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Tag Archives: project
It Does Exist…
Pragmatists frustrated, idealists vindicated: Art project by Ed Thompson.
Posted in Art
Tagged art, Ed Thompson, idealism, pragmatism, project, utopia, utopianism
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Surprise, Central Planning is Still Stupid (Even in China)
(photo: 2 Dogs) Modern China has a curious capacity to make otherwise very sensible capitalists instantly forget every experience they’ve ever had with government central planning. The Western businessman on a trip to Shanghai looks up and sees all those … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized, Urban planning and development
Tagged aesthetic, American, bridge, capitalists, central planning, China, commercial, construction, cruise, disaster, Dongguan, Far Eastern Economic Review, government, Hongko, housing, Houston, international, largest, Los Angeles, planning, project, public works, republic, shipping, shopping mall, skyscapers, Soviet, terminal, urban planning, vessels, Waigaoqiao, Yangpu, yangtze
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Future Savages
Check out this creepy photographic project by Oliviero Toscani. Children are dressed up as heroic “eco-warriors for the future,” in some kind of luddite Lord of the Flies homage. It’s a nightmare vision…but it’s doubtlessly many others’ vision of a … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged ecoptopianism, environmentalism, lord of the flies, luddite, nightmare, Oliviero Toscani, Photography, postindustrial, project
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