Apagogie Ordinaire
Irregular archive of findings, references, quirks & tricks
“My heart says yeah, but can’t convince the rest of me.” Logic
Paris Mayor pledges a greener 15-minute city
(via Paris Mayor Pledges a Greener ‘15-Minute City’ - CityLab) Just reelected Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo has pledged in her manifesto to make the densest metropolis in Europe a "15-minute city" - or, in French, the 'quart d'heure'. What she means by that motto is...
The OG zero-emission glasshouse: the 16th-century fruit wall
Urban farming is all the rage at the moment, with many looking at new options to transform suffocating cities into greener, more liveable homes. As we're looking for options, turning to Renaissance innovations could give us a few ideas. Among them, well before we...
Most often missed areas when washing hands
Via Wash your hands
Neri Oxman on the fundamentals of her practice at MIT Media Lab
Image: Netflix's Abstract series on Neri Oxman It’s in the second season of Netflix’s documentary on design practitioners, Abstract, that Neri Oxman appears. In the episode, she tells the story of her practice mixing fundamental school of thoughts, from art and...
Controversial visual identity of the World Chess Championship 2018
Who knew chess could be so controversial? The reimagined visual identity of the World Chess Championship 2018 got a rather heated press coverage. Designed by Moscow-based Shuka Design, it was a significant departure from rather traditional designs of years past, using...
Portraits from the National Senior Games by Humana
Reebok taps Cardi B for trippy new spotThe “nailed it” line taps into pop and trap culture with just a touch of alt-glam, while still making the shoe an unwanted hero of the spot. Brilliant.