Christopher Wolfgang Alexander (born 4 October 1936 in Vienna, Austria)is a widely influential British-American architect and design theorist, and currently emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His theories about the nature of human-centered design have affected fields beyond ar...
“Of course, Alexander the Great will be the main reason you go. But once you’re there, you’ll realise there’s more to Macedonia than just one man’s extraordinary legacy. Gold, for starters. The region was home to some of ancient Greece’s richest deposits, and the artefacts made ...
Was Alexander Graham Bell paid for the risk he might not invent the telephone? Nonsense, he was paid for inventing it. Was Edison paid for the risk that he might not invent a light bulb, or for actually inventing it? Henry Ford was not paid for taking the risk that he might not be ...
The good news is that publication dates are bringing North America closer with the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The hard cover edition ofI’ll Keep You Safecame out last week in the USA and Canada, so readers in North America are no longer having to wait a whole year for the latest ...
Gazing out from behind Prada sunglasses in a cloud of Burberry and Alexander McQueen, you must often find yourself pondering: Self, wherein lies the limit to my insatiable thirst for designer labels? Well, refer to artistPeter Gronquistfor a worst-case scenario. HisSculpture + Weaponsseries feat...