Revisiting the Innermost Room

As Ruth Dusseault’s The Innermost Room exhibit closes this June 8th, I invite you to view some photographs of the exhibit. //

upcoming: The Innermost Room by Ruth Dusseault

Ruth Dusseault’s The Innermost Room exhibition opens on Friday, April 20. The exhibition contains her work as well as other projects dealing with the catastrophic tornado that hit Joplin in May 2011. The exhibition takes place at the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum (the Paper Science Institute off 10th Street). //

congratulations mike

We present Mike Vinson, the 2012 Georgia Tech IDSA Student Merit Award Finalist. //

happy birthday mies

Happy birthday Mies!

Oliver Ressler at Art Papers Live

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending Art Papers Live’s screening and lectures of Oliver Ressler’s work, titled “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” Ressler is a documentary filmmaker who covers the anti-globalization movement. What follows is an account on a different approach to political art. //

winter wonder | a noire look at los angeles

Over the winter holidays, I took LA on in a new light: Rockstar’s LA Noire. //

Documenting gray_matter(s) at Flux 2011

I had the pleasure of photographing the gray_matter(s) Flux 2011 installation. These photographs are from that memorable night. //

why gray matters

The color gray (or grey, for the rest of the world) is something that, like its phonoaesthetic qualities, is quite vague in its use. It’s recursive in its sound and its operation. It’s what’s left when you take out the black or white, or when you put them together. It’s something that is easy to explain conceptually, but difficult to realize otherwise. Gray has its place in philosophy, ethics, literature and even sexuality, amongst other things. We’ll look at what gray encompasses (perhaps a rough idea), and its importance to designers and design students, not necessarily as a color, but as an overall framework for the design process.

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Beautiful game, ugly response

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Future Plural

What does the 21^st century quarantine zone look like? Is beeswax a good veneer material? In Future Plural, Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley asked such eccentric questions and asked many more. //

Freeway Flaneur

Experiencing the city requires two sturdy legs. What about a set of wheels? Most urbanists can’t imagine a city that primarily caters to cars and provides cultural exchange. But is there a culture in driving? And if so, how does it come about?

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signin_off | hamza

Design Problem 1 from Arch Design Studio 2 dealt with the nine-square problem, in which students were asked to design a pavilion for the College of Architecture. While its programmatic requirements were minimal, the problem asked students to rethink how materials were used and create some performative aspects of building.

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Looking back at Sense & Sustain -Ability

Tim Frank’s exhibit at MODA, titled Sense & Sustain -Ability, will close in a couple of days. Having been showcased for a month, Frank’s three projects concern the ideas of superimposition, infusion, and opposition. Using a variety of media, Tim presented three projects that were more than products, but exhibits of the breadth of the design process. From understanding the site in terms of climatology, using software like Ecotect, or depicting concrete in his models through his own clever mixture, Frank’s exhibition stayed true to its title. Sense and Sustain -Ability reassigned meaning to two terms that are too often misused.

In any case, words alone don’t do his exhibition justice. Enjoy select photographs and leave comments if you went or want to know more about his work, in which case you should see Tim Frank online.

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Tim Frank Show at MODA | Sense & Sustain – ability

Tim Frank’s exhibition at MODA will open on March 27th and run until April 26th. Tim earned his Master’s in Architecture degree at Tech after attending Virginia Tech as an undergraduate. AT Georiga Tech Tim has instructed CFY for six years, while most recently taking on sophomore studio this past school year. He also runs his own firm as well as working for another firm.  He is a recent winner of 2009 AIA Atlanta 48-hour competition.

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the idea of the portfolio

For some undergraduates and graduates, the assembly of a portfolio seems to be the signal for some oncoming doom. However, there aren’t many classes that teach what the ideal portfolio looks like, and even less transfer the theory of architecture into the architecture portfolio.

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