Wednesday, October 6, 2010

A Warhol Soup Can Comes to Market

By CAROL VOGEL

Christie’s expects a 1962 painting of the artist’s signature image to sell for $30 million to $50 million. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/arts/design/01vogel.html?_r=1&ref=design

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

World's Strangest Vending Machines

By Katrina Brown Hunt
From Florida to Dubai, some of the oddest things come out of machines. http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-35991769
 

Monday, October 4, 2010

With a Jury of Their Peers

By ROBERTA SMITH
‘Abstract Expressionist New York’

A look at a new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/arts/design/01abex.html?_r=1&ref=design

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Hölick Sea Resort by Mats Edlund,

Stockholm architects Mats Edlund, Henrietta Palmer and Matts Ingman have designed this timber cabin as part of a camping site in Hudiksvall, Sweden. http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/28/holick-sea-resort-by-mats-edlund-and-henrietta-palmer/

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Swanky new Vegas hotel’s ‘death ray’ proves inconvenient for some guests

By Brett Michael Dykes
The building's concave design creates a sort of magnifying-glass effect. The hotel's designers reportedly anticipated that ill-situated humans might experience some discomfort courtesy of the building's blinding glare... http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100929/bs_yblog_upshot/swanky-new-vegas-hotels-death-ray-a-mild-inconvenience-for-some-guests

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Circus: The Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier/ Luc Sante

The elaborately produced new book Circus: The Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier, showcases the rediscovered work of the great American photographer Frederick W. Glasier.