Not to be missed
Read this articleAi Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron to Design Serpentine Pavilion
The Serpentine Gallery in London announced on Tuesday that the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron and the artist Ai Weiwei — the brain trust behind the Beijing National Stadium, aka the Bird’s Nest — will collaborate again to create the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. The twelfth commission in an annual series of temporary pavilions erected on the gallery’s grounds in Hyde Park, the new structure will be a bowl-shaped auditorium carved into the earth and protected by a flat,... Continue reading »
Other posts you might be interested in
America! (Frig) Yeah!
By Craftastrophe in culture
...love to wish our Americus friends a very Happy 4th of July! I hope you’re enjoying your hot dogs, hamburgers... Continue reading »
The Long Goodbye
By Boing Boing in culture
...opportunity to place my posts on the world's best blog for the past two weeks. Having an online presence on such a... Continue reading »
THE INFINITIES by John Banville
By Mostly Fiction Book Reviews in culture
...of the gods is in a sulk. It is always thus when one of his girls, all unknowing, goes back to her true, that is, her rightful mate, as she must. What does he expect? He... Continue reading »
Cheap Trick releases an album on 8-Track
By Boing Boing in culture
...an 8-track tape. Bah! My album will be released in the form of incidental grooving on the side of a thrown pot made... Continue reading »
Airplane toilet gobbles a whole roll of TP
By Boing Boing in culture
...capable of slurping up an entire roll of toilet paper in one go. Don't clog the tank, though, or chunks of shit-ice will start to fall off the undercarriage, killing people... Continue reading »
Threadless tees in cake form
By Boing Boing in culture
...cake mix, add in some fondant and frosting and you have Threadcakes: An online cake contest based on transforming... Continue reading »
@BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
By Boing Boing in culture
...microblog: the "BBVBOX." Here, folks whose taste in web video we admire tweet the latest clips they find. I'll be posting periodic roundups here on the motherBoing.) Richard... Continue reading »
The best hamburger in the world...! *
By Pensieve in culture
...picture of this?" asks my husband. Since I've been known to take pictures of everything from fire hydrants to fire-breathing spiders, I just figured he was making fun of the... Continue reading »
Matt Webb on the role of the designer in the 21st century
By Boing Boing in culture
...my friend and neighbour Matt Webb (part of the Schulze and Webb design consultancy) addressing Copenhagen's Reboot conference on what the role of a designer was and is in the... Continue reading »
