Jean Prouve – A prefab visionary
June 25, 2010 – 3:52 pm | 2 Comments

Jean Prouve was a metal worker and designer that acquired notoriety for his collaboration with  his famous cousin Charles Edouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier). This weeks video presented by Wallpaper Magazine …

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First TSI now The Pearl….
September 12, 2008 – 7:30 am | No Comment
First TSI now The Pearl….

As we all just found out about TSI’s Grand Re-Opening this weekend, we learned this morning that The Pearl has been D.A.R.T.’d.
Drove by this morning to see the following posters taped to the wall…

It seems …

FiCoMo Relaunch
September 8, 2008 – 10:13 am | One Comment
FiCoMo Relaunch

In 2005 with the help of Live Modern’s chat room, we started First Coast Modern which later received the tag line FiCoMo.  We met every three to four months to talk about all things modern.  …

Springfield’s Uptown Market info @ urbanjacksonville….
September 8, 2008 – 8:15 am | No Comment
Springfield’s Uptown Market info @ urbanjacksonville….

Urbanjacksonville has a nice little update on the Uptown Market project that will be located at Cesery’s Third and Main development. You’ll learn a bit about the project and some about the great guys …

Great Music Video – ‘Like it or Not’
August 28, 2008 – 11:47 am | No Comment

Below is the video for ‘Like it or Not’ by Architecture in Helsinki.  The entire animation, inspired by the art of Megan Whitmarsh was stitched by the folks at Mathematics, the flamingos, the rubik’s cubes, …

Metrojacksonville.com: Transit in Jacksonville, Let’s Get Started!
August 28, 2008 – 8:41 am | No Comment
Metrojacksonville.com: Transit in Jacksonville, Let’s Get Started!

Talk about getting excited over a simple photoshop:

The introduction of the rail system to the street totally changes the fabric…. definitely reminds us of Amsterdam.
For more information head over to Metro Jacksonville.
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The Olympics are over, but the architecture lives on.
August 27, 2008 – 1:58 pm | No Comment
The Olympics are over, but the architecture lives on.

OK, here we go.  I promised that I would give a review of Herzog & de Meuron’s video after I had a chance to watch it.  Let me just start by saying that I love …

Theo Jansen: Strandbeest.com
August 12, 2008 – 5:43 pm | No Comment
Theo Jansen: Strandbeest.com

Greg was the first one of us to stumble upon Theo Jansen’s fascinating wind powered kinetic sculptures about a year ago. Had we had the blog back then, we would have definitely posted about …

Vasco Mourão
August 8, 2008 – 8:59 am | No Comment
Vasco Mourão

I really love these illustrations by Vasco Mourão. For some reason it takes me back to my childhood, I think they remind me of the awesome Shel Silverstein books I read as a kid.

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Wordle
August 1, 2008 – 5:03 pm | No Comment
Wordle

So, we stumbled upon this cool little time wasting gadget by accident a few minutes ago. Wordle allows you to enter in text or copy your favorite blog address into a window, and it …

Shameless Plug…
August 1, 2008 – 3:46 pm | No Comment
Shameless Plug…

If you’re like us, you hate to do any sort of bookkeeping. We’d much rather be doing a laundry list of other things, like say figuring out how to do green design economical and …