Donal Comeford writes:
A ultra ultilitarian Toyota Hi-ace On the George W. Bush Highway, Accra, Ghana…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Why do we put up with this?
The Banter housing ding dong [part of the Living In The City series] at the Twisted Pepper (Middle Abbey St., Dublin 1) on Wednesday October 23.
Featuring: Ronan Lyons (economist, Daft.ie and Trinity College Dublin),Colette Browne (Irish Independent columnist), Karl Deeter (adviser and analyst at Irish Mortgage Brokers and Advisors.ie) and Dr Lorcan Sirr (lecturer in housing studies and urban economics at DIT).
From Banter:
After the ridiculous boom years came the inevitable bust and now come signs of a boom again, as anyone seeking to rent or buy a home in the last few years can tell you. It all sounds very familiar – and very worrying. Here we go again. Will we ever learn? And what exactly is there to learn?
FIGHT!
(Admission is free, but you will need to sign-up here)
Polish architect Adam Wiercinski’s design proposal for the historic water tower at Wronki in central Poland (once part of the country’s largest prison complex) which would retain the core structure, surrounding it with a ring of moveable ‘pods’ to create a multipurpose venue.
This morning.
Ross Church writes:
Poor effort from Starbucks, Brussels Airport [Belgium]
The first rule of speedrun by 1A4Studio.
You know what the first rule is…
Previously: Pulp Fiction In 60 Seconds
Behold BikeDroid.
An Android app showing real-time availability of Dublin Bikes.
Creator Warren McAllister writes:
BikeDroid will also find the closest bike or free stand to your current location.As Dublin Bikes is expanded to over 100 locations in 2014 and as other free-bikes schemes roll out across Cork, Limerick and Galway, the app will be extended to support these also.
Google Play link here
Belly
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The now plinth-less junction outside Dublin Castle at Dame Street and Lord Edward Street, Dublin earlier.
All better
Previously: The Long Goodbye
Redesigned stormtrooper helmets from the Art Wars exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London where heavyweights including David Bailey, Damien Hirst and Mr Brainwash (large pix top to bottom above) were invited to ‘remix’ the classic Imperial army lid.
The exhibition continues for 4 weeks ‘across billboard space on an entire platform of Regent’s Park Underground’ to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair (17-20th October).