Re: "Left the Building: Hagberg, Volner Out at Edificial"

I've written for this blog occasionally, but biases aside, Eva and Ian: you guys are brilliant and hilarious and Edificial was awesome. The architecture world is drowning in bullshit and thank god you two badasses were there to clear a path. Without you, lost, I can only pray my death by jargon will be quick.

Re: "Rawsthorn on Innovation"

What the fuck is Rawsthorn talking about? All I can make out of that article is "some people are doing new things." Innovation shminnovation. New sucks. Can't we just make good things?

http://dev.id-mag.com/article/?p_ArticleId=6329

Re: "The Us Factor: Bostwick on Mayer H."

The H. stands for Baller.

Re: "Pepsi Natural, Arnell or Not?"

Looks like rusty swampwater.

Re: "New York's KAWS for Celebration "

Wow. That cover is awful (Maurice Sendak rip-off), and last year's Best Of was too (http://nymag.com/bestofny/2008/covers/).

What's going on? They're usually pretty good the rest of the year (remember the Spitzer cover?). How can a cover about the most exciting things to do in the most exciting city on the planet be so BORING? Bright colors do not make a bright cover.

Re: "EventCity: Droog Design Open For Zaken"

I can't help it. I have, as the Italians say, "a passion."

Re: "EventCity: Droog Design Open For Zaken"

It went down (or almost went down) like this:

The blue house stood there, foam and tiny nails, and I touched it—or poked it—and the wall started to leeeeaaaannn and I waited for it to crash down. Waited forever, until some rentacop in a too-nice suit said "don't touch." And it didn't fall. So I poked it again, in his direction.

Re: "Hi-Ho Silver Sears Tower?"

talk about greenwashing.

Re: "Meet Pornographic Video Game Designer Kanye West"

Are there ghosts in Mario? Oh Kanye, you try so hard to be interesting...

Re: "Benny van Berkel's MUMUTH: Syncopated on the Outside, Looping on the Inside!"

so is music liquid architecture?!? thanks eva, now my brain is exploded.

Re: "FotoShoppe: Thursday is Cute Day"

are those antennae on it's lil head? and what kind of personality is a harp seal supposed to have?

Re: "LVHRD ARCHDL V Winner Revealed!"

melted, like french butter on flaky pastries. mmmm.... architecture...

Re: "LVHRD ARCHDL V Winner Revealed!"

Didn't you hear? W$M's building was LEED-certified (those sea monsters must have been grass-fed free-range). The croissant was imported. I vote with my carbon footprint.