2012-11-27
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I’ve been a member of The LEGO Club since the early 1980s
You can download old issues of Bricks ‘n Pieces, the UK Lego Club magazine, from Brickset. The one pictured here is the Spring 1983 issue (PDF).
(I have a feeling I still have the patch and the badge somewhere at my parents, but I’m not sure about the magazines.)
2012-11-01
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have waited until a day after Sandy hit to suggest that climate change may have played a significant part in generating the devastating superstorm, but the latest issue of his weekly business magazine is not pussyfooting around.
2012-10-15
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The Sunday Times Magazine cover, 3rd July 2011, a winner of the D&AD Cover Award (as seen at coverjunkie.com, via Tom Coates). The photo-montage is a reference to half of Fiona Banner’s wonderful Harrier and Jaguar, displayed as part of Tate Britain’s Duveen Commission in 2010.
I know there’s a whole series of photos of the Space Shuttle moving its way through Los Angeles that I could post here, but there’s something depressing about a spacecraft - flawed, yes, but still powerful and occasionally even graceful - dragged down to the level of crawling through suburban streets, like just another child being driven to the museum by its parents.
I’d rather wait until Endeavour is unveiled in place, since unlike Atlantis, Discovery, and Enterprise, it’ll be mounted as a full launch stack, vertical and poised: the opposite of the image above.
2012-03-27
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While being absorbed into this virtual world, most rarely consider the physical ramifications of this data. All over the world, data centers are becoming integral components of our 21st century infrastructure. These facilities can range from small portable modules to massive warehouses full of servers, from sleek new constructions to reuse of existing infrastructures. What is the significance of this bridge between the virtual and the physical? How does this new typology affect the discourse of architecture and the shaping of our built environment? As cloud storage and global internet usage increase, it’s finally time to talk about the physical space of data.
This is the call for submissions, from December. I’m looking forward to the issue. (Maybe I should just subscribe?)
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“Diagrams by MacRumors readers expressing their opinions about the new Apple campus” in Clog: Apple, issue 2 of the magazine which “explores, from multiple viewpoints and through a variety of means, a single subject particularly relevant to architecture now”. This issue focuses on the proposed building.
Image via DesignBoom; URL via Buzz, who posted a nicer picture of the cover after seeing my photograph of an issue of the magazine (which I’m going to have to go back to SFMOMA today to actually buy).
