Author: Marcus Trimble

Sad news: Future Systems is to split following the divorce of partners Jan Kaplicky and Amanda Levete.   The Guardian.

Explore the objects, postcards, paintings and mind games of Madelon Vriesendorp.

Boy George pays tribute to Barack Obama via the ever versatile medium of disco with Yes We Can. via The Guardian.

Jay Merrick looks at architect’s obsession with creating iconic buildings. ‘Signature architecture has become the boardroom’s, and the city authority’s, bitch. The phrase “architectural icon” belongs in a vitrine. It’s the cultural equivalent of Damien Hirst’s shark in a tank: a dead curiosity.’ The Independent.

The Muji Chronotebook is a pretty cool take on the daily planner notebook. Tasks are arranged around an analogue clock in the centre of the page.

I Love Sketch – an impressive 3D sketching program in development at the University of Toronto. The video gives a good overview of how the system works. Via.