Author: Marcus Trimble
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Runoff
Hipster Runoff on contemporary workplaces: “I want to be self-employed and work in a conceptual work space / modern cubicle.” For the unaware, Hipster Runoff is a unique and consistently spot-on commentary on current trends/memes, simultaneously lampooning and engaging them in spectacular fashion.
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Natural Artifice
Angelo Candalepas along with staffers, Andrew Scott and David Neustein have been announced as the creative directors of next year’s Australian Institute of Architects National Conference. They have set up a website where they are calling for suggestions for speakers to invite to the conference.
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Eneropa
A Roadmap for a lowcarbon Europe by 2050, the Practical Guide to a Prosperous Low Carbon Europe has been released. The third volume of the report, the ‘Graphic Narrative’, has been prepared by OMA with the European Climate Foundation. This narrative after establishing the data goes on to reframe Europe as ‘Eneropa’ with the continent’s…
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Monolith
We recently returned from central Australia on a visit to the West MacDonnell Ranges, Kings Canyon, Uluru and Kata Tjuta. While the focus of the postcard industry is on the iconic big rock, the region is in fact dominated by three monoliths, Mt Conner, Uluru and Kata Tjuta. While Mount Conner is some way away,…
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14 Cities
Dan Hill has been blogging his entry for the Now+When exhibition at the Australian Pavilion for the 2010 Venice Biennale. In full-flight Marco Polo mode, his entry, (foolishly!) overlooked by the selection panel, imagines 14 future cities in Australia. Each is a delight, familiar and exciting, positing tangibly fantastic places like the Darwin Special Economic…
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Kanga Rat Murder Society
Over at Comic Book Cartography, we find Jack Kirby’s map of the World of Kamandi. Kamandi tells the story of a the last boy on earth, finding his way in a post-apocalyptic earth where animals have evolved and now rule the planet. (full size) The map describes an incredible future for this planet, a place…