you could use a little officeplace tornado
What kind of PowerPoint deck do you need to present to your boss to convince her that the office needs a workplace twister??
Mercedez-Benz has tricked out their museum's HVAC system to produce the world's largest artificial tornado. You should head down to the facility room in your joint, do some re-wiring, and see what you could do.
Labels: architecture, automotive
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
you thought your snowman was impressive?
Check out this gallery of ice
Kind of makes your snowmen and snow angels seem just a little bit...lame. From Robert Kong Hai, from GoogleBuzz
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, outdoor
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:23 AM
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
the future of the library
A California College of the Arts Professor asked his architectural class to explore what a library might look like in the future, if information were no longer accessed through books.
The results are pretty interesting, and include a Google Book Portal (pictured above), Public Access Wifi envelopes, and more.
Labels: architecture, future, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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Monday, February 01, 2010
hot bands discovered in your lobby
The lines between real estate development and boutique hotel design continue to blur. The latest example of this trend is Ohm, a new stylish rental building in Chelsea that features a lobby with...a stage.
They've partnered with the Knitting Factory to offer regular in-lobby performances for their tenants.
Labels: architecture, newyork, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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Friday, January 08, 2010
augmented reality for buildings
Check out this mall building in Tokyo. The facade is wallpapered with a giant digital QR code. View the building through your cell phone, and you get all of the detail about the stores inside.
In the future, we will walk the streets with our cell phones at arm's length. Oh, wait...we already do that. From @adgenius.
Labels: architecture, augmented reality, japan, outdoor
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:11 AM
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
pennies as a lesson in engineering
When you're completely tired out from inane conversation with your relatives over the holidays, here's how you can occupy your time: build an entire city with pennies.
Texas Tech student Mitch Fincher demonstrated how pennies could be used to build larger structures. The demonstration is meant to teach civil engineering students the power of pillars in a cantilevered structure - but you can do it just for fun. Or to avoid that awkward conversation with your aunt.
Who knew "coin stacking" was a meme? From @markshepard
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, education
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:44 AM
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Monday, December 07, 2009
bring some lady gaga love to your gala
Here's proof that non-profit galas don't have to be total borefests. In fact, you can have fun, bring on some sexy action and bring in the money. That's what the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles did. They had the Bolshoi Ballet dancing to a live Lady Gaga performance. Then they auctioned off the costumes - including a Prada Lady Gaga costume, and a Lady Gaga hat designed by architect Frank Gehry.
What they did awesomely:
+ Created a night of entertainment that was on brand to their cause
+ Created a true one-of-a-kind event that couldn't be experienced anywhere else. Anywhere.
+ Produced one-of-a-kind items worthy of auction that are guaranteed to generate megabucks
Can't you do the same for your non-profit? Do we really need another boring gala dinner with your city's Mayor as the star performer? Sure, not everyone can wrangle Lady Gaga, but here's proof that originality, creativity and fun can live in the most gagalicious non-profit galas ever. Give your audience something to tweet about.
Labels: architecture, art, ladygaga, nonprofit
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:40 AM
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
the circle of life for retail
From the 1950's through the 1980's the Circle K chain built stores on nearly every corner in every neighborhood throughout the southwest. Then reality set in, and the chain filed Chapter 11, and most of those stores went empty.
Paho Mann documents what's happened to the stores since that time. Many have been taken over by entrepreneurs, small business owners and some have been destroyed.
Paho has assembled a wonderful collection of photos, a Google maps website, and a book that serves as an interesting study on the life of business, suburbia and our culture as a whole.
From @CharlieCurve
Labels: architecture, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:46 AM
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
never be lost at dutch wonderland again
Remember the other day when you were saying "what I really need is a comprehensive resource of theme park maps?" Your day has arrived.
Theme Park Maps has just about every theme park map that you can imagine. If that wasn't enough, they also have brochures.
Cherish this wonderous moment. From SandwichRich.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, illustration
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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Monday, November 09, 2009
this guy influenced star trek sets
An Eero Saarinen exhibit kicks off tomorrow at the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition, titled Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future is a comprehensive project exploring the work of one of the most prolific, unorthodox, and controversial masters of 20th-century architecture.
Maybe you've seen one of his chairs, or paid a visit to one of his architectural masterpieces. The exhibit is totally worthy of a visit for designers, architecture fans and trekkies.
Labels: architecture, newyork, productdesign
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:36 AM
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
inside a secret volcano
Check out this post on BLDGBLOG about the architectural design of a massive underground joint where we keep a lot of nuclear trash.
The photo above looks like a secret saucer from the set of V, but really it's a giant boring machine. (Wouldn't that be fun to drive around the neighborhood?)
This is interesting in that you never think about architecture or design as it relates to secret nuclear bunkers bore deep into the earth. Then again, you probably never even think of secret nuclear bunkers bore deep into the earth. Move along.
Labels: architecture
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
turn your town into NYC with this easy guide
The Urbanophile has a really nice write up on the big city of dreams as a leader in transportation design. From the High Line to bicycle tracks and lanes, they've proven that even a fully developed city can evolve into something that's appropriate for the times, culture and environment of today.
They've even created a Street Design Manual, so you can turn your place into New York City. (Actually - this is great knowledge worthy of sharing with urban planners across the globe.)
Next up: weather control systems, so we can really kick San Diego's ass.
Labels: architecture, newyork
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:38 AM
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
spend your day creating buildings and wondering about the google future
There's a couple of amazing Googleicious developments that you're going to want to wrap your head around.
First, Google Building Maker. Google is crowd sourcing the 3D building creation for Google Earth. And they've made a tool that makes it easy and fun. What an incredible project for classrooms, architectural learning, or anyone bored with their everyday stuff.
Next, check out what the Georgia Institute of Technology created: a fusion of Google Maps and live security cams. Imagine a world that you can explore in real time. As Thought Gadgets points out, this is the future, and the possibilities are mind-blowing.
In Google we trust.
Labels: architecture, google, gps, mashup, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:01 AM
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
if you're going to put your logo on your building, at least make it green.
The PNC Financial Services in Pittsburgh has a green wall/sign the size of two tennis courts on their headquarters building.
PNC claims this is the largest green wall in North America. Just in case you were measuring. (If we can put lawns on buildings, why can't I watch tv on my yard?) From ArchitectDerek.
Labels: architecture, green, outdoor
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:07 AM
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
a call for a redesign on chicago
The Urbanophile has an outstanding post calling for a reinvention of the the Chicago Transit system. The post is an excellent critique on Chicago's system - from entrances, shelters, stations, uniforms and vehicles, it's also an incredible look at transit stations worldwide (like the Paris subway entrance above.)
As the Urbanophile points out, some cities have systems that are so great people actually take their out of town guests just to see them.
This is a great illustration that a successfully designed transit system can work very much like a fantastic advertising campaign - if all of the components are in sync, beautious magic happens. Either that, or people just ride the train to work.
Labels: architecture, design
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:53 AM
Thursday, August 27, 2009
suburbs are so over.
If everyone's moving back into the city (and by the sounds of it, Brooklyn, specifically), what's going to happen with suburbia? How could suburbia be re-invented and put to a better use?
That's the premise of Re-burbia, a contest that asks artists to show their vision for a new burbia. The top twenty finalists are pretty cool. From Eyebeam.
Labels: architecture, art, design
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:13 AM
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
the best gas ever.
A most wonderous collection of the most glorious gas stations you'll ever roll your chariot into.
Labels: architecture, photography, travel
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:53 AM
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
bringing buildings to life
Here's another fabulous example of projection design in use on a building. Stunning, awesome, amazing.
Labels: architecture, outdoor, video
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:08 AM
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Monday, August 10, 2009
lady gaga dressed by architects
Lady Gaga's outfits compared to architecture: nothing but awesome. If for no other reason, this gives you reason to stare at Lady Gaga's pics while at work, and wonder if she's sporting a disco stick. Go ahead, it's research.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, fashion, photography, pop culture
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:18 AM
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Saturday, August 01, 2009
did you live near power lines as a kid? yes, but they were really cool
Who says you can’t find design inspiration in a Russian power grid. Via Boing Boing comes a cool collection of Lost In Space, futuretroistic power plants—still in use.
Labels: architecture
posted by mtlb @ 11:49 AM
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Monday, July 20, 2009
dude, you're in my space
Alan Rapp over at Design Observer riffs brilliantly about the origin of "personal space." The concept was coined by Robert Sommer in the 1969 book Personal Space: The Behavioral Basis of Design and influenced everything from hospital layouts to abortion-picketing laws. Sommer has largely been forgotten, but his idea of different spatial bubbles having different uses was debated at SXSW this spring as the reason why consumers like text messages on cell phones but not on giant flat-panel TVs.
Don't tell Microsoft, though. We hear they're still working on a convergence device.
Labels: architecture, design, microsoft, sxsw
posted by Ben Kunz @ 7:21 AM
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
the changing face of the streets
A new book Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York chronicles the changing face of retail's facade in NYC.
And you can see select work from the book on display at the Clic Gallery in NYC tomorrow through the end of August. Cool. From Eyebeam.
Labels: architecture, newyork, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:13 AM
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
beauty made from ugly
When we grow up, we're going to build an entire city out of shipping containers. These ugly steel boxes continue to inspire architects to produce wonderful things with them.
Check out this art center in Korea. And the inside is as awesome as the outside! Nice.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:59 AM
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
what to do with that big jar of pennies
Maybe you've thought about staying at the Standard Hotel, but now there's a reason to eat there, too. The Standard Grill, inside the Standard Hotel, has a floor made from pennies. Finally, our currency system being put to a good use.
Labels: architecture, hospitality, interior design, yummyfood
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:42 AM
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Monday, June 15, 2009
whiteboard anywhere
This is one of the best product inventions that we've seen in a long time. Paint that turns anything you want into a whiteboard. So you can go crazy with markers and draw flow charts and diagrams or write grocery lists on any wall you want. Entire walls. Ceilings. Anything that you can paint with the magic Tabrasa Idea Paint.
Visitors to NeoCon in Chicago this week (a big deal if you're a decorator or architect) will be treated to artist Phil Lubliner illustrating live at their booth in the show. Here's what's fun: whatever you tweet - he draws. Want him to draw "We (heart) Brand Flakes for Breakfast?" No problem. Just tweet it to @mdctabrasa and add the hashtag #mdctabrasa to the end of your tweet. My guess is that he won't draw phallic symbols or naked people, but you could give it a shot.
This is a product with cool opportunities. I want a brainstorm room that's painted from floor to ceiling in it. What about interactive public spaces? Let's paint the town white. Wait...that doesn't sound right...let's paint the town with ideas.
Labels: architecture, interior design, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:12 AM
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
what's inside the facebook space?
Facebook just moved into new digs, and if you're interested, Sir Robert Scoble has a preview photo tour. The full tour will be posted at the mysterious Building 43 in a few days.
Things that I wish were in our office:
+ A soda machine
+ A "culinary overlord"
+ Mark Zuckerberg's wallet
Normally, it's contrived and silly when people name their conference rooms "creatively," but I have to admit that "Mega Mustard Man" is pretty sweet.
Labels: architecture, facebook, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:02 AM
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
cool places to hide from the sun and rain
Here's a cool collection of really fun bus stops.
If I were the owner of any of these, I'd post a dress code. And you can't sit in the strawberry bus stop unless you're wearing a Holly Hobbie dress. From SUNfiltered.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, outdoor
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:18 AM
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
films about the high line. with bacon.
A really cool film talks about the High Line project in NYC. This project has converted an elevated, abandoned rail track into a beautious public park - and is due to open in June.
Watch Kevin "my last name is breakfast" Bacon talk about the importance of the project, in a new series of films just released as part of the Sundance Channel's High Line Stories.
Labels: architecture, film, newyork, outdoor
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:43 AM
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
lego goes classic architecture
The LEGO Group has announced a new product line: The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection. This most awesome set of Legos features six of the legendary architect's works, including the Guggenheim and Falling Water.
The sets also include exclusive archival historical material and photographs of each iconic building. If you were a real fan, you'd buy them all and pay some 12 year old to assemble them for you. From Waxy.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
100 abandoned houses
Since the mid-90's, Kevin Bauman has been photographing abandoned houses in Detroit. What started as a hobby is now a full blown project.
100 Abandoned Houses is a stunning collection of 100 photos. Of abandoned houses. Seem like a lot? According to Kevin, the actual number of abandoned homes in Detroit is more like 12,000.
You can buy prints of the photographs for $35, and a good piece of that goes to some great causes. From Urban Outfitters.
Labels: architecture, books, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Friday, April 03, 2009
pop up stores made easy
Here's a cool new concept in real estate.
Pop up stores and events have been huge in major markets around the world, for some time now. Usually, the agency needs to find empty space and negotiate a short term takeover, and things can get complicated and difficult.
In NYC, that's now a breeze thanks to OpenHouse. They've taken a space that's a clean slate on Mulberry Street and made it available to producers of PopUp events. Just schedule it, dress it, and make it happen. Smart.
Labels: architecture, newyork, retail, stunts
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:11 AM
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
detroit: new art city?
Here's a cool trend. Artists are buying up $100 houses in Detroit. Looks like Detroit is the new Portland.
Image by Sophia Martineck, from the New York Times.
Labels: architecture, art, economy, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 6:59 AM
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Friday, February 13, 2009
the coolest guitar store
Proof that you don't have to be a megla-monster-super-store to stand out.
Labels: architecture, marketing, pointofpurchase, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:13 AM
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Monday, January 12, 2009
it's a plane! it's a hotel!
Someone's taken a retired 747 and turned it into a hotel. This has to be the best airport hotel in the entire world. Ever. Avoiding the mile high club jokes for now.
Labels: architecture, hospitality, travel
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:47 AM
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
where do you work?
Where we do what we do is an awesome collection of workspaces. Wonderfully designed workspaces. Horribly messy workspaces. And everything in between.
You can submit shots of your own place, or just browse around other people's joints. Found at Coudal Partners.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, interior design, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:03 AM
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grocery shopping made awesome
Who says your building has to be ugly? Who says big boxes can't be stylish?
Austrian chain Mpreis has created the most spectacular buildings by hiring up and coming architects to design their stores. The results are stunning.
Labels: architecture, marketing, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:01 AM
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london without people
Here's another fun activity to add to your Christmas tradition: photograph the city that you live in. That's what Ian did. Check out his amazing set of photos of an empty London.
There's only two days a year where this is possible - Christmas Day, and on the day of the zombie apocalypse. But shooting photography during a zombie apocalypse is terribly difficult, so we'd highly recommend the Christmas option.
From Coudal Partners.
Labels: architecture, holiday, outdoor, photography, zombies
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:27 AM
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Friday, December 12, 2008
it pays to be a shoe gazer
Lost City points out a lost art in urban sign making: tiled doorsteps. They've documented a handful of them from the Little Italy neighborhood in NYC. Lovely creative inspiration right at your doorstep.
Labels: architecture, art, creativeinspiration, newyork, outdoor, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:57 AM
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
how architects do gingerbread
Check out the gingerbread version of the world famous Mies van der Rohe’s modern home. And you can buy it! For just $4320. Some of the funds go to actually help restore the original home in Plano, Illinois. The rest must go to a very, very expensive baker.
Labels: architecture, holiday, yummyfood
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:04 AM
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Monday, November 24, 2008
what will happen to the big boxes when people don't shop there for xmas?
Sure, the economy has you worried. Worried about whether or not the big box retailers are going to have a good fourth quarter. And worried what would happen if they don't.
Ever wonder what an empty big box retailer could be used for? Coudal points to a nice post that shows what some communities have done with abandoned super massive retail stores.
The photo above is a library, made from an old Kmart. Yeah, a library. Ironic, isn't it?
Labels: architecture, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
people still like a roof over their heads
Did you think that shopping malls were dead? Replaced by "lifestyle centers"?
Labelscar, (an awesome blog devoted to nothing but mall history) reports that some retail brands are struggling based on their strategy to expand only in lifestyle centers versus traditional malls.
Yech. And then, can we stop referring to them as lifestyle centers?? "Honey, I'm heading down to the lifestyle center. Can I get you anything?"
Labels: architecture, retail, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:41 AM
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
let's put a container in every parking lot
Shipping containers have long been the source of creative projects for architects, artist and urban renewal efforts. Now there's a portion of the show devoted to them at Tokyo Design Week.
(See more pics from Design Week on Flickr.)
What a cool idea on a few fronts. First, as proof that alternative space can be cool AND cheap. But also a great idea for conferences and trade shows. Or pop up stores. What a rocking idea for an instant mall.
What if you took 50 containers and put them in an empty parking lot to create a temporary artists/crafter village for the holidays? What if your next trade show featured a section of them for smaller businesses that couldn't afford floor space on the main trade show floor? So many possibilities, so many containers.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, outdoor, retail
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:17 AM
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
get lost in nyc
To many, a 5000 foot maze in the middle of a warehouse in NYC just reads "fire trap." But since everything they do over at Eyebeam generally rocks, we trust that the Underground Mixer this weekend will be a safe, fun place to meet cool people and see some great art/performance/technology. All in one friendly place.
Labels: architecture, art, creativeinspiration, music, newyork, technology
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Friday, October 24, 2008
meeting rooms, 2.0 style
The boutique hotel concept has finally arrived in the event planning industry. Meet at the Apartment is a new concept in corporate meeting space. Highly designed, ultra cool, uber hip meeting space that you rent on an as needed basis.
Awesome for brainstorms, client meetings in NYC when your office is in Toldeo, or a fun off-site location. But they don't come cheap.
These aren't likely to replace the "let's meet at Starbucks" crowd, at a flat rate of $5,000 to $10,000 per day. Yes, this includes staffing (concierge, server and on-call A/V tech), audio-visual components, meeting facilitation supplies and unlimited beverages and snacks. Mmmmm. Awesome idea for a small conference or series of meetings. From Springwise.
Labels: architecture, hospitality, interior design, newyork, tradeshow, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:30 AM
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Monday, October 20, 2008
totally underground agency space
Looking for a hot space for your London agency, and have lots of dough to spare? Buy the Kingsway Tunnels. A series of tunnels underneath London that were built for the cold war and pretty much out of use ever since. Now they're for sale. Would make for some sweet office space.
Labels: adindustry, architecture, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:33 AM
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
i read the greatest building the other day
Even though everyone and their brother apparently has a library card, you don't need to read things in big heavy books anymore. Sure, ipods and Kindle are awesome, but the really cool people read buildings.
And if you're into the whole reading buildings instead of books movement, then you'll love the latest Diesel effort. After the massive success of their "safe for work porn" (safe depends on how your company draws the line), now they're projecting stories on buildings. That you read. Without pictures. Hmmm.
Labels: architecture, fashion, newyork, stunts
posted by darryl ohrt @ 9:17 AM
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Friday, October 10, 2008
that building is alive
Check out the building projection that artist Pablo Valbuena created as part of the TodaysArt festival in the Netherlands. From mikearauz, via Twitter.
Labels: architecture, art, creativeinspiration, streetart
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:48 AM
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
midwestern values: not just corn.
Advergirl has a really cool series of posts dedicated to agency space, with some awesome shots of amazing workplaces.
Not only that - they're all agencies in Columbus. I'm pretty sure that's in Ohio. One of those states in the middle. Think awesome workspace only exists on the east and west coasts? Then take a peek at the creative workspace photo collection that Advergirl has assembled. So hot you'll want to light your cubicle on fire, and demand that your company move to Columbus. Ohio.
Labels: adindustry, architecture, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:02 AM
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
cooler than any cubicle wall
If your workplace can't handle the whole open office trend, the least you could do is close things up in an interesting way. This computer wall is the most awesome wall ever. On both sides. How many power strips do you think they need to turn this thing on?
Labels: architecture, interior design, workplace
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:22 AM
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Friday, September 12, 2008
this building was not made in photoshop
Check out the pixel building. Absolutely incredible.
Labels: architecture
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:20 AM
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
wallpaper. not just for people living in the 70's anymore.
Check out this sweet collection of limited edition wallpaper. Actually, calling it wallpaper would be an insult. Limited edition art prints, suitable for pasting onto your walls.
Exposif is a collection of wallpapers, developed by Maxalot in collaboration with leading names in graphic design, photography and illustration. Nice.
Labels: architecture, art, illustration, interior design, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:45 AM
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Friday, August 22, 2008
failed vegas. even better than the real deal.
Check out these conceptual sketches of the Vegas developments that didn't make it.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could just shake up the strip like an etch a sketch and start over? Let's trade MGM, Excalibur and Tropicana for Moon, Xanadu and Voyager. From Coudal Partners.
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, lasvegas
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:11 AM
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
jet blue: schedules schmedules.
This hurts me to post. Because JetBlue was always one of those brands that I've loved, loved, loved. One of those brands that I've held up as an example to other brands, as someone we could learn from. And still the airline of choice for our agency.
But things are slipping. The airline industry needs help, people.
Bill Baker is the dude who was left stranded (with a couple of hundred other passengers) in Oregon for a couple of days by JetBlue. Rather than just shrug it off as "I don't expect to get what I pay for when I buy air travel", Bill decided to do something. Like any good internet citizen, he started a blog. And a small claims lawsuit.
To help make him feel better, JetBlue invited him to their upcoming terminal opening party (in the LEGENDARY Saarinen terminal). Only...one thing...they screwed up the scheduling on the invite. Read Bill's post for the glorious details. If I didn't know Bill personally, I'd swear this was a joke, or Photoshop. But it's not.
Please, please, please JetBlue: Get back on top of your game.
Labels: architecture, branding, travel
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:23 AM
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
creative inspiration found in new jersey
At our agency, most of us love travel - even if it's to the most mundane places. Sometimes you can find the most awesome inspiration in the most unexpected places. And sometimes the locals get so used to having these awesome things around them, that they take them for granted. But not you. And not Garret.
Check out what Garret found in New Jersey. Yeah. Jersey. What can you find on your next trip?
Labels: architecture, creativeinspiration, outdoor, travel
posted by darryl ohrt @ 8:08 AM
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
retail: time to close the doors
NYC just passed a bill requiring retail chain stores to close the door if the A/C is on. Seems pretty logical. But if they close their doors, how will they pump the annoying Abercrombie music out onto the streets?
This is an interesting trend in the greening of retail. Architects, retailers and merchandisers should pay attention. Window displays and doors will have to welcome visitors in new ways - while being closed. Maybe doormen will come back. And elevator button dudes. The Greeter industry. Love it.
Photograph of the Kenneth Cole store's (wide open) doors from the NRDC
Labels: architecture, green, pointofpurchase, retail, trends
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:49 AM
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Monday, August 18, 2008
party at my house this weekend
Tired of looking at the fashion ads/photo shoots/movie sets and wishing that you actually lived in a mid-century modern home in southern California? Now you can fake it - because several of the hottest properties can be rented for a weekend.
For just a couple of thousand dollars (a day), you can retreat in the glory of your own mid-century manse. Or Frank Sinatra's. They're all for rent. We'll have to work this into the budget of a future Plaid adventure.
Labels: architecture, photography
posted by darryl ohrt @ 7:44 AM
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