Archive for the 'Design' Category
For those of you who are, or even just interested in, the field of design. Some excerpts:
“Stop Making CrapAnd that means that we have to stop making crap. It’s really as simple as that. We are suffocating, drowning, and poisoning ourselves with the stuff we produce, abrading, out-gassing, and seeping into our air, our water, [...]
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Funky & Green
One of the most interesting examples of environmentally friendly architecture I’ve ever seen, this is the COR building by Chad Oppenheim.
Designed as a mixed-use residential and commercial space, this 25-story building integrates green technologies through the inclusion of wind turbines (you can seem them in the first picture), photovoltaic panels, and solar hot water generation. [...]
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(Tang) Inang Bayan
Going on a road trip to different parts of Luzon (well, just Laguna for now actually) lends itself not only to the broadening of my horizons (not to mention the appreciation of everything OUTSIDE Metro Manila) but also the opportunity to see some really… interesting things.
The picture above is exactly what it looks like. A [...]
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Billboard Bonanza
Finally a billboard that actually contributes something to society.
In a town in Johannesburg, South Africa, a billboard for a local bank, Nedbank sits on top of a primary school. Staying true to its own tagline, “Make Things Happen”, the billboard actually has solar panels which powers the kitchen of the school.
It’s a nice concept for [...]
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Poster-rific
UP election season is well underway, and it’s evident with the clutter of election posters all over the campus. One campaign poster (or actually, just a general party poster) for Stand-UP stood out.
There’s just something about this poster that seemed so familiar for me, and then I got it.
Soviet Russia Propaganda!
Whether or [...]
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