Inside this desert lies the tiniest grain of sand

Great article on Scottish artist Katie Paterson by Brian Dillon

Animal New York on the New Aesthetic

But just by simply following the trend line, it seemed clear to me that the next retro aesthetic to be embraced by indie video game creators would be early ’90s low-poly. The sort of grungy look from early Playstation games like Resident Evil or Battle Area Toshinden, too, not the cleaner, cartoon look of Super Mario 64. And it turns out I was right, but just about the wrong thing: it’s fashion, not video games, that are copping the 32-bit look.

New aesthetic fashion is playstation

via jomc

For the intricate equipment of civilization is in itself a wilderness. He has unraveled the labyrinth of river and coast line but has spun the labyrinth of industry

- Benton MacKaye

above: The Major Deegan and Cross-Bronx interchange, one section of our planning studio on the Harlem River

Roosevelt Island

I can't distinguish ironic web design from the sincere anymore

[International Critical Geography Group]