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Myanmar disaster spikes to 77K dead.
While the worlds attention has been shifted to the earthquake in China the ruling junta of Myanmar has released new numbers.
130,000+ are either dead or missing putting on par with one of the worst disasters to hit South Asia. Our contacts on the ground are confirming the chaos surrounding the relief effort.
ADC Young Guns 6
Only two weeks left to enter this competition for designers under the age of 30. Make sure to get on their mailing list so you can get like 6,000 emails daily as well...
Headlines from the Grapevine (your favorite blogs in architecture and design)
Design*sponge
- weekly wrap up + 2008 d*s scholarship voting!
the polls are open and today you can vote for your favorite contest... - 2008 Scholarship Finalists: Finalists 9-12
[finalist #9: paige smith]-paige is a senior studying fibers at the... - 2008 Scholarship Finalists: Finalists 7-8
[finalist #7: meg leigh]-meg is a senior at the university of georg... - Kid O Puzzles + Goodbye and Thank you!
Before I say goodbye I wanted to share a peek of the wooden puzzles... - 2008 Scholarship Finalists: Finalists 5-6
[finalist #5: julia bonnell]-julia is a sophomore studying furnitur...
Archidose
- AE5: Folding Facades
The idea of a "folding facade" is not entirely new. Shuttered exter... - Parti Wall Update
- Today's archidose #211
After (top, 2008) and before (bottom, 1966) photographs, taken by I... - Book Review: Building London & Paris 2000+
Building London: The Making of a Modern Metropolis (2008) by Bruce ... - Today's archidose #210
Below are some photographs by rudenoon of OMA's CCTV Headquarters i...
Life without buildings
- 3rd URBANbuild House Almost Complete
Just last January, The Tulane School of Architecture broke ground o... - An Architecture School Bathroom Wall
A Tulane School of Architecture student voices a popular opinion ab... - DRAFT online architecture books
http://www.designbookmag.com/http://skinarchitecture.com/- - Rem Koolhaas, Tunisia, and Sandcrawlers
It would appear that the Star Wars Universe owes another debt to ar... - Art From Disaster
3 years after Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans homes still bear ...
Inhabitat
- PREFAB FRIDAY: PincHouse Black Barn A Modern Viking Prefab
http://www.pinchouse.com/blackbarn/default.asp - PREFAB FRIDAY: Prefab Takes Up Residence At The MOMA!
Prefab is taking center stage this summer at The Museum of Modern A... - Fight Indoor Air Pollution With Plants!
It has been almost 20 years since the EPA confirmed the dangers of ... - ICFF SNEAK PEEK: Mora Mobile by Adrift
Spring may have sprung, but we’re still captivated by the lofty lil... - PREFAB FRIDAY: Method Homes’ Modular Cabin
This month we’re welcoming a brand new builder to the prefab scene ...
3rings
- Bklyn Designs Wrap Up
It was a beautiful weekend in Dumbo, and we’re sad to see Brooklyn ... - At Bklyn Designs: Video Blog
I am extraordinarily proud to present our first video blog here at ... - Salone Wrap Up
We’re about half way through our event season (or at least half way... - At Bklyn Designs: Childhood Memories
I suppose all designers play off past experiences, but Rui Docouto ... - At Bklyn Designs: Wud Presents Pb-R
It’s rare that I find a material as unique as Wud’s Pb-R, created b...
Yanko design
- Power Strippin
Power plugs come in all shapes and sizes. From baseball sized to br... - Really High Fashion
Beat this toy Brad and Angelina! French Luxury Brand Hermés teamed... - Treo meets iPhone
There is soon to be a flood of new mobile phones to hit the street ... - Form Follows Fashion
Not a lot of fashion pieces manage to catch our eyes here at Yanko ... - Tiles to make you Smile
Tiles have been a common medium for expression for thousands of yea...
Life in a venti cup
- soundtrack to my life
If ever there was a CD that served as a soundtrack to my life - thi... - how do i love thee, let me count the ways
Few things are as desirable as a heavenly place to relax and unwind... - Where would you go?
Everyone's favorite travel muse over at Instant Native wrote an int... - USB (as in: Ultra-Serious Bling) Drive
I can't help but giggle when I see opulence like this. Don't get me... - Yes I Cannes
Yes. Yes. Yes. The look of Cannes. I've got regular emails from Viv...
Decor8
- Happy Friday!
I'm taking off for vacation next week but I'll be back on Tuesday, ... - German Design
Lots of people ask me what design is like in Germany, at least the ... - Lilla Rogers Blog - Yay!
You all know how much I love Boston local art rep Lilla Rogers sin... - Sarah Ahearn
The always amazing Lucie Summers on Etsy wrote to me singing the pr... - Thanks Daily Special!
This is so cool. Conde Nast's daily web show for women, The Daily S...
Bldgblog
- Mountain Monuments
[Image: From the series the water, the dams, the landscape by photo... - Botanical Otology
Alex Metcalf's Tree Listening Installation is a small electronic li... - The end in sight
[Images: Airborne electricity grabs hold of a volcanic plume – in... - Deep in the basement of an ancient tenement on Second Avenue in the heart of midtown New York City, I was fishing
Last summer, on the extremely short-lived blog Urbablurb – which ... - Float On
This "floating tunnel," from 1971, was meant as a new kind of "ship...