"Architecture is the greatest of the arts" affirms Richard Meier, one of the foremost contemporary American architects of our time. This Pritzker Prize winning architect (think Nobel Prize) has been described as Neo-Corbusian with Frank Lloyd Wright influences. In this interview from bigthink.com, which inspired this trip through architectural history, Meier speaks about architecture and its intrinsic beauty.

Starting with the Roman Pantheon and ending with Meier's Getty Center we showcase a short list of the Art we call Architecture:

The Roman Pantheon
This building dedicated to "all the gods" represents a shining example of classical architecture. With ...

Communication Design...
sort of.

We live in a world
with lots of people
and one or two problems.

The problem:
An empty bridge -
An intersection where 7 out of 10 pedestrians dangerously cross [the street]

An idea!
Monday, September 27
9 out of 10 people crossed using the bridge during the installation.

Original link: http://badd.com.ar/
English version: http://ff.fildry.com/niKbKQ

Saturday morning coffee and the LA Weekly, what a great way to start your day right? Add to the pot this interesting article about Conchita and her owner who is using Photoshop and his design skills to track down his lost pooch:

Pet Grief Art in the Photoshop Age: Should a 'Lost Dog' Poster be Awesome or Pathetic?

If you are like us, you swear by your smart phone and like the American Express Card, you never leave the home without it. But just because the phones are smart, doesn't mean the applications available for them are. This week we have compliled a short list of "must have" apps that add extra components to that digital swiss army knife you carry around in your pocket (or purse.)

Dominus Plus(the plus means you have to pay for it)
The best clock ever created for the iPhone.  This uber-cool time piece harkens back to the late 60’s ...

Fellow blogger Jena Ellis recently reached out to us with this very cool compilation of advertisments titled "10 Memorable Ads that Defined a Generation." Take a look and you will agree that these examples are all diamonds. Share with us your favorites and why you think they "defined a generation."

Thanks Jena for sharing.
link: Jena Ellis Blog

CANADA HERE WE COME!

Filter Foundry is going to the land of Maple Syrup, Poutine, & Robin Sparkles to rub elbows with some of the best creative and technical minds in the world. Make sure to drop by the Filter Foundry Blog next week for updates of what's going on.

In case you have been living under a rock (with the guys from Geico,) here's SIGGRAPH in a nutshell:

"The SIGGRAPH conference attracts the most respected technical and creative people from all over planet Earth. The SIGGRAPH community includes: people everywhere who are excited by research, science, art, animation ...

Created by french artist elise morin and architect clémence eliard, 'wastelandscape' overtakes the 'halle d'aubervilliers' of paris's centquatre with an undulating landscape composed of 65,000 old CDs, sorted and hand-sewn together into a 500-square meter surface. the piece is on exhibition at the centquatre now through september 10th.

in the artists' words:
'made of petroleum, this reflecting slick of CDs forms a still sea of metallic dunes;
the artwork's monumental scale reveals the precious aspect of a small daily object.'