designblip no.1

designblip no.1 inaugral edition fulldownload available on 21st june 07

this edition

>> 'walk the line', an investigation based on the Situationist method of navigating through a city. Several people have been commissioned to sign a plan of a European city [Amsterdam, Barcelona, Liverpool, London, Paris], they then walk the route implied by their signature, recording their experiences as they go. great fun and reveals new aspects of the city from a route not based on purpose. A special thanks to walter benjamin. MORE TO FOLLOW

>> dialogues with cerdà: this article addresses the intellectual debate and
corresponding physical <experienced> conditions generated through
the use of ideal systems of production in the domain of design and
architecture
the advantage of embracing imperfection as a creative methodology

>> an eclectic discussion on victorian transportation machines, the human body & ways of money printing. A short piece examining with the desire to leave this earth or inversely, to embrace it through the pursuit of substitute gold