A highway cloverleaf doubles as parking in Lagos, Nigeria, making it easy to get a sense of scale and impact these infrastructures have on cities.
Taking the Paris plan, and reducing it to its essence you get an almost fort-typology with the Seine meandering through. Its interesting to see how organically this old-world city has grown.
Death Bear has expanded his reach beyond the Greater New York area, making his debut in Canada last Thursday.
A variation on the original, to be sure, but there’s something about this cousin to Death Bear 1 that I appreciate. Perhaps it’s the less-than-perfect attitude, a more casual and accessible demeanor that makes you want to [...]
With the upswing in cycling and talk of pedestrian-friendly streets in Toronto, I wonder what sort of infrastructure changes we’ll need to make to accomodate a more forgiving environment for those on two wheels?
Our city is notoriously hostile towards anyone and anything outside their cars. As Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star writes, Bay and [...]
When it comes to sustainable clothing, one of the most energy-intensive aspects of a piece of clothing may be in keeping it clean, despite considerations about fabric (organic or not). A new UK company has been developing a new way to do laundry, with a fraction of the water by using nylon beads. Not sure [...]
Fresh new design incubator and gallery space attached to TTC’s bay station to open next month – WORKshop. It’ll be interesting to see what elements of historical Chinese design they highlight. Their upcoming projects involve a nice mixture of local Toronto work and Asian work.
watch carefully.
This could be an awesome art installation on the subway system, what with the way trains speed through tunnels, and the flickering caused by the subway windows passing over a still image imprinted on the walls…!
A neat image we stumbled upon while browsing the net for bento boxes, created by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. Is this also a clever way to bring back lost parts of their culture?
It makes me wonder what other traditions could be brought back in the name of sustainability…