DCC 08:: college of architecture

works by office dA
interesting tour to fabrication shop and college of architecture by andres cavieres [sitting on the right, at the office dA bench].thanks andres!

DCC 08:: fabrication shop

piece of art/ work done by dr. eduardo lyon r. he is a professor at universidad de chile.

DCC 08:: posters

DCC 08:: people

the most exciting thing about a conference is meeting people involved in such interesting research. i would like to specially thank ashok goel [1] and john gero [7] for organizing DCC 08 so effectively [both in 2]! other people you can see in these photos are: thanos oikonomou [3], dimitris papanikolaou [8], nicholas reed [9], ozan ozener[10].

DCC 08

bee-zee is very happy to participate in the 3rd international conference on design computating and cognition in atlanta. photo taken in the doctoral symposium.chuck eastman in the back.

glass house

starting june 21st people can start visiting the glass house made by philip johnson 58 years ago.

for those who like fame and celebrities, there is a whole article in nytimes with more photos and sayings of influential men plus [some] women related to the house. thanks to my thoughtful colleague i can always have access to the most interesting articles of the newspaper without having to go through it!
although bee-zee has devoted an enormous amount of space and time to post about the farnsworth house [which was the house that philip johnson first admired and then copied] and although bee-zee is very sensitive regarding originality and invention and although bee-zee does not like andy warhol [1964]... is still posting this photo that can capture part of the mood and atmosphere of those days.
"In the 60s, Mr. Johnson threw a big party for Merce Cunningham. It was at the time of all the massive publicity for Andy Warhol. I think MoMA had just bought the soup can.

I was standing with a double scotch, hoping for the best. It was spring and twilighty. All these people milling around, very glamorous. I said: “Mr. Johnson, look over there. There’s a white-haired man coming in.” I thought it was an old guy. Philip said, “It’s Andy.” Everyone went over to say hello, except me. I didn’t know who he was.

It was John Cage music and Merce Cunningham’s dancers — beautiful dancers. Cage’s music had something to do with doors slamming and whistles going off. Then great balloons — some big and black, some small and red and yellow. It was very strange. I thought to myself: “Here we are in 1967, standing next to a glass house listening to doors slam and whistles going off. This is out of this world.” It was so out of context for suburbia in the 60s. You were talking about car pools and how not to have babies.

We left shortly thereafter. My then-husband thought the whole thing was humbug."
ms smithers, probably ex-wife of ruth smithers, a longtime new canaan resident.

phillip johnson's companion, mr david whitney:

b-z is flying to colorado

out of bike[s]

bikefurniture via sophie

silly putty

there is a debate regarding the invention of this toy between iit + mit and it was only recently that i found out about it.
this is one of the first things i bought when i came to chicago [2-1/2y ago] because this used to be my favorite toy many decades ago. in fact it was not my toy, but my sister's. one of the few cool items she had and i did not; since i was the spoilt one ;]
i am wondering where did my mom discover it in greece?

some description about it:
"Classic Silly Putty in its original red plastic egg. Probably the simplest toy we sell - a plastic egg with some putty inside - yet, the possibilities are almost endless!
Silly Putty is a very unique substance. It stretches without breaking, yet it can be "snapped off" cleanly. It bounces higher than a rubber ball. It floats if you shape it in a certain way, yet sinks if shaped in other ways. It can pick up pencil marks from pages and comics from some newspapers. If you slam it with a hammer, it keeps its shape, yet if you push with light, even pressure, it will flatten with ease.
Silly Putty has been the standard of excellent fun since 1950.
Ages 3 and up"

$1.75
the most amazing aspect of it, is: "ξεπατίκωμα"[=that you pick up pencil marks from comics and newspapers]
my new one is green and is glowing in the dark.
plus you can make "physical architectural greg lynn style models" [at night]

have fun!

FYI: here

dinosaur's

egg:



[jelly belly?] prehistoric dinosaur egg: $1.49, ages 3+

sanaa:: toledo glass pavilion:: 1

night::

sanaa:: toledo glass pavilion:: 2

exterior::

la[x]

lax airport._

last blog-walk to la