Tuesday
Aug312010
Afternoon Eames Break
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 3:54PM 
One of my favorite people, Charles Eames, in one of my favorite places, the beach at Santa MonicaVia designwatcher.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 3:54PM Monday
Aug302010
The 2010 Architecture Biennale Has Us Daydreaming
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 1:13PM 
Clad by davidclovers being installed in Venice, image via davidclovers and the Venice BiennaleAbout trips we'd like to take, or in some cases, have taken, to Venice. My family was lucky enough to attend the art Biennale in 2007, and it was one of the most memorable experiences we've shared together. This week, the architecture Biennale opens including Clad, an installation by Hong Kong-based Hometta studio davidclovers, and we're all but swooning with thoughts of strolling through among the canals whilst soaking up the best in architecture right now. (Get extensive scoop on Venice 2010 at Dezeen).
Thursday
Aug262010
Johnsen Schmaling in Today's NYT Style Section
Thursday, August 26, 2010 at 10:33AM Loved today's NYT story, "The Lake House Effect," featuring the Wisconsin family of four that commissioned a festive, yet ultramodern, waterfront home by Hometta collaborators Johnsen Schmaling Architects.
A view of rain chains that substitute beautifully for gutters on JSA's modernist lake house..All this architectural goodness, and LEED platinum certification, too? It's almost too much. To learn more about the values that inspired this gorgeous home, read the story. Or for instant architectural gratification, head straight for the slideshow.
Tuesday
Aug242010
Frank Lloyd Wright and Beatlemania
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 9:30AM Since music tie-ins seem to be the order of the day.
Via Wood and Light.
Thursday
Aug192010
Arcade Fire and Wilco: Music, Modernism and Design
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 10:49AM I guess I'm glad I didn't know about Wilco's Solid Sound Festival at MassMOCA until after the fact, because there's a lot to do around here and I just might have abandoned it all and hopped on a plane to attend. Great music and art, including a retrospective of Wilco concert posters? A design and music fan's heaven, that.
Since you probably missed it too, here are Jeff Tweedy & Mavis Staples, with whom he performed at Solid Sound:
In other music-related news, I've really been enjoying the new Arcade Fire album, The Suburbs, and was surprised to learn recently that lead singer Win Butler was raised in the Woodlands, Texas, just an hour north of Hometta's (urban) HQ. I'm looking forward to spending some time with this album, especially with personal knowledge of the landscape that may have inspired this meditation on suburban sprawl.
Anyone out there have thoughts to share on the The Suburbs?