“The proposal created by danish firm BIG architects is one of three shortlisted submissions for the st. petersburg pier international design competition. The masterplan will organize and harmonize a variety of individual events along a network of paths, merging to form the iconic pier structure which will gradually flow into the waters of tampa bay. The branching pattern will collectively form the ‘tributary park’ containing native plantings of diverse color schemes. The gardens will highlight the programmatic sectors of the park including the museum, observation deck, playgrounds and natural forested areas.”
(Source: designboom.com)
Illustrations by French artist Villemard in 1910 of how he imagined the future to be in the year 2000.
- In the 21st century, in order to control traffic jams in the air,
there will be more and more flying policemen. - Firemen will be equipped with “bat wings” to be able to easily access top floors and roofs.
- Wars will be fought by “combat cars”.
- Schools will be equipped with audio books.
- You’ll be able to send mail just by dictating it into loudspeaker.
- Building sites will be equipped with automatic devices and machines.
- Electric train from Paris to Beijing.
(Source: sadanduseless.com)
Art by the mentally ill.
- Jackson Pollock
Blue (Moby Dick), c. 1943
(Bipolar disorder) - Adolf Wolfli
Irren-Anstalt Band-Hain, 1910
(Schizophrenia) - Edward Dayes
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1798
(Bipolar disorder) - Edvard Munch
Evening on Karl Johan, 1892
(Bipolar disorder) - Henri de Toulouse Lautrec
La Toilette, 1896
(Clinical Depression) - Louis Wain (Schizophrenia)
(Source: findingoptimism.com)
“Japanese practice emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design has completed ‘Sugamo Shinkin Bank’, a credit union located in Shimura, Japan. The design, an offset volume of rainbow-like layers, is the third branch designed by Moureaux, with the first two located in Tokiwadai and Niiza.”
(Source: designboom.com)
