Friday Snippets 1.29.10
Five ways the iPad will change magazine design. [Pentagram]
iPad and the sanitary napkin. [Fast Company]
It's been a week of Old Masters in New York at Sotheby's and Christie's.
Museums and the Internet take another leap into the 21st century with LACMA's
announcement that they will publish exhibition catalogs online. [Modern Art Notes]
In the ongoing saga of Shepard Fairey and his Obama poster, the artist is now facing a
criminal investigation after he revealed he deleted files and submitted false images in the AP case.
[LA Times]
Built in 1998, voted England's most hated building, soon to be demolished. [Guardian]
Fixing broken art. [NY Times]
A butcher's son makes good. Agnolo Bronzino at the Met. [New Yorker]
Clunky construction scaffolding may become a thing of the past. [Architectural Record]
After a few 40°F days we're headed back into the zero to 10 degree range. Maybe
we'll be staying in this weekend. See you Monday.
Posted by designslinger at 1/29/2010 1:18 AM 
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: musuems design art iPad architecture
Categories: Slinger SLinks
Tags: musuems design art iPad architecture
Britain's most hated building looks quite alright, the wavy roof is interesting. It's better looking than the Australian National Art Gallery in Canberra, that's a concrete monstrosity, lol. But at least it's not blocking "a beloved view across the water to the Purbeck Hills." Seven million pounds to knock it down, unbelievable.
Thanks for the reading selection :-)
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Yeah, was kinda surprised that this was voted England's most hated building. I have much better contenders, just from London. Have to check out the National Art Gallery to add to the list. Glad you enjoy the snippets.
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Here's a link to a photo of the gallery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NGA_Canberra-01JAC.jpg It actually looks okay in the photo, lol. It's when I walk towards it, a mass of concrete, it just doesn't reflect the beauty of the art works inside. We also have a building with a slightly different wavy roof, it's in Melbourne, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Cross_Station
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The Southern Cross station is kind of interesting. The National Gallery, um, not so sure! Thanks so much for sending along the pics.
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The first reaction to the name i-pad in France was a surprise (everyone thought it would be called i-slate) but the connection with the sanitary pad is only starting to trickle through.
Your post is excellent, thanks!
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iSlate sounds so much better, and makes much more sense. What were they thinking?!
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