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‘70s New York City - Max’s Kansas City

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BJØRG

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@joriswegner

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Jungjin Lee.

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(via Prepare to be dazzled! A history of nautical camouflage - in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian)

“Dazzle painting was created during the first world war to protect British naval vessels from German attackDazzle painting was created during the first world war to protect British naval vessels from German attack“

“Dazzle painting played a vital role in the protection of British naval and trade vessels during the first world war when it was introduced as a system for camouflaging ships. The jagged patterns and clashing colours made it hard for enemies to get a fix on their target“

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Aravena's concept of building half the houses and leaving the rest for the families to finish seems to have many benifits, espacially economically. However, the urban landscape looks damaged, incoherent and doesn't make any sense. Do you think this concept should be used more often, since it does give solutions to social housing, even if it harmed the overall landscape?

My answer can’t help to be defined by the I know growing up. In Latin America people will add and adapt their houses until they are maximizing the land. When I designed social housing in Puerto Rico you knew from the get go that as soon as they moved in, the occupants would change the structure, you even provided some basic items for those expansions (like power and water). For example, you knew the car port would become a family room and people would park outside, you knew that in many houses a covered terrace would be added in the back so you placed the living room close by and have sliding doors towards the backyard. If you have a floor and a roof you don’t need much more! 

What Aravena did, very cunningly and it is a very interesting idea, is bringing the Latin American idea of a adapting your house to a multi family typology, providing the basics for families to adapt their apartments. It might look damaged or incoherent to you, and I am not saying is the perfect solution, but it’s effective, it improves the life of those that otherwise would not have a roof and it provides a new way of thinking about social housing. I bet the idea will continue to evolve and I myself am excited about its potential.

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100 years ago today, Marcel Duchamp used the word “readymade” in writing for the first time, in a letter to his sister. To celebrate this art historical milestone, we’ve installed several Readymades in the Museum’s fifth-floor galleries. We’ll be broadcasting live from the galleries at 5 pm via Periscope. Follow us on Twitter at @museummodernart to get the link to the broadcast. 

[Marcel Duchamp. Bicycle Wheel. New York, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913). The Museum of Modern Art, New York.  © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris/Estate of Marcel Duchamp]

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RIP

Tizio for Artemide | Richard Sapper

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Giant COMME des GARÇONS Wallets Are on Display at Dover Street Market New York

Giant packaging, too.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, Self Portrait (Plaid), 1983.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat photographed by Lee Jaffe, 1984.

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I don’t think about art while I work. I try to think about life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, born today in 1960. (via sfmoma)

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http://muenils.tumblr.com

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