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Becoming Sound Literate

In best of, ideas, social media on 4 May 2011 tagged audio, design, sharing, sound, soundcloud with 2 comments

Over the weekend, David-Noel shared a link which led to this: “Audio is a “Speed-dial to the emotions,” Ljung argued, noting that audio use online is evolving to the point where people are learning not to just ‘read’ sound, but to ‘write’ it too. We’re becoming ‘Sound literate’, he believes.” (Spotify and SoundCloud on the [...]

Why is the Logo for the City of Prince George Turning Up on Skateboard Clothes?

In design, Prince George on 7 September 2010 tagged design, fenchurch, logo, Prince George with 3 comments

Shawn Petriw noticed some similarities between the logo for the City of Prince George and skateboard clothing company Fenchurch. Turns out it’s a recurring motif.

Trilobis 65 Floating Home

In architecture on 17 June 2009 tagged design, underwater living with Comments Off

Seriously, if you aren’t using StumbleUpon, try it out. I would never have found this, otherwise. “Trilobis 65 Floating Home Trilobis 65 is a semi-submerged dwelling environment. Reaching 20 metres in length designed by Giancarlo Zema for habitation by six people at sea. It is ideal for living in bays, atolls and maritime parks. The [...]

A Low Impact Wooden Home

In architecture on 17 June 2009 tagged design, environment with Comments Off

I’m really enjoying looking at alternative living arrangements lately. This one is nowhere near as portable as the loftcube, but is equally, if not more, impressive. What’s interesting is how they’re both aimed at addressing urban density, but in terms of the moods projected are almost complete opposites. A Low Impact Wooden Home »

the Loftcube Project by Werner Aisslinger

In architecture on 16 June 2009 tagged cubes, design with Comments Off

“the Loftcube project What could a temporary, minimalistic domicile look like, to suit people of a nomadic lifestyle, living for short periods of time in large cities and dense urban areas, offering both sanctuary and social structure, and where might such temporary dwellings be built. Details Size LC39:Gross Living Area: 39sqm / 420ftInner Dim. Net: [...]

A City Without Memories

In Uncategorized on 28 May 2009 tagged design, downtown with Comments Off

On the bike ride to work today, I was listening to a lecture by architect Bruce Kukabara called “Ourtopia: Ideal Cities and the Roles of Design in Remaking Urban Space.” In it he talks about an essay he read on the Sarah Polley film “Away from Her” in which Robert Fulford talked about Alzheimer’s as [...]

Need

In cats on 27 May 2009 tagged cats, design, my future home with Comments Off

from stairporn.org » (found via CBC Radio 3 (again) ») UPDATE: it turns out that this in turn links to an entire site devoted to cat ladders called, appropriately enough, catladder.blogspot.com.

So, how do I look?

In Uncategorized on 24 May 2009 tagged about, blog, design, introduction with Comments Off

an explanation of the design and content of this site Welcome to blog.AndrewKurjata.ca. After having a number of Blogspot.com and a couple of WordPress.com blogs over the years, I finally decided to break down and buy my own domain. Originally, it was just going to be a resume, but after making a site for that [...]