Your Grandma’s Gonna Love Michael Graves

Architect Michael Graves is once again sharpening his pencils - and his wit - for the American consumer. This time around, the wheelchair-bound graves is - perhaps not surprisingly - turning his attentions to medical devices and equipment.
In an interview with BusinessWeek, Graves speaks about his time in the hospital (”crummy and ugly”) [...]

Portland (Oh! Noises and Visions!)

Somewhere between July and August, I took a little work/play trip to Portland - my first time to that city. So beautiful! So industrial! Bikes were ridden, hills were bombed, Beer and Coffee were consumed in equal amounts - all this fueling an amazing idea that will hopefully be realized in the coming months.
In [...]

Will Alsop: London Architecture Tsar?

oh please oh please oh please let this happen. It’s no secret, I love that crazy bastard’s work. He’s exactly what we need to freshen up an industry that’s taking inteself much to seriously and is increasingly concerned with creating sterile icons and masterbatory signatures.
Today, <a href=”http://society.guardian.co.uk/communities/story/0,,1842185,00.html“>the guardian reports that Britain’s enfant terrible is a [...]

Design Within Eat, or "Form Follows Flavor"

I love to eat. A good meal should be like theatre - engrossing, pleasureable, activating all the senses, and uniting people in a shared experience. Not too different from architecture either, and like many other designers I’ve met in San Francisco, on my coffe table you’ll find a copy of Saveur siting right next to [...]

Dwell On Design

The above graphic pretty much sums it up. Dwell magazine is inviting everyone out here to San Francisco to “experience architecture through the lens of prefab, sustainability, affordability and urban design.” Confirmed speakers include local favorites Chris Deam and David Baker as well as a vertiable slew of other designers, architects, and authors.
Register now [...]

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