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Mr. President’s Mouth
The President almost entirely communicates with the public through premeditated and deliberate speeches. The public strongly emphasizes a President’s speaking skills, often valuing this characteristic more than his policies. These are the president’s mouths as portrayed in their official state portraits.
Yard Campaign Signs
A campaign sign usually announces a name, a candidate running for office. They are often left as unwanted artifacts of an election, littering a strip of highway or median. What if, besides just advertising a candidate’s name, these objects could contribute to the neighborhood they are in? By creating a spectacle, or a sense of […]
Bring Your Own Handle
The CTA El Train Pole demands a person to person encounter through physical touch. This often uncomfortable interface can be avoided with this modification (BYOH.) Creating a handle which belongs to one specific user can minimize unwanted physical touch and close proximity to strangers.
The Balance of Media, Public Space, and Politics
A quick line graph attempting to plot the undulations of power over media and space over time (being the critical point of the Egyptian Revolution.) While it may be obvious, to achieve political advantage is to be able to control both media and space. But, as we all saw, the shutdown of the Mubarak-ordered Internet […]
Taliban Announces Office in Qatar
After the announcement last week that the Taliban were to open an office in Qatar; the clash in typologies was instantly apparent. As many are aware, the Taliban leaders are educated, intelligent people, so using logic, it is not a stretch to see them in a corporate office environment. BUT, the media never portrays them […]
Elevator Talk Decision Function
When entering an elevator full of strangers, a decision can be made for appropriate small talk via this predefined function.
Infrastructures- man vs. wild
When flying over most of the country it is easy to spot many types of infrastructure, both man made and natural. Streams become rivers become oceans and driveways become routes become highways. These infrastructures, for the most part lay ON grade. Many view the electrical system as hanging above us, but it is also still […]