ruumilabor

i thought i'd post this, too. it's the interiors by ruumilabor. all in tallinn, estonia. which i just love.

private residence in parnu





arabella


relax cafe

Disainiala

i love estonia. this is from Disainiala 2009

ruumilabor




Monika Järg


i had trouble figure out where this one was from. but i liked it, so i added it.

The Edge of New York: Waterfront Photographs

Now showing at the Museum of the City of New York
(www.mcny.org)

Len Jenshel, Pepsi Cola Sign, Queens West Development, Long Island City, Queens, 2005

The Edge of New York: Waterfront Photographs
Sep 5 through Nov 29

"Since its founding, New York City’s waterfront has been essential to the life of the city. The harbor’s protected bay became the site for lucrative trade, first with Native Americans and later with the rest of the world, and provided the economic engine for the city’s growth for the next three centuries. The 20th century, however, witnessed a revolution on the waterfront. As new methods of trade emerged by mid century, containerized shipping replaced the old labor-intensive methods and dramatically transformed New York’s waterfront; part of the transition of the industrial city to a post-industrial metropolis.

The Edge of New York: Waterfront Photographs highlights that transition revealing the industrial waterfront of the 20th century and what it became. The historic photographs in the exhibition, drawn from the magnificent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, feature the working port as a site for manufacturing and commercial activity in the 1930s and 1940s, when it was at its peak but on the cusp of profound change. This selection includes photographs by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), Andreas Feininger (1906-1999), and David Robbins (1912-1981) of the piers and shipping facilities that comprised the port of New York and the longshoremen who worked there. These photographs demonstrate the vitality of the waterfront and its complete integration into the urban infrastructure of the city.

The historic photographs are complemented by recent work by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, which both documents the remnants of the industrial waterfront (such as warehouses, train tracks, and gantries) and demonstrates the current renewal of the shoreline. Offering a new image of the working waterfront now replete with baseball fields, parks and playgrounds, and piers that are reconstructed for pedestrian use, Cook and Jenshel’s photographs demonstrate the waterfront’s dramatic transformation from a working, commercial, and industrial center to their current recreational use, supporting the entertainment and tourist industries that are crucial to the post-industrial city."

Golden Goose Boots

As it gets colder here in New York, my arduous, years-long search for the perfect distressed knee-high boots continues on with heightened urgency. It is difficult enough to find the perfect boot and near impossible to find said perfect boot for under $400 (each!) Take for example these phenomenal "Golden Goose" aged calf leather round toe knee pull on boot with pull tabs at smooth leather topline and smooth leather inset with buckle strap at ankle, available in black and reddish brown at the infallibly couture Barneys Co-op for a mere $1,275.00:





The cost might be justified as I intend for the perfect pair of boots to change my life by making me a happier, healthier, wealthier and more popular person. Here's how- these naturally distressed boots will go with every outfit, be it black, brown or navy blue, jeans or a fancy dress. The ease of these pairings will make my mornings a breeze. As a result, I will get to work earlier and be more productive. The comfort of the low heal will finally appease my chiropractor. I will become better dressed, healthier and nicer as all my back-pains will disappear. Along with my new positive attitude and productiveness at work I will rise not only to a higher pay grade but also a higher social echelon. The stylishness of my boots will gain the respect of my peers while their understated allure will mark me as a humbly superior person worthy of invitations to gala's in the Hamptons, free drinks and fine dinners, and of course, copious offers in various romantic ventures. (And I do love having things to say "no, thank you" to...)

So, is it worth it to break the bank buying a golden goose? I unfortunately can't afford to find out. Thus... the search continues.






(David- it would be funny if you think these boots are just fugly...)

redesigning architecture, as a book

project by Johan Hybschmann

lebbeus woods, part 2

kind of reminds me of semester 1