Author: Marcus Trimble

upto35 is a design competition open to architects upt to 35 years old for a student housing project in Athens. In a nice twist on the usual judging process, in the second stage of the competition, the ‘public’ will have one vote on the jury, with this public vote being determined by SMS voting.

This is a photo of a man standing on a moon. Click for breathtaking hi-res lunar action. Context

Click Opera on Michael Jackson: “Jackson is what all humans will become if we develop further in the direction of postmodernism and self-mediation. He is what we’ll become if we get both more Wildean and more Nietzschean. He’s what we’ll become only if we’re lucky and avoid a new brutality based on overpopulation and competition…

As a crowd gathered in Union Square for a spontaneous memorial to Michael Jackson,  David Segal asks whether fame on that level will be possible again? “There are plenty of upsides to the new unfiltered, multiple-choice pop culture of 2009. We get to decide what we want to listen to and watch, and we can…

London’s temporary stadium for the 2012 Olympics may be redesigned as a permanent 80,000 seat stadium. bdonline

The always excellent Linefeed lists a series of ideas to improve retail in Melbourne. Including ‘Kiosk’ a model for a stripped down newsagent specialising in independent magazines and ‘London Stores’ a ten storey department store filled with international brands and pop-up stores.