Love in the Mail

Some hand drawn valentines for our friends and family. Happy love day.

On Teaching

HO: Do you frequently learn from your students?

TF: Directly no, but I learn from teaching. I have learnt to think very rapidly and see different points of view, which is valuable when you are in the office; it makes me receptive to different ideas. Students of architecture are young, they are learning architecture. My duty is to educate them. Occasionally I see work by a student that I like very much, and even more occasionally something that is brilliant. The last brilliant idea that I witnessed was, by the way, from a Portuguese student in Delft. Generally you like it because it’s made by your students. In order to teach you have to have sympathy for your students.

Interview: Tony Fretton, by Hugo Oliveira

Common Boston

Come let us watch the sun go down / and walk in twilight through the orchard's green... / wandering under these harvest-laden trees... / seeking new hopes, remembering half-forgotten joys...

We spent our weekend laboring for the good of a nearby neighborhood — participating in the annual design/build for Common Boston. Our team of 7 conceived of and executed a fence, bench and canopy which defined an unused clearing in the "urban wilds" of Mission Hill as a quiet space for reflection and appreciation of the surrounding views. Excerpts from the poem "The Apple Orchard" were painted across the individual boards, drawing the viewer into the captivating outdoor space.

Looking Up

Ceilings and skies of Paris, Florence, around Tuscany and Venice.

Bear Hill Update

Graphic Tiles

I'm back at ceramics — investigating type, surface, color... More to come.

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Advertising Geometries and The Narrow Path of Totality

Standing below the obtrusive structures, gorgeous geometries are revealed. Stunning photographs of Billboards by Branislav Kropilak. Thanks to my friend, Sarah, who found his Loading Docks.




As we move between the Sun and the Moon, she glows red in our dominating shadow of bent indirect light.



But as she slips between us and the Sun — into the narrow Path of Totality — she disappears, revealing the elusive gossemer halo of the Sun's corona.

There is wonder everywhere, even on a Wednesday. Lunar and Solar Eclipses for Beginners.

OFFSHORE OIL STRIKE

This is not a joke...

via BLDGBLOG

New Nudes

I'll take them all, thank you. Spring/Summer 2010 from United Nude.