Author Archives: George

About George

George Metcalfe recently graduated with Distinction as Master of Architecture from the WSA. A freelance designer and multi-creative, he is interested in the intersection between architecture, urbanism and information communication technology.

Urbanized

Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world’s population now lives in

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Urbanized

Urbanized is a feature-length documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers. Over half the world’s population now lives in

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Catalogue

Programme of events for the 2010 International Perspectives Conference, International Perspectives on Art & Design Pedagogy held at Leeds College of Art. The programme took a simple and professional layout, using a strict column grid and controlled colour pallette. Logo

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Catalogue

Programme of events for the 2010 International Perspectives Conference, International Perspectives on Art & Design Pedagogy held at Leeds College of Art. The programme took a simple and professional layout, using a strict column grid and controlled colour pallette. Logo

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Architecture of Fear

Architecture of Fear explores how feelings of fear pervade daily life in the contemporary media society. The cause of fear seems interchangeable and constantly fluctuating. Shifting from one thing to the next, often relating to invisible or indirect phenomena’s (terrorism,

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Architecture of Fear

Architecture of Fear explores how feelings of fear pervade daily life in the contemporary media society. The cause of fear seems interchangeable and constantly fluctuating. Shifting from one thing to the next, often relating to invisible or indirect phenomena’s (terrorism,

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Palace of the Soviets by Boris Iofan

My favourite ‘Top 10 unbuilt tower’ – a part of Building Design‘s ongoing The Buildings That Never Were column – has to be the Palace of the Soviets by Boris Iofan. A close call over the Bangkok Hyperbuilding by OMA and

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Palace of the Soviets by Boris Iofan

My favourite ‘Top 10 unbuilt tower’ – a part of Building Design‘s ongoing The Buildings That Never Were column – has to be the Palace of the Soviets by Boris Iofan. A close call over the Bangkok Hyperbuilding by OMA and

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Stuxnet: An Anatomy

An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. I’m all for infographics but I find this a bit over the top. Edward Tufte would be apalled. Clair has done something similar for

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Stuxnet: An Anatomy

An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. I’m all for infographics but I find this a bit over the top. Edward Tufte would be apalled. Clair has done something similar for

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Zine Syt Edition

Manuel Bürger and Jörg Albreght got together to create this third part of the »shake your tree« edition, which primarily addresses the topics of nerdism, knowledge, complexity, flow and tourism. Take a trip with the complexity tours to parallel worlds and discover a

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Zine Syt Edition

Manuel Bürger and Jörg Albreght got together to create this third part of the »shake your tree« edition, which primarily addresses the topics of nerdism, knowledge, complexity, flow and tourism. Take a trip with the complexity tours to parallel worlds and discover a

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Siri

Getting all HAL 9000 [2001]: Introducing Siri, Apple‘s new voice recognition technology for iOS 5.

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Siri

Getting all HAL 9000 [2001]: Introducing Siri, Apple‘s new voice recognition technology for iOS 5.

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Carlos Ramos Pavilion

The Carlos Ramos Pavilion, a restored FAUP building in Porto by Álvaro Siza.

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Carlos Ramos Pavilion

The Carlos Ramos Pavilion, a restored FAUP building in Porto by Álvaro Siza.

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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britains Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of

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Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class

In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britains Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and politicians alike dismiss as feckless, criminalized and ignorant a vast, underprivileged swathe of

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Sensors

Accelerometer Touch sensor Active pixel sensor Air flow meter Alarm sensor Bhangmeter Biochip Biosensor Breathalyzer Capacitance probe Carbon paste electrode Carbon monoxide detector Catadioptric sensor Catalytic bead sensor Cationic sensor Charge-coupled device Chemical field-effect transistor CO2 sensor Colorimeter Crank sensor

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Sensors

Accelerometer Touch sensor Active pixel sensor Air flow meter Alarm sensor Bhangmeter Biochip Biosensor Breathalyzer Capacitance probe Carbon paste electrode Carbon monoxide detector Catadioptric sensor Catalytic bead sensor Cationic sensor Charge-coupled device Chemical field-effect transistor CO2 sensor Colorimeter Crank sensor

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The Two Cultures

The division of our culture is making us more obtuse than we need be: we can repair communications to some extent: but, as I have said before, we are not going to turn out men and women who understand as

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The Two Cultures

The division of our culture is making us more obtuse than we need be: we can repair communications to some extent: but, as I have said before, we are not going to turn out men and women who understand as

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STUDIO FILIPPO NOSTRI

Riccardo Baruzzi Book Book for artist Riccardo Baruzzi, printed on the occasion of his solo exhibition ‘Quando disegno non canto’. The catalog is intended as a sort of address book: 4 sections A, B, C and D act as carriers of

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STUDIO FILIPPO NOSTRI

Riccardo Baruzzi Book Book for artist Riccardo Baruzzi, printed on the occasion of his solo exhibition ‘Quando disegno non canto’. The catalog is intended as a sort of address book: 4 sections A, B, C and D act as carriers of

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James Bills

composition gold leaf & pencil on paper by James Bills from top: Golden Parachutes, , 30″x40 1x1x0, 2009 1x1xR, 2009 1xRxR, 2010 RxRxR, 2009 8x8xR, 2009

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James Bills

composition gold leaf & pencil on paper by James Bills from top: Golden Parachutes, , 30″x40 1x1x0, 2009 1x1xR, 2009 1xRxR, 2010 RxRxR, 2009 8x8xR, 2009

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