Richard Mosse’s Planes on Fire. Gallery and fascinating interview in TMN. “I wouldn’t go as far as to say that there is beauty in destruction. These are very different things. But sometimes they overlap, and when they do an opportunity arises with which it is possible to confront the viewer with an ethical dilemma, forcing the viewer to see how he perceives disaster, how disaster is consumed. And what is consumed must also be produced,” he says. See also MotoArt’s furniture made of aviation parts. “The perfect extra touch for the Ballardian bachelor pad.”
The mind delights at the design possibilities and pteromerhanophobia sufferers need not fear the prospect of “metallic glass” used as aircraft wings. UK researchers have new insights about glass properties — that it’s a “‘jammed’ state of matter that moves very slowly.” This will mean further developments in “metallic glass” — attempts to make metal get harder with stress –no more dents — and also easier to mold, as it will soften rather than turn to liquid when heated.
“Fixies” your sport is actual a fetish. Momus on the NYTimes design blog compares fixed-gear bike snobbery to an art movement. “You could almost see cycling, and its attendant aesthetic, as ’something worth dying for.’” More on his website.
“What people today feel about their iPhones, I felt about my Brannock Device.” – Michael Bierut about that foot measuring thing on Design Observer.
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