What a riot! Either product design gone completely mad or some futurist trend I am not Getting; and isn’t the beauty (and true sustainability) of plumbing that you don’t have to plug it in? (Amazing what water pressure can do!) Will it really come to having to to reboot the toilet?
Tag: design
Streets Alive! Project – Call for Artists
Streets Alive! Project – Call for Artists
The Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund recently funded artistic treatments ‘on 7 of utility boxes on the campus edge that reflect UC Berkeley’s actions and visions of sustainability.’ The project is a partnership with the Earth Island Institute to make 60 utility boxes in downtown Berkeley works of art. UC Berkeley faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to submit design concepts for the 7 boxes on the campus edge by November 1. See the artist call at link provided for more details.
Affordable Housing Examples
Thoughtful article by John King from the SF Chronicle today about how SF designers focus on architecture makes a dramatic difference in affordable housing projects. The projects incorporate many of the features discussed in the literature and my own research.
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Funky mid-century place that just sold in my hood… on the market for all of 3 days and sold over asking!
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Iconic modernism along Route 66 observed by my cousin. lottdance: Get your kicks (Taken with instagram)
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Chicago from above, courtesy my brother Gabe Riggs.
Architect Tomer Maymon’s Website
Architect Tomer Maymon’s Website
the architecture practice of my friend Tomer Maymon
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Berkeley marina sculpture – and what I imagine to be Poseidon emerging from the water.
Design for the Digital Age?
“Mr. Gehry’s design is about bringing that same sensibility — the focus on refined textures, the cultivation of a sense that something has been shaped by a human hand — to the digital age.”
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New idea for generation of more sustainable communities – backyard infill. Could be great for neighborhood densification and increased livability / walkabilty.