the competition of competitions

Did you compete in a design competition in 2009 and not win? (if you work in an architecture firm, chances are, you did…)

Architizer wants you to take those losing concepts out of the wastebasket and recycle them. Upload your unrewarded competition entries onto Architizer.com and give them one more chance at victory.

Deadline for entry is Feb. 15.

Bring out your dead!

Passion Pit-Sleepyhead

more about "Passion Pit-Sleepyhead", posted with vodpod

home sweet phat city

after a long couple of weeks at work, i could really use this at my doorstep..

are you in que with your neighbors?

Check out this infographic from NYT that lists the top ten Netflix movies rented for each zipcode, in cities across the US.

I’ve seen 6 of the 10 in my zipcode, how about you?

i’m with coco

enough said.

Image by LA artist Mike Mitchell via NY Times.

The Third & The Seventh

I’ve posted this artists work before – Alex Rowan is an amazing CG artist who captures the warmth and beauty of architecture in computer generated material – which is typically a cold medium. Very beautiful work – this is where the future of CG renderings SHOULD go. Instead mass-produced, run of the mill renderings flood our presentations. Sigh….

more about "The Third & The Seventh", posted with vodpod

web meets phone

the nexus one seems like it may be the first REAL competitor to the iphone. good advertisting, good perks, and an iphone meets blackberry physique. i likey.

more about “web meets phone “, posted with vodpod

leo burnett: mAD-man

Ministry of Design, a Singapore based design firm, completed this office for the advertising agency Leo Burnett.

The lobby features a graphic spanning from floor to ceiling of Leo Burnett himself, along with a monster-scaled pencil. Awesome. If i ever have an office of my  own, I want a neon yellow portrait with a monster highlighter.

Here are some more shots of the interior spaces:

Images via dezeen.

mindcastle: a creative process

more about "mindcastle: a creative process", posted with vodpod

Burj Khalifa: the tallest skyscraper…in the wooorld

Designed by SOM, the Burj Khalifa (formerly the Burj Dubai) towers over Dubai at 828 meters tall.

Clearly it is a structural masterpiece, but is it much more?

Check out this video from the opening ceremony. The fireworks coming off the building at the end are pretty amazing.