At the Mermaid Spa, a luxurious bathhouse in Coney Island, a sybaritic immersion in scorching heat and Russian cuisine.
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Pakistani-American From California Blazes a Gay Leather and Fetish Trail
Ali Mushtaq competed this year in the International Mr. Leather contest in Chicago.
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Modern Love Podcast: Chris Messina Reads ‘When Love Isn’t as Simple as Standing by Your Man’
The “Mindy Project” actor reads Eirik Gumeny’s story of how a man’s double lung transplant pushed his marriage to the brink.
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Old+New Book Review: Wang Shu
Wang Shu Amateur Architecture Studio edited by Michael Juul Holm, Kjeld Kjeldsen, Mette Kallehauge
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art/Lars Müller Publishers, 2017
Hardcover, 240 pages
Wang Shu: Imagining the House by Wang Shu
Lars Müller Publishers, 2012
Paperback, 168 pages
Like their buildings, books on Wang Shu and Amateur Architecture Studio are a rarity. I own three books on the 2012 Pritzker Prize-winning architect, who runs the studio with his wife, Lu Wenyu; as far as I know there aren't any more. Two of the three books are published by Switzerland's Lars Müller Publishers; one collects sketches on six projects and the second presents nine projects through photographs and coinciding with an exhibition of the same at the Louisiana Museum of Art.
With its scarcity of color and photographs, Imagining the House is an architecture book for architects; this may seem meaningless (aren't all architecture books for architects?) but it's clearly a book that architects will have a better chance appreciating and understanding than laypeople. A quick flip through the book reveals very little, though, since most of the 168 pages are gatefolds. This forces readers to be patient with the drawings, which are reproduced at the same size as the originals, and to take their time in learning about the projects through Wang Shu's hand and words. Each project is prefaced by a piece of heavyweight paper with a description on one side and captions to the numbered sketches on the other side. Therefore one understands the sketches by flipping back and forth between them and the captions; the gatefolds help to make this far from frustrating, except when the drawings are turned ninety degrees to the text. Published the same year as Wang Shu's Pritzker Prize, the carefully crafted book (down to the cover and binding) acts as a view into the architect's intentions: his views on tradition and modernity, his sensitivity to experience, and the consistency of his sketches across projects.
This last element – Wang Shu's consistency – also comes to the fore in Wang Shu Amateur Architecture Studio, the companion to The Architect's Studio, the exhibition held at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art earlier this year. Consistency is evident in a few places: the architect's forms, which undulate like mountain peaks; the materials he uses, many of them reused from buildings demolished as part of China's rampant modernization; and the large photographs by Iwan Baan that make up the majority of the book. For the most part the nine projects reiterate those in the book five years previous (Ningbo History Museum and China Academy of Art are the most notable examples), with the important addition of the Fuyang Cultural Complex and the Wencun Village. These two projects, though many miles apart from each other, are two parts of one commission: coming after Wang Shu's Pritzker, he was able to convince the client of the cultural center to build new houses and restore a village in Hangzhou's Fuyang District. Between the projects are a handful of essays by Kenneth Frampton, Yiping Dong, Aric Chen, and Ole Bouman, with two indispensable contributions by Wang Shu: a manifesto of Amateur Architecture and a diary of the China Academy of Art.
Another thing besides consistency that comes to the fore when reading these two books is the role of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in the work of Amateur Architecture Studio. For many architects, the prize served as a launching pad toward expanded practices, most notably in Zaha Hadid, who went from only a few buildings to her name when she won in 2004 to reportedly hundreds at the time of her death one year ago. But Wang Shu has turned down much of the work that came his way since 2012, in order to keep his firm small, do the projects he really wants to do (as in the case of Wencun Village), and focus his attention on the projects at hand. Perhaps this is one reason the buildings of Amateur Architecture Studio have a recognizable appearance: they arise from forms and materials that are rooted in tradition, craft, and the architect that carries them from idea to completion.
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art/Lars Müller Publishers, 2017
Hardcover, 240 pages
Wang Shu: Imagining the House by Wang Shu
Lars Müller Publishers, 2012
Paperback, 168 pages
Like their buildings, books on Wang Shu and Amateur Architecture Studio are a rarity. I own three books on the 2012 Pritzker Prize-winning architect, who runs the studio with his wife, Lu Wenyu; as far as I know there aren't any more. Two of the three books are published by Switzerland's Lars Müller Publishers; one collects sketches on six projects and the second presents nine projects through photographs and coinciding with an exhibition of the same at the Louisiana Museum of Art.
With its scarcity of color and photographs, Imagining the House is an architecture book for architects; this may seem meaningless (aren't all architecture books for architects?) but it's clearly a book that architects will have a better chance appreciating and understanding than laypeople. A quick flip through the book reveals very little, though, since most of the 168 pages are gatefolds. This forces readers to be patient with the drawings, which are reproduced at the same size as the originals, and to take their time in learning about the projects through Wang Shu's hand and words. Each project is prefaced by a piece of heavyweight paper with a description on one side and captions to the numbered sketches on the other side. Therefore one understands the sketches by flipping back and forth between them and the captions; the gatefolds help to make this far from frustrating, except when the drawings are turned ninety degrees to the text. Published the same year as Wang Shu's Pritzker Prize, the carefully crafted book (down to the cover and binding) acts as a view into the architect's intentions: his views on tradition and modernity, his sensitivity to experience, and the consistency of his sketches across projects.
This last element – Wang Shu's consistency – also comes to the fore in Wang Shu Amateur Architecture Studio, the companion to The Architect's Studio, the exhibition held at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art earlier this year. Consistency is evident in a few places: the architect's forms, which undulate like mountain peaks; the materials he uses, many of them reused from buildings demolished as part of China's rampant modernization; and the large photographs by Iwan Baan that make up the majority of the book. For the most part the nine projects reiterate those in the book five years previous (Ningbo History Museum and China Academy of Art are the most notable examples), with the important addition of the Fuyang Cultural Complex and the Wencun Village. These two projects, though many miles apart from each other, are two parts of one commission: coming after Wang Shu's Pritzker, he was able to convince the client of the cultural center to build new houses and restore a village in Hangzhou's Fuyang District. Between the projects are a handful of essays by Kenneth Frampton, Yiping Dong, Aric Chen, and Ole Bouman, with two indispensable contributions by Wang Shu: a manifesto of Amateur Architecture and a diary of the China Academy of Art.
Another thing besides consistency that comes to the fore when reading these two books is the role of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in the work of Amateur Architecture Studio. For many architects, the prize served as a launching pad toward expanded practices, most notably in Zaha Hadid, who went from only a few buildings to her name when she won in 2004 to reportedly hundreds at the time of her death one year ago. But Wang Shu has turned down much of the work that came his way since 2012, in order to keep his firm small, do the projects he really wants to do (as in the case of Wencun Village), and focus his attention on the projects at hand. Perhaps this is one reason the buildings of Amateur Architecture Studio have a recognizable appearance: they arise from forms and materials that are rooted in tradition, craft, and the architect that carries them from idea to completion.
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Weekday x Champion
One of the high streets most coveted everyday essentials store Weekday team up for a second time with iconic sportswear brand Champion to create a capsule collection for Spring/Summer 2017. The Collaboration Following the success of their previous collaboration, it was inevitable that the two brands would come together again. Fusing the contemporary everyday basics […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2qAN8qn
Summer 2017 Walking Tours
I have four architectural walking tours in June and July. Click on the links below to purchase tickets from the 92Y.
Saturday, June 3, 11am - 1:30pm
The High Line and Its Environs
Walk the 1.5-mile-long elevated park from tip to tip, learning about the park and the new buildings it has sparked.
Saturday, June 17, 11am - 2:30pm
Brooklyn G Train Tour
Hop on and off the G train from Carroll Gardens to Clinton Hill and Dumbo, taking in townhouses, campus facilities and other buildings along the way.
Saturday, July 8, 11am - 1:30pm
57th Street, River to River
This architectural walking tour looks at the changing landscape of Manhattan’s Midtown architecture by focusing on the street that has become known as Billionaires’ Row.
Saturday, July 22, 11am - 1:30pm
Columbia University
Look at recent additions to the campuses of Columbia University and Barnard College in Morningside Heights, take a sneak peek at Columbia’s expansion into Manhattanville and head up to Inwood to see Columbia’s new athletics complex.
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Saturday, June 3, 11am - 1:30pm
The High Line and Its Environs
Walk the 1.5-mile-long elevated park from tip to tip, learning about the park and the new buildings it has sparked.
Saturday, June 17, 11am - 2:30pm
Brooklyn G Train Tour
Hop on and off the G train from Carroll Gardens to Clinton Hill and Dumbo, taking in townhouses, campus facilities and other buildings along the way.
Saturday, July 8, 11am - 1:30pm
57th Street, River to River
This architectural walking tour looks at the changing landscape of Manhattan’s Midtown architecture by focusing on the street that has become known as Billionaires’ Row.
Saturday, July 22, 11am - 1:30pm
Columbia University
Look at recent additions to the campuses of Columbia University and Barnard College in Morningside Heights, take a sneak peek at Columbia’s expansion into Manhattanville and head up to Inwood to see Columbia’s new athletics complex.
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Boost Your Workouts With Caffeine, Even if You Chug Coffee Daily
Athletes can swim, bike or run faster if they take caffeine before an event — no need to abstain from coffee or Red Bulls for days beforehand.
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The Benefits of a Mindful Pregnancy
New research suggests that including mindfulness skills in childbirth education can help first-time mothers cope with fears about the pain of labor.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Today's archidose #965
Here are some photos of the Cascara Bridges at the Madrid Rio project in Madrid, Spain, by MRIO Arquitectos (Burgos & Garrido, Porras La Casta, and Rubio & Álvarez-Sala) and West 8. The concrete bridges feature mosaics by artist Daniel Canogar. (Photographs: Ximo Michavila)
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After Divorce, Giving Our Kids Custody of the Home
Our living arrangement is called bird nesting: After a divorce, the children stay in the family home while the parents take turns moving in and out.
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Monday, May 29, 2017
Car Accidents Remain a Top Child Killer, and Belts a Reliable Savior
An analysis published in The Journal of Pediatrics considers figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatal Analysis Reporting System.
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Proud of My Graduate, but Missing My Mother
When you lose the people you love, you mark the loss over and over in the celebrations they don’t get to celebrate.
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A New Drug for A.L.S., but the Diagnosis Remains Dire
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, still has no cure.
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Saturday, May 27, 2017
Amazon's Bricks and Mortar
Earlier today I decided to check out the new Amazon Books, which opened a few days ago. The bricks-and-mortar version of the online powerhouse is located in Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle. The store makes its presence known only subtly, with signage in the two windows above the BOSS logos on the right:
The store is located on the third floor of the building's mall, here seen from the outlook on the second floor:
Given the layout of the mall, the store is accessed via a bridge, which features some signage to entice shoppers below to take the escalator up a couple floors:
On this Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, there was a line to get into the store. For whatever reason (safety, not going over their occupancy limit, making it feel like an event, who knows?), the store let only ten people in at a time. My wait was about ten or fifteen minutes – more time that I would spend in the store.
As has been written about all over the place, one gimmick of the seven-and-counting Amazon Books stores is that ALL of the books have their covers facing outwards, meaning there are lots of shelves but very few books:
Another gimmick is that the selection is based, in part, on online sales on Amazon.com rather than, say, the expertise of the people working in the store, as is the norm in bookstores. Further, "reviews" come from online as well rather than employees. Note the "Books with More Than 10,000 Reviews on Amazon.com" and "Hot in Amazon Books" sections:
Of course I tried to find an "Architecture" section, but instead I discovered an "Arts & Crafts" section with an "Art & Design" subsection. By my count, they carry four architecture books:
Another gimmick involves pricing and payment, which takes place via the Amazon smartphone app or at scanners positioned throughout the store:
Herein lies one major impetus for the stores: increasing Prime membership, one of the few areas where Amazon actually makes money. Prime members get the cheap online prices in the store, but non-members who want to walk out with an actual book have to pay list price.
Another thing should be mentioned in regards to this Amazon Books: location. Although a second NYC location will be opening soon, at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, it's clear that this first location is filling something of a bookstore void. There used to be a Barnes & Noble across from nearby Lincoln Center as well as a Borders inside Columbus Circle (a much bigger store than Amazon Books); and if we go back further, the great Coliseum Books was next to Columbus Circle long before the Time Warner Center. Now the nearest bookstores are Posman Books at Rockefeller Center and Kinokuniya across from Bryant Park, both to the south, and Book Culture and Barnes & Noble up in the 80s to the north. So Amazon Books is filling a gap, but it's doing so with a gimmick-filled attempt at gaining Prime memberships and Kindle readers, rather than providing people a deep selection with unexpected finds. Those wanting the latter should check out my list of NYC bookstores instead.
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The store is located on the third floor of the building's mall, here seen from the outlook on the second floor:
Given the layout of the mall, the store is accessed via a bridge, which features some signage to entice shoppers below to take the escalator up a couple floors:
On this Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, there was a line to get into the store. For whatever reason (safety, not going over their occupancy limit, making it feel like an event, who knows?), the store let only ten people in at a time. My wait was about ten or fifteen minutes – more time that I would spend in the store.
As has been written about all over the place, one gimmick of the seven-and-counting Amazon Books stores is that ALL of the books have their covers facing outwards, meaning there are lots of shelves but very few books:
Another gimmick is that the selection is based, in part, on online sales on Amazon.com rather than, say, the expertise of the people working in the store, as is the norm in bookstores. Further, "reviews" come from online as well rather than employees. Note the "Books with More Than 10,000 Reviews on Amazon.com" and "Hot in Amazon Books" sections:
Of course I tried to find an "Architecture" section, but instead I discovered an "Arts & Crafts" section with an "Art & Design" subsection. By my count, they carry four architecture books:
Another gimmick involves pricing and payment, which takes place via the Amazon smartphone app or at scanners positioned throughout the store:
Herein lies one major impetus for the stores: increasing Prime membership, one of the few areas where Amazon actually makes money. Prime members get the cheap online prices in the store, but non-members who want to walk out with an actual book have to pay list price.
Another thing should be mentioned in regards to this Amazon Books: location. Although a second NYC location will be opening soon, at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue, it's clear that this first location is filling something of a bookstore void. There used to be a Barnes & Noble across from nearby Lincoln Center as well as a Borders inside Columbus Circle (a much bigger store than Amazon Books); and if we go back further, the great Coliseum Books was next to Columbus Circle long before the Time Warner Center. Now the nearest bookstores are Posman Books at Rockefeller Center and Kinokuniya across from Bryant Park, both to the south, and Book Culture and Barnes & Noble up in the 80s to the north. So Amazon Books is filling a gap, but it's doing so with a gimmick-filled attempt at gaining Prime memberships and Kindle readers, rather than providing people a deep selection with unexpected finds. Those wanting the latter should check out my list of NYC bookstores instead.
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The Rise and Fall of Yik Yak, the Anonymous Messaging App
The app, which shut down in April, was plagued by bad press from the beginning, earning itself a reputation as a place for racism, sexism, bullying and bomb threats.
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2,000 Entries, 5 Winning Essays: Catch Up on the Modern Love College Contest
This year’s standout stories focused on faith, gender, technology and, of course, love.
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Friday, May 26, 2017
An Effect of Climate Change You Could Really Lose Sleep Over
Hotter nights in a warming world could have significant effects on how well people sleep, a new study suggests.
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Book Review: MAS Context 30-31: Bilbao
MAS Context 30-31: Bilbao
Edited by Iker Gil
Spring 2017, 456 pages
The year 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry's contribution to the Bilbao effect. Contribution is an important word here, since all too often the Bilbao effect is defined solely as the outcome of the architectural icon, ignoring the wider infrastructural improvements and other pieces of architecture added to the Basque city before and since. Even twenty years later, this is the case: Bilbao = Gehry's Guggenheim. This double issue of MAS Context is then a welcome publication on the city, coming at a time when the impact of the building and other urban developments can be gauged.
The two issues that fit together side by side to create the double issue are hinged about the year of the museum's opening: one is devoted to what came before and the other to what has followed. This split acknowledges the importance of the museum but shifts the focus of the issues' contributions to other things, be they built (Norma's Foster's Metro), unbuilt (Stirling Wilford's Abando Passenger Interchange) or even abandoned (Vizcaya Amusement Park). Each issue is further split into two halves: 1900-1983 and 1983-1997 for #30 (1983 was marked by severe floods caused by heavy rains); and 1997-2012 and 2012-future (in 2012 the city approved the Special Plan for Zorrotzaurre).
It makes sense that MAS Context is devoting two issues to Bilbao, while at the same time using it to draw attention to other places in the city. Editor in Chief Iker Gil is from Bilbao and reveals as much in his introduction, "Exploring the City You Grew Up in." His background and continued connection to Bilbao ensure the issues' contributions are varied and unexpected, revealing many other reasons to visit the city.
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Edited by Iker Gil
Spring 2017, 456 pages
The year 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry's contribution to the Bilbao effect. Contribution is an important word here, since all too often the Bilbao effect is defined solely as the outcome of the architectural icon, ignoring the wider infrastructural improvements and other pieces of architecture added to the Basque city before and since. Even twenty years later, this is the case: Bilbao = Gehry's Guggenheim. This double issue of MAS Context is then a welcome publication on the city, coming at a time when the impact of the building and other urban developments can be gauged.
The two issues that fit together side by side to create the double issue are hinged about the year of the museum's opening: one is devoted to what came before and the other to what has followed. This split acknowledges the importance of the museum but shifts the focus of the issues' contributions to other things, be they built (Norma's Foster's Metro), unbuilt (Stirling Wilford's Abando Passenger Interchange) or even abandoned (Vizcaya Amusement Park). Each issue is further split into two halves: 1900-1983 and 1983-1997 for #30 (1983 was marked by severe floods caused by heavy rains); and 1997-2012 and 2012-future (in 2012 the city approved the Special Plan for Zorrotzaurre).
It makes sense that MAS Context is devoting two issues to Bilbao, while at the same time using it to draw attention to other places in the city. Editor in Chief Iker Gil is from Bilbao and reveals as much in his introduction, "Exploring the City You Grew Up in." His background and continued connection to Bilbao ensure the issues' contributions are varied and unexpected, revealing many other reasons to visit the city.
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For Two Runners, Married Life Begins at Mile 6
For a pair of committed runners, Krissa Cetner and Alex Salazar took their time making their connection stick.
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The Weekly Health Quiz: Bad Fats, Juice and Chocolate
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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My Deaf Son Fought Speech. Sign Language Let Him Bloom
I was no Annie Sullivan. I couldn’t break him, and instead, he was breaking me.
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Thursday, May 25, 2017
Wanting Monogamy as 1,946 Men Await My Swipe
They met on Bumble and fell into a fun, one-night-a-week, nonexclusive routine — until she realized she liked him.
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The 'Definitive' Carlo Scarpa
Yesterday the Graham Foundation announced "over $560,000 in new grants to individuals around the world to support 72 innovative projects engaging original ideas in architecture." On my first skimming of the list of exhibitions, film/video/new media projects, public program, publications, and research, one award stood out above the rest: Francesco Dal Co's "definitive book on Carlo Scarpa."
The Italian architectural historian has authored books on Scarpa already, including his Complete Works (Rizzoli, 1986) and a case study of Villa Ottolenghi (Monacelli Press, 1998). Yet even with the numerous other monographs on the architect (most recently Robert McCarter's Carlo Scarpa published last year by Phaidon), Dal Co's forthcoming book from Yale University Press sounds very promising.
[Brion-Vega Cemetery, San Vito d'Altivole, 1978 | Photo: Francesco Maria Gabriele Vozza]
The description from the Graham Foundation website (my emphasis):
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The Italian architectural historian has authored books on Scarpa already, including his Complete Works (Rizzoli, 1986) and a case study of Villa Ottolenghi (Monacelli Press, 1998). Yet even with the numerous other monographs on the architect (most recently Robert McCarter's Carlo Scarpa published last year by Phaidon), Dal Co's forthcoming book from Yale University Press sounds very promising.
[Brion-Vega Cemetery, San Vito d'Altivole, 1978 | Photo: Francesco Maria Gabriele Vozza]
The description from the Graham Foundation website (my emphasis):
As the definitive book on Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978), this important study surveys the wide-ranging body of his architecture and design work, including buildings, works in glass, and exhibition designs. After graduating with a degree in architectural design, Scarpa began his multi-faceted career with an apprenticeship at the Murano glass factory, Cappellin & Co., while simultaneously embarking on his first architectural commissions. His commitment to craftsmanship and his evolving modernist style, which engaged in dialogue with his contemporaries, including Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn, is exemplified by buildings ranging from the small Olivetti Showroom in Piazza San Marco, to the monumental Brion Tomb, outside of Treviso. Although Scarpa's work is concentrated in the Veneto region of Italy, it has become increasingly influential on the world stage. This sensitive account will be instrumental in correcting many long-held assumptions about Scarpa's work while illustrating how and why his designs continue to inspire.
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When Is It O.K. to Date a Friend’s Ex?
Also, a toddler menace at the playground, and sorting out discretionary spending with one’s spouse.
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Surprise for a Mother Who Helped Her Paralyzed Son in Every Class
Judy O’Connor was by her son’s side throughout his studies at Chapman University, in Orange, Calif. On Saturday, she was awarded an honorary M.B.A. degree.
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Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion
The V&A have partnered with American Express to create the first ever UK exhibition exploring Cristobal Balenciaga’s controversial designs and the foundation that he laid for contemporary designers in the 20th and 21st centuries. It also marks the centenary of his first fashion house, as well as the 80th anniversary of his Paris fashion house. […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2rYk9Zw
LCC Degree Shows 2017: Media School
Our team attended the press preview of the LCC Photography BA (Hons) exhibition which showcased a variety of works by the newly graduated students. The course teaches the students to look beyond the everyday and self-discover which enables them to create the most personal, original and thought-provoking work possible, leaving the audience wanting to find […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2qf0dpf
Running for Adventure on Hong Kong’s MacLehose Trail
Sometimes you get lost on long runs, but you still end up in just the right place.
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Modern Love Podcast: Minnie Driver Reads ‘Our Story Ended With a Slow Fade to Black’
On this week’s podcast, the “Speechless” actress reads Patty Dann’s story about facing her husband’s fast-ravaging brain cancer with their young son.
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High-Fiber Diet Tied to Less Knee Arthritis
As fiber intake increased, the prevalence of knee osteoarthritis decreased, a new analysis found.
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Put Your Baby in a Box? Experts Advise Caution
The free cardboard boxes, which double as a baby’s first bed, aren’t regulated and have not been proven to reduce infant mortality.
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Period Activists Want Tampon Makers to Disclose Ingredients
While most personal care products require ingredient lists on the label, feminine care products are exempt from disclosure.
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Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room“As well...
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
Brand Identity for Pratima Resort Wear by The White Room
“As well as producing a complete campaign shoot for the brand, we created a sophisticated, classical identity and designed print collateral, packaging and e-commerce materials. Our word mark consists of slightly arched lettering over undulating lines to suggest the sun rising over water. The use of letterpress and foil conveys a sense of luxury consistent with tropical island paradises, relaxing getaways, sunny beach days, sundowners and nights under the stars.”
The White Room is a creative atelier based in Toronto, founded in 2008, by Karolina Łoboda and Neil Rodman. They love collaborating with clients who seek distinctive and innovative design solutions through creative nonlinear thinking, enduring design and premium execution. They believe in powerful storytelling, strong visuals, and intelligent strategy.
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A 1-Hour Walk, 3 Times a Week, Has Benefits for Dementia
Regular, brisk walks improved thinking skills in older people with a common form of age-related memory loss.
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How to Be Mindful While Swimming
By swimming mindfully, we can transform routine lap sessions into an immersive form of moving meditation.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Why Chocolate May Be Good for the Heart
Eating chocolate may lower the risk for atrial fibrillation, the irregular heartbeat that can lead to stroke and heart failure.
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Cards of the Moment
A+T – publisher of books and magazines on public spaces, work places, renovations, and collective housing – has just released 50 Urban Blocks, a "set of cards containing 50 examples of how to design an urban block."
Unlike previous titles from a+t, the deck of cards are hypothetical designs rather than specific case studies. Each scenario is given the same rectangular area, so they can be compared and contrasted easily.
As in other a+t publications, the illustrations are accompanied by data, so each can be evaluated in terms of density, height, and other factors.
I could see the 50 Urban Blocks being particularly helpful for students as well as young architects in need of some ideas on how to move forward with a project. Although they might not be faced with such a straightforward block, the cards offer plenty of ways to think about solid/void, site coverage, and other considerations.
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Warmer Weather Brings More Infections After Surgery
The risk of developing an infection at the site of a surgical wound increases during the summer months.
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For a Young Bride, Joy — and Judgment
Friends and strangers seem to think that by choosing to marry at a young age, I have surrendered my ambitions for a different cause.
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Golf Digest Ranks Forest Dunes Among America’s 25 Greatest Public Golf Courses
Roscommon, MI – Forest Dunes, the premier golf destination in northern Michigan, has once again earned a spot among Golf Digest’s elite list of America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses. The highly-acclaimed Tom Weiskopf designed course was ranked No. 25 on the list.
The publication’s biennial review of America’s top public courses appears in the June 2017 issue. Golf Digest used nearly 1,000 low-handicap male and female golfers on its Course Ranking Panel and asked each to submit ballots based on seven criteria including shot values, resistance to scoring, design variety, memorability, aesthetics, conditioning and ambience.
“We are very excited to once again be recognized by one of the leading golf publications and rater panels in the industry as one of America’s greatest public courses”, said Chad Maveus, general manager at Forest Dunes. “To continue being rated among the best in the country is a testament to the quality design by Weiskopf, and our maintenance staff who maintains the courses world-class conditions on a daily basis.”
Forest Dunes, which opened in 2002, is ranked No. 4 overall in Michigan, No. 2 public by Golf Digest. The resort destination is also one of Golf Digest’s Best Resort’s in the America’s.
Tom Weiskopf, who has designed more than a hundred golf courses around the world, feels Forest Dunes is one of his top three designs in the United States. The course, which is cut through the beautiful Huron National Forest, is unlike any other in northern Michigan. The front nine features parkland-style holes meandering through corridors of red and jack pines, with elaborate bunkering and sandy waste areas on the sides. The back nine is quite different, featuring even more open and exposed rugged native sand areas with scruffy underbrush bordering and crossing fairways and greens.
New for 2017 has been the highly-anticipated opening of The Loop, the innovative 18-hole reversible golf course designed by Tom Doak. This revolutionary course can be played in one direction one day and another direction the next using the same 18 greens and fairways. Golf Digest named The Loop as the Best New Public Course in 2016.
In terms of play for golfers, the result is three golf courses and a versatile 54-hole golf package that is as cool and unique as the destination itself. When building a stay and play golf package at Forest Dunes, golfers can simply combine a lodging rate with the golf rates. Lodging options include the Lake AuSable Lodge, golf cottages, or the new golf villas.
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About Forest Dunes
Nestled on 1,300 acres of heavily wooded land within the Huron National Forest, Forest Dunes has become one of the country’s premier golf experiences. In this pristine setting, Tom Weiskopf designed one of his top layouts featuring rugged native dunes, scruffy sand areas and water features. The course has been consistently ranked among the best courses by the leading golf publications. Golf Digest, which ranked its original Weiskopf course the Best New Course in the Country when it opened in 2002, currently ranks it No. 25 among its top public courses, and GOLF Magazine and Golfweek have also ranked it among their Top 100 courses. The unique and reversible Tom Doak design, The Loop, adds a second/third Best New Course to the golf experience at Forest Dunes. In addition, the property features the beautiful Adirondack style Clubhouse with Sangomore’s restaurant, Lake AuSable Lodge with 14-rooms, new golf villas, and cottages.
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SkyTrak Partners with Creative Golf 3D
SkyTrak Partners with Creative Golf 3D, Adding European Courses and Fun Games to its Simulation Offering
Winston-Salem, NC, May 23, 2017 – SkyTrak LLC, a joint venture of SkyGolf and SportTrak, announces a new partnership with Creative Golf 3D. This partnership will give SkyTrak users the ability to play a variety of real European courses, in addition to a variety of entertaining practice games, all focused on fun.
The Creative Golf 3D software, designed by DATAcrea, allows golfers to experience more than 100 European and International golf courses, all of which are based on real elevation and satellite data. In addition to the courses that are available for stroke play, Creative Golf 3D offers a number of family friendly games including: Break the Windows, Minigolf, Fantasy Courses, and Island Targets.
“We are honored to be a part of the SkyTrak platform, and we appreciate the opportunity to offer Creative Golf to the SkyTrak community,” said Alexander Timko, DATAcrea CEO.
SkyTrak users can upgrade to the Creative Golf 3D Basic Package, giving them access to five spectacular European courses: The Oxfordshire Golf Club in England, Golf Blue Green Pléneuf-Val-André in France, Golf Club München Eichenried in Germany, Dachstein – Tauern Golf & Country Club in Austria, and Golf Resort Black Stork in Slovakia. In addition, the Creative Golf 3D Basic Package includes various driving ranges and practice facilities, while also allowing users to engage in a variety of fun and entertaining competitions all geared toward game improvement. Ten additional course packs are available for users looking to tailor their experience and course selections.
“We are always looking to offer more features and options to our SkyTrak users and we are thrilled to add a simulation offering with a European emphasis,” said Andy Allen, SportTrak Managing Director of Golf. “Not only does Creative Golf 3D allow us to expand our real course offerings worldwide, it also brings a new fun aspect to the SkyTrak platform.”
Creative Golf 3D is PC compatible. Golfers can purchase the Creative Golf 3D Basic Package for an annual subscription or one-time fee and can add additional Course Packs for a one-time fee. A subscription to the annual SkyTrak Game Improvement Package is required. For more information on the SkyTrak Launch Monitor System and Creative Golf 3D packages, please visit www.skytrakgolf.com.
About SkyTrak
SkyTrak is a revolutionary development in launch monitor technology, offering a complete practice, play and entertainment system for golf at home. It delivers commercial quality ball flight simulations that reflect a golfer’s actual performance for game improvement and entertainment at a price far below alternatives. Golfers can also experience and test their skills on some of the world’s most famous 18-hole courses with their own clubs at their own pace through integrations with several golf simulators including WGT Golf, Jack Nicklaus Perfect Golf, The Golf Club Game, TruGolf and now Creative Golf 3D.
While entertaining, SkyTrak is a serious tool that accurately reflects the golfer’s actual skill level and shot results to provide year-round practice, play and game improvement without ever leaving home. Combined with an App and iPad or compatible PC, the Wi-Fi enabled SkyTrak captures shot information over a vivid 3D practice range and virtual golf course. SkyTrak also offers various challenges for engaging practice such as Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive and Targets, along with Shot History Tables, Performance by Club, and helpful data screens. It’s easy to use, compact, totally portable with no wires required, and highly accurate, so improvements the golfer sees in their swing at home are improvements they can take to the course.
About DATAcrea
DATAcrea s.r.o. was founded in 2002 as a sister company of the data creation division of Ekosoft s.r.o. The company is headquartered in Košice – the industry center of Eastern Slovakia. DATAcrea specializes in CAD, design and development of 3D visualization and game software. The company offers a series of products called Creative Golf 3D, designed for digitalization and presentation of golf courses. For more information, visit http://ift.tt/2q6EgIG.
About Sky Golf
SkyGolf, maker of SkyCaddie, the #1-Rated and Most-Trusted Rangefinder in Golf, is a private company specializing in the development of innovative positioning systems and technology specifically designed to help golfers play better and have more fun. SkyCaddie is the Official Rangefinder of PGA of Canada, PGA of Great Britain & Ireland, and PGA of Sweden. SkyGolf is the only company in the golf industry positioned to deliver game improvement solutions during practice, play, lessons and fitting at the course or at home.
The overall mission of SkyGolf is to help golfers play better with better information while respecting the long-standing traditions of the game. By using technology responsibly and within the spirit and rules of golf, SkyGolf provides golfers of all skill levels with better and more rewarding golf experiences. The Company’s innovative products include: a family of SkyCaddie® rangefinders offered in multiple formats, sizes and price points that are preloaded and ready-to-play out of the box; SkyGolf GameTracker the industry’s first fully integrated rangefinder and game tracking solution to be offered in both a wearable belt sensor and a watch utilizing SkyGolf’s proprietary TruGround course library ; SkyPro®, golf’s most powerful swing/putting analyzer and training tool; SkyGolf 360, golf’s fastest growing online community where golfers can go to connect to their Game, their Courses, their Equipment, their Golf Professional and to one another; Swing Labs®, the golf industry’s first unbiased, performance-based fitting solution; and the exciting new SkyTrak™ Launch Monitor that is the first to deliver commercial quality output at a fraction of the cost of competitors to provide a complete Practice, Play and Entertainment System for golf at home at an affordable price. For more information, visit: www.skygolf.com.
About SportTrak, LLC
SportTrak, LLC provides entertaining digital technology solutions to avid sports enthusiasts for game improvement. We achieve this by delivering accurate information, and affordable products to sports minded consumers. With an initial focus on golf, SportTrak reports measured player performance information through interactive and entertaining software applications. Changing the nature of sports practice from a repetitive requirement to a fun activity means that players become more interested, engaged and connected to the game and their friends. For more information, visit www.sport-trak.com.
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Patient Voices: Tourette's Syndrome
Sudden jerking movements, uncontrollable tics and strange vocalizations. Six men and women talk about living with Tourette’s syndrome.
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Monday, May 22, 2017
Losing Their Clothes, Finding Themselves
A new book and YouTube project encourage women to shed their hangups about societal norms of beauty.
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El Helicoide
Head over to World-Architects to read my recap of the small but illuminating El Helicoide: From Mall to Prison exhibition at the Center for Architecture. The show focuses on the El Helicoide building in Caracas, which was built as a mall in the late 1950s but never used as such; it now functions as a prison – an illegal one at that.
The exhibition will be joined in the summer by the book From Mall to Prison: El Helicoide's Downward Spiral, published by Urban Research; it will be celebrated with a book talk on July 13th at the Center. Further, a complementary program, Modern Architecture and Design in Venezuela, will be held with exhibition curator Celeste Olalquiaga and others at the Center on May 30th.
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The exhibition will be joined in the summer by the book From Mall to Prison: El Helicoide's Downward Spiral, published by Urban Research; it will be celebrated with a book talk on July 13th at the Center. Further, a complementary program, Modern Architecture and Design in Venezuela, will be held with exhibition curator Celeste Olalquiaga and others at the Center on May 30th.
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Microblading, Tattoos, Extensions: The Answer to an Easier Morning
Semipermanent makeup has become one of the biggest trends in beauty as many women go to greater lengths to look as if they #wokeuplikethis.
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Marcelo Burlon x Kappa
Iconic sportswear brand Kappa, has collaborated with Marcelo Burlon, the ‘County of Milan’ designer. The Collaboration The collaboration is a perfect fusion of the two Italian brands. Casual sportswear silhouettes feature strong surface graphics that include Burlon’s non-textual logo, interlaced with the familiar Kappa symbol, creating an ideal blend of both brands identities. The Collection […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2r9LBaC
From East to West with the Dior and Louis Vuitton 2018 Resort Collections
The Resort/Cruise 2018 season is coming to an end and the Dior and Louis Vuitton collections stood out. It is time to look at what two design geniuses have shown in their most recent creative explorations. Major fashion houses use these collections to showcase amazing destinations around the world. This May, it was particularly interesting […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2q3a8xU
The Worst Fat in the Food Supply
Trans fat bans led to fewer heart attacks and strokes.
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The Science of Adolescent Sleep
Sleep deprivation is linked to behavioral and mental health problems and car accident risk, experts say, and starting school later could help.
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Sunday, May 21, 2017
Pediatricians Say No Fruit Juice in Child’s First Year
The American Academy of Pediatrics says that many parents wrongly believe that fruit juice is good for children.
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Over 60 and Dancing at W.N.B.A Center Court
The Timeless Torches, a dance squad for the W.N.B.A.’s Liberty, lets those over 40 — many in their 60s — shake their booty on center court, breaking the tradition of the typical halftime act.
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Saturday, May 20, 2017
Storefront's ARTIFACTS
On Tuesday, May 23, the Storefront for Art and Architecture is holding its spring benefit, ARTIFACT, at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan. Storefront will be honoring Denise Scott Brown and Murray Moss, and will be launching New Artifacts, specially commissioned pieces by Adam McEwen, LOT-EK, and Murray Moss with Lobmeyr.
[LOT-EK's LITE-SCAPES SF, 2017]
ARTIFACT takes place from 7pm to midnight at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street. Tickets can be purchased here. Although it's the same evening as my book talk at the Skyscraper Museum, there's plenty of time to do both – that's my plan.
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[LOT-EK's LITE-SCAPES SF, 2017]
ARTIFACT takes place from 7pm to midnight at Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street. Tickets can be purchased here. Although it's the same evening as my book talk at the Skyscraper Museum, there's plenty of time to do both – that's my plan.
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Friday, May 19, 2017
Descension
Anish Kapoor's Descension is on display at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 1 until September 10th. I visited yesterday and made a short video of it (turn up the volume for best effect):
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Drag Queen Story Hour Puts the Rainbow in Reading
Neon camouflage bodysuits, tutus and patent leather boots. Heated debates about dresses and ice cream flavors. It’s all in a day’s work at the New York Public Library.
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The Weekly Health Quiz: Mindfulness, Measles and Sports Safety
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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When Race Spectators Are Not So Well Behaved
Race planners and runners can take steps to rein in spectators. But things still happen.
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‘It Made Me Into a Person With a Mission’: Readers React to Motherhood
Readers reacted to an article about “matrescence,” which anthropologists define as the process of becoming a mother.
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After a Loss, Learning to Be Happy Again
A wedding stirs emotions, the way spring stirs up a lake. You never know what will rise to the surface.
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Not Friends? Then No Benefits
A woman who feels no sexual attraction without first establishing a deep emotional connection wonders if there is something wrong with her.
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Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.“Lui is...
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
Branding and Interior Design for Lui by Dmowski & Co.
“Lui is a new concept store in Warsaw. Incorporating as much creative space as possible, it offers an individual and authentic platform for the vibrant forward-thinking community within art and fashion.”
Dmowski & Co. is a graphic design studio based in Warsaw, Poland. They specialize in branding, packaging, interactive design and print design.
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