Calling all community-based graphic designers! · 07/22/2010
Author Andrew Shea is looking for projects to feature in his upcoming book Designing for Social Change that will be published next year by Princeton Architectural Press.
Have you used a graphic design to help a community in need? Do you have insights into this process?
If so, visit andrewshea.com/book.html and submit your work.
From the website:
“This book will emphasize strategies to help designers address the complex dynamics of working with communities. Twenty social design case studies will make up the bulk of the book…Each project will show how graphic designers worked closely with communities to develop design solutions that address specific social problems. While some of these projects made a significant impact on communities, others may have missed the mark. The design process will become transparent in both cases. These can be either pro bono or for profit and submission is free.”
Visit andrewshea.com/book.html for more information and to download the submission form.
Submissions are due by August 13, 2010.
Last chance to enter the Pamphlet Architecture 32 competition. Deadline is August 2nd! · 07/20/2010
Juried competition to be sponsored by Pamphlet Architecture
Founded in 1977 as an alternative to mainstream architectural publishing, Pamphlet Architecture provides a forum for architects and writers to present their ideas, theories and designs in modest, affordable booklets. Pamphlet Architecture helped launch the careers of architects from Steven Holl and Lebbeus Woods to Zaha Hadid, and has had influence far exceeding the ad-hoc nature of these humble books.
Competition theme: Resilience
By addressing the capacity to cope, the ability to bounce back, and the mitigation and management of risk, proposals are welcome that showcase a fresh understanding of the possibilities and opportunities of resilience in architecture, from the large to the small scale. Whether resilience stems from natural disaster, civil conflict, global warming, catastrophe, and so on, is the applicant’s discretion. Please visit the submission site for more details.
The winner will receive a prize of $2,500 and the opportunity to have their manuscript published by Princeton Architectural Press as Pamphlet Architecture 32. The registration fee is $25 for students and $50 for professionals.
The winner will be announced in September 2010.
Submission guidelines:
Before submitting your proposal, please register following the instructions on the registration section of the Pamphlet Architecture website www.pamphletarchitecture.org.
Applicants cannot have published previously most or all of their submission in book form. Submissions must be postmarked by August 2, 2010. If postmarked with a later date, they will be disqualified.
In your proposal:
Please include an abstract (250 words) of your submission.
Submissions must be submitted on 8.5 × 11 inch paper and may not exceed 16 pages in length.
In addition to the hardcopy, please also submit a disc with a PDF version (5 MB maximum size) of your project.
Submissions should be anonymous. Please include a separate sheet with your name, address, and email, in the form of your Paypal registration receipt.
If you registered as a student, please staple a photocopy of your valid student ID to this page.
We would like to make all submissions available to future researchers and students. If you do not want the PDF of your anonymous submission to be made available for research, please indicate this on this sheet as well.
If you wish your submission to be returned to you, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Submissions may be sent to:
Competition
Pamphlet Architecture, Ltd.
37 E. 7th St.
New York, NY 10003 USA
To find out more about the competition, please visit www.pamphletarchitecture.org
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7/28 Hard-hat tour of Louis Kahn's Trenton Bath House! · 07/19/2010
via A Daily Dose of Architecture:
[Click photo for larger image with tour details | photo: Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC]
These landmark buildings, designed by the renowned Modernist architect Louis I. Kahn (1901-1974) for the Jewish Community Center of the Delaware Valley, opened in 1955. The project was carried out by Princeton, NJ-based architecture firm Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC (FMG) with landscape architecture by Heritage Landscapes. It restores Kahn’s buildings, makes needed improvements, and adds elements in the spirit of Kahn’s design intentions.
TRENTON BATH HOUSE HARD HAT TOUR
Wednesday, July 28th from 12-6pm
$50 for the general public, free for members of the press
For general registration, contact John Arbuckle, rsvp[at]docomomo-nytri[dot]org
For press registration, contact Jocelyne Koach, 646-742-1700, koach[at]hausmanllc[dot]com
Our single building monograph on the Trenton Bath house is out of print, but can still be found here.
TONIGHT! July 13th: NEWTOWN CREEK book launch at Storefront for Art and Architecture · 07/13/2010
Newtown Creek book launch
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Storefront for Art and Architecture
97 Kenmare Street
10012 New York, NY
Tel. 212.431.5795
Fax 212.431.5755
A tributary of New York’s East River that forms part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens, Newtown Creek has long been at the heart of the city’s “industrial backyard,” serving as home to numerous industries, storage/warehouse facilities, waste transfer stations, and power plants, and as the dumping ground for unwanted byproducts and toxic waste.
Newtown Creek: A Photographic Survey of New York’s Industrial Waterfront is an extensive documentation of this forgotten landscape that shows the evolution of the built environment over five years in more than 230 images. Photographer Anthony Hamboussi followed the creek through the neighborhoods of Hunter’s Point, Greenpoint, and Bushwick, shooting over fences and gates where he could not gain access, to record the bare industrial landscape. From the ruins of Morgan Oil and the Newtown Metal Corporation, to the construction of the new water treatment facility, to the footprints of the former Maspeth gas holders, Hamboussi recorded sites that may soon undergo further transformations. His survey captures the creek at a moment in time when gentrification and revitalization are just starting to change the area, providing a glimpse into the history of industrial New York.
BIRD WATCHING lecture & book signing in Seattle on July 9th at 7pm! · 07/08/2010
Paula McCartney “Bird Watching” lecture & book signing
July 9th at 7 PM
Tickets: Suggested Donation, $5
The Photographic Center Northwest
900 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
206.720.7222
For more information about the exhibition and signing click here.
“Beautiful book, excellent photography, creative design, and … fake birds. No, not real birds Photoshopped in, but little masses of styrofoam and feathers that have been artfully wired to the perfect branch. And that’s what makes this book a real prize.” — MocoLoco Art blog
CARTOGRAPHIES OF TIME chosen by AMAZON.COM as one of the best books of 2010! · 07/08/2010
Click here to see the whole list.
Here are just a few of the amazing reviews the book has received:
New York Times Book Blog:
“Its only April, and my vote for the most beautiful book of the year may be all sewn up. Cartographies of Time, published recently by Princeton Architectural Press, is an eye-popping record of the ways that mapmakers, chronologists, artists and other infographics geeks have tried to convey the passage of time visually.” — Jennifer Schuessler (April 16, 2010)
Cool Hunting:
“…the book’s fascinating swathe of cartographic imagery will appeal to history buffs and data visualization fans alike.” — Maggie York-Worth (April 6, 2010)
BibliOdyssey:
“This is the best book I’ve seen in years and if the nice people at Princeton Architectural Press had not sent me a review copy, I would happily have paid them double the very reasonable list price of $50 for the book. This is a keeper.” (Friday, April 30, 2010)
The Barnes & Noble Review:
“Entertaining…visually arresting.” — Peter Terzian (May 19, 2010)
Make Magazine:
“I’ve been absolutely enthralled by its contents ever since I pulled it from the padded envelope. Cartographies of Time, by Daniel Rosenberg and Anthony Grafton, literally impresses you with its point from the moment you take it in-hand. Subtitled “A History of the Timeline,” the book itself is corrugated with horizontally embossed lines on its covers. The effect is delightful (signaling right up front that this book is something special) and things just keep getting better as you travel deeper into the text. “Cartographies of Time is absolutely gorgeous….This is the type of artful and enlightening tome that makes me thrilled to be a book nerd. It’s the sort of title that I’ll have fun turning other book, history, design, and art enthusiasts onto.” — Gareth Branwyn (May 6, 2010)
Kate Bingaman-Burt and the Studio 360 contest to re-brand Uncle Sam · 07/07/2010
NPR’s Studio 360 hosted a contest to re-brand Uncle Sam. The episode, available here shows off the entries and features a discussion with author Kate Bingaman-Burt (Obsession Consumption) about getting her Portland State University students involved with the project. Click the image below and visit the slideshow gallery of entries and winners.
TILTING on History Television! · 07/02/2010
Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching, and other Tales from a Newfoundland Fishing Village is available now!
Kate Bingaman-Burt at ABC Urban Arts Festival in Amsterdam! · 07/01/2010
Kate Bingaman-Burt, signing her book Obsessive Consumption during the ABC Urban Arts Festival in Amsterdam.
LaPorte, Indiana documentary festival premiere! · 06/29/2010
Festival Premiere!
LaPorte, Indiana at the Indianapolis Film Festival!
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 12:00pm
Thursday, July 22, 2010 at 3:00pm
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis
First public screening!
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 7:30pm
LaPorte Cinema: 608 Colfax Ave, LaPorte Indiana
Tickets will be available beginning July 9th at B+J’s American Cafe in LaPorte.
The producers are working hard to set up some Chicago, New York, and national screenings. We’ll keep you posted with dates and times of future screenings, as well as the eventual LaPorte DVDs.
Here is the trailer:
LaPorte, Indiana Trailer from Joe Beshenkovsky & Jason Bitner on Vimeo.
And for a peek at “Space or No Space” from the documentary click here.
The book is available now from Princeton Architectural Press.
FOUND magazine editor Jason Bitner has made it a habit of picking up after us, walking down the back alleys of our lives, and accumulating all that we’ve thrown away or mislaid. One afternoon not long ago, after lunch at a small Midwestern diner, he stumbled onto a forgotten archive. In the back of the restaurant were box upon box of studio portraits of the townspeople of LaPorte, Indiana—over 18,000 in total.
A few reviews of the book…
Chicago Tribune:
“A delicious slice of American pie to be savored.”
Wall Street Journal:
“If there was an American look 40 or 50 years ago—at least one recognizable throughout Middle America—these faces may be it. Nothing edgy, smirking or brash. But much that is earnest, benign and hopeful.”
BoingBoing:
“I can’t recommend Laporte, Indiana highly enough for fans of photography, ephemera, or curiosities. Looking at these anonymous people is deeply moving.”