Seen at BOOOOOOOM via La Periferia Domestica