The Work of Art in the Age of Global Fashion Production

My first reaction when proposing an alternate design strategy for GAP founder Don Fisher’s proposed contemporary art museum? GAP clothing. The man runs a global fashion empire, so why not scan his entire art collection and transfer it to the fabrics used in his clothing? He wants to share his collection with the world, so [...]

Links Without Buildings - 13 December

[The Sequence by Arne Quinze. via Dezeen]

Of late, I’ve noticed a lot of websites that are classifying their work and/or stories into quickly searchable and/or readable groups. Most recently, the new Diller Scofidio + Renfro site. In that vain, Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today, a blog “Exploring the consequences of fantastic, perverse, and underrated urbanisms,” makes its [...]

Reconsidering A Museum in San Francisco’s Presidio

[image courtesy 3A Gallery]
Here in San Francisco, there’s been a lot of controversy surrounding GAP founder Don Fisher’s proposal to building a new contemporary art museum in the historic Presidio. The initial proposed building for CAMP was a yawn-inducing glass box designed by Gluckman-Mayner that’s been universally panned in the city and, perhaps even [...]

Colossus Redux

[The Colossus of Rhodes by Salvador Dali]
What is it about giant anthropomorphic statues that so captures our imagination? Is it the astonishing craftsmanship? The audacious use of material? Or perhaps it’s the primal thrill of seeing our bodies represented at the scale of a god? Whatever the reason, no statue in history has captivated our [...]