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lissoni new york introduces lissoni architecture.

lissoni new york introduces lissoni architecture.

May 29, 2023

above> pierro lissoni photo veronica gaido

a new studio offering comprehensive architectural services in the us piero lissoni is pleased to announce the establishment of lissoni architecture, a dedicated new york-based studio offering comprehensive architectural services for the united states.

led by renowned architect piero lissoni and ceo stefano giussani, the mercer street studios will now integrate interior and architectural expertise, providing a distinct and unique approach to projects.

previously focused on interior projects for the luxury hospitality and residential markets in the americas, lissoni new york has now expanded its operations to include lissoni architecture, marking a significant milestone in lissoni’s interdisciplinary history and presence in the us market. the new architecture studio aims to offer a 360-degree service, transforming the scale of lissoni’s operations in the us.

“here we are america, we’ve arrived! we can finally be architects here too!” remarked piero lissoni.

stefano giussani adds, “this achievement, eight years after the interiors studio was founded, represents both a remarkable milestone and a crucial challenge in this market. with new resources and boundless inspiration, we are poised to provide innovative solutions to our existing and future clients who share our design philosophy.”

the launch of lissoni architecture reinforces lissoni new york’s commitment to delivering exceptional design solutions, now encompassing both interiors and architecture.

mies van der rohe partner joe fujikawa mid-century home recently sells.

mies van der rohe partner joe fujikawa mid-century home recently sells.

Aug 12, 2022

chicago architect joesph (joe) fujikawa‘s home recently sold. this news was startling because i was in this house a long time ago. joe was my second client in my own newly formed business in the late 70s, my first client being chicago mayor michael (j) daley. joe, asked me to create an identity and an award for the world trade council in chicago. there i met the president of the association, robert s ingersoll. mr. ingersoll was chairman and chief executive of the chicago-based borg-warner corporation as well as former ambassador to japan. this began an enormous run of commercial real estate projects. and i picked up mentors in joe and jerry (johnson).

i asked joe if he loved art. he said, “ron i love it ! i just don’t have a place to hang it.”

fujikawa was a californian who studied architecture at illinois institute of technology in the 1940s and 1950s under ludwig mies van der rohe and then worked in mies’ chicago firm, becoming a partner.

after mies’ death in 1969, fujikawa was a partner in the successor firm, fujikawa conterato lohan associates. in the 1980s, fujikawa founded a new firm, fujikawa johnson. fujikawa contributed to mies’ crown hall at illinois tech and other buildings, and his later firm designed the chicago mercantile exchange on wacker drive, the metcalfe federal building in the loop and one illinois center, among others.

along with his wife, grace, and two children, fujikawa lived in hyde park until building this house around 1971, his son, steve fujikawa, told crain’s before putting the house on the market in october. the architect died in 2004, and grace fujikawa died in 2016.

steve fujikawa told crain’s that when the family moved in, he was in high school and didn’t quite apprehend that the house was anything special compared to the colonials and other traditional-looking homes in the neighborhood. he grew convinced when his friends at new trier township high school, about six blocks south, “always told me i lived in the coolest house.”

the house is the latest in a series of midcentury suburban homes to sell quickly this year. among the others are houses in riverwoods, indian head park and chicago heights.

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381 fairview avenue, winnetka, il 60093
$765,000
modernist trophy in east winnetka. brilliant architectural design and engineering by noted mies van der rohe associate joseph fujikawa built as his own private residence. open floor plan that is terrific for entertaining or peaceful enjoyment. metal floating stairs are reminiscent of mies’ arts club stairs, one of chicago’s famed design icons. large continuous balcony off bedrooms that overlook tiered garden and private backyard. built-in cabinetry, terrazzo floors and more.

mental health awareness resources.

mental health awareness resources.

May 1, 2022

above > designer george douglas

each year millions of americans face the reality of living with a mental illness. during may, DesignApplause and the rest of the country are raising awareness of mental health. each year we fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for policies that support people with mental illness and their families.

this post debuted on 1 may 2019 and updated 1 april 2023.

[ resources ]
us mental health awareness week 2023
mental health america
nami / national alliance on mental illness / why care?
national institute of mental health

[ visual inspiration ]

above > self care / designer destinyblue

above > dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding). also called reading disability, dyslexia affects areas of the brain that process language.

therefore a child’s brain assumes or perceives alphabets / objects differently
the idea of this campaign is to support the children suffering from dyslexia, and to bring awareness amongst parents, teaching staff and others dealing with children of dyslexia to understand what their brain functions like or how it is difficult for them to adapt and understand the basics of learning. designer shravani virkud

above > i’m not. designer anoosh mubashar

above > designer grace bates

above > designer anoushka agarwal / i created a series of poster targeting mental health. i kept the colour theme red, black and white to show the seriousness and potential danger of lack of mental well being. this series shows the suicide aspect of mental ill-being. the posters come with supplementary information to make the message more clear. in all of the posters, i have provided the details of office of counselling and awareness at polyu, hong kong instead of some external counselling service keeping in mind the target audience, the university students and also the ease with which they can be contacted.
this project is also based on project semi-colon. an author uses a semicolon instead of a full stop when he doesn’t want to end his sentence. so the project was based on not giving up hope and making things better instead of resorting to suicide. the noose and the comma are a reflection of the project.

above > idaho federation of families for children’s mental health

above > designer john barton / sometimes a poster is designed to target just a section of the population, who may have trouble expressing their emotions; for example males. barton, a uk graphic designer created this poster for leeds met students’ union, to encourage males to go to counseling / ivline

above/ below > designer patrizia tresca / focusing on the depression and dyslexia, these posters aim to create awareness and engage the viewer with their personal messages.

above > designer george douglas / the links between creativity and depression and how the design industry can tackle mental health via eye on design

above > designer angela nardiello – angelphis 13 / this 11×14 print is created from an original hand-drawn sketch. it communicates enduring the healing process of manipulation/mental abuse. victims of other situations including depression and other disorders, current human rights abuse situations, and more can also relate to this sketch.

lew asher design-centric chicago printer calls it a day at 102.

lew asher design-centric chicago printer calls it a day at 102.

Mar 24, 2022

above > lew with daughters l>r sharon & roberta circa early 90s courtesy greg samata

i can’t think of one designer who was practicing in the 60s thru 2000 or even later that didn’t know lew. he was engaged in everything designers were engaged in. he could have been a father figure for me. but let’s here it from renoun chicago designer greg samata who delivered the following at lew’s services.

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I loved Lew Asher!

A week ago Pat and I told him as he lay in his hospice bed. He smiled and heard us.

Thursday I will turn 72 years old. One of my first clients was Nuclear Data,it was 1976.
I was 26 years old and Lew Asher walked into my office and my life.

He was hired by the company to do the printing of the book I designed.

My first all color brochure!!!!

Ruth, his wife, was in the car. She would go to meetings with him and stay outside in the car.
Afterwards they would go to lunch or spend the afternoon together. He was a great father, husband and friend.

I would have sat in that car too. It was BMW 2002, silver, black top and red interior. It happened to be my all time favorite car at the time. He was instantly my hero!

He came into the office, I laid out my art boards to go over the job with him. Lew stood there quiet and very professional, looked at me with a serious tone and said “I can’t print this”.

I said “well why not” the young, not to be denied kid that I was.

It was my first lesson from Lew Asher, although I did not realize it at the time.

He said every book printed is multiples of four pages , you can’t bind 19 pages..

I knew nothing.

We went on to do volumes of work in multiples of four. After that he taught me
everything I know about the business, and he was the best at it.

Back then designers and service providers could put mark ups on goods and
products that you re-sold. It was common then but now no longer in favor.
And designers were always trying to get their own books and posters and marketing
materials printed. Of course there was never enough money.

So Lew and I created a system we called “put it on the wall”. Every job that was
marked up, the mark up would go “on the wall” and we used it to pay for personal projects.

My dad died in 1981. Pat and I were married 3 months before he died.
And Lew was passed the mantle to be my second father… It just happened.
A natural unspoken progression for two people who cared about each other.

I needed advice. Lew was there.
I needed to be talked off the ledge, constantly,…Lew was there

The issues ran from things that had nothing to do with printing.
Things like…honesty, loyalty, morality, family, friendships, business and yes even
sometimes ink on paper.

Together, professionally, we set a new standard in printing in Chicago, with
IPP Lithocolor doing the film back them, and Lew’s company Great Northern Design Printing
leading the way with all the best designers in the city.

Printing was taken to an art form and we never looked back.

Lew was generous, smart, sincere, honest to the end, and the best damn friend
and father anyone could have.

I loved Lew Asher

brit architect richard rogers’ greatest legacy not a building but his activism.

brit architect richard rogers’ greatest legacy not a building but his activism.

Dec 19, 2021

above> norman foster, richard rogers, carl abbott

as richard rogers retires from the practice he founded more than 40 years ago, former colleague sarah gaventa considers his legacy.

richard rogers’ greatest achievements, to me, are not the buildings to which his name is attached – and whose design is often the work of others – but his contribution to the role and value of architecture in our society.

his highly effective activism, which is what it would be called now – lobbying and steering politicians and decision-makers, advocating for improving our cities and public spaces and the lives of citizens through quality design – seems far more important.

this activism applies to the practice too. he spotted and nurtured great talent; some who stayed to be his partners and others who went off to start their own successful practices – and whom he happily recommended for work.

above> millenium dome // below> 3 world trade

above> senedd cymru, welsh parliament // below> industrialized housing

above> taoyuan airport t3

[ rogers stirk harbour ] [ legacy source ] [ norman foster ]

us-china joint glasgow declaration on enhancing climate action in the 2020s.

us-china joint glasgow declaration on enhancing climate action in the 2020s.

Nov 11, 2021

china and the united states, the world’s top two carbon polluters jointly pledged wednesday, 10 november, to work together to accelerate the emissions reductions required to meet the temperature goals of the 2015 paris agreement on climate change. china agreed for the first time to crack down on methane leaks and both countries agreed to share technology to reduce emissions. in a joint declaration, both countries expressed ‘alarm’ by scientific reports detailing the progress of what they both term the climate crisis.

critics say this declaration is a step in the right direction but was short on commitments that would significantly reduce heat-trapping gases. both countries called for accelerating the phasing out of coal and fossil fuels – the biggest source of man-made emissions – although there was no set timeline. greenpeace international director, jennifer morgan, said that the call in the draft to phase-out coal would be a first in a u.n. climate deal, but the lack of a timeline would limit the pledge’s effectiveness. also, the latest declaration is not as strong as the 2014 obama pre-paris agreement was.

can the two largest economies deal with globalization, trade, human rights and climate – competition and cooperation – at the same time?

what may be the best line item in the declaration, the two countries will also establish a bilateral working group that will meet regularly to address the climate crisis, focusing on enhancing concrete actions in this decade. as the countries have fallen behind their 2015 goals, we need a dose of urgency.

the idea of a science and technology-based effort that ignores political and economic roadblocks is inspiring and has the exciting feeling of a race to space led by the two biggest offenders.

above> greenhouse gas emissions by top emitters, 2018 // below> cumulative emissions, 1751-2017

[ us-china joint glasgow declaration on enhancing climate action in the 2020s ] [ c2es – emissions ]

happy monday. hertz purchases 100,000 teslas and what it means for many.

happy monday. hertz purchases 100,000 teslas and what it means for many.

Oct 25, 2021

last monday hertz made a mega announcement that they’re purchasing 100,000 teslas. in response the wall street journal‘s editorial board opines below what this means.

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the more you look behind corporate and government press releases these days, the more you learn about their mutual benefit society. we wrote tuesday about the many subsidies for tesla’s electric cars, but it turns out there’s also a pot of subsidy gold behind the hertz decision to buy 100,000 teslas for its car-rental fleet.

tesla ceo elon musk says he isn’t giving hertz a discount on the reported $4.2 billion order. but he doesn’t need to because the house reconciliation spending bill includes a 30% tax credit for “qualified commercial electric vehicles.”

the text doesn’t clearly define what is a “qualified commercial electric” vehicle, but our sources say hertz’s teslas would likely make the cut. the credit could save hertz $1.26 billion and make a tesla almost as cheap for hertz to buy as a toyota camry.

hertz plans to install thousands of electric-vehicle chargers, which could also be eligible for taxpayers subsidies. the house spending bill extends a 30% tax credit for the installation of ev charging stations through 2031, which is on top of the $7.5 billion appropriation for stations in the separate senate infrastructure bill.

hertz’s interim ceo mark fields is casting the company’s tesla order as a strategic business decision and evidence that evs are going mainstream. maybe, and there’s no doubt that the tesla order is winning progressive accolades for the rental-car company. electric vehicles are also less expensive to maintain than gas-powered cars, so they could reduce hertz’s operating costs.

but if evs make business sense, why must the government subsidize them? democrats complain that corporations aren’t paying their fair share in taxes, but then they give them generous tax breaks for promoting progressive policies that reduce their tax payments.

enjoy that hertz tesla ride. you’ll have paid more for it than the rental contract says.

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well ok, politics aside, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. it’s still a very green deal. a simple rental agreement equates to your ev training wheels which will lead to an ev purchase for many and more much needed charging stations. it’s one giant step in the right direction.

three former u.s. secretaries of transportation make their case for high-speed rail in u.s.

three former u.s. secretaries of transportation make their case for high-speed rail in u.s.

Aug 23, 2021

above > china’s high-speed trains at a maintenance area in wuhan in 2012.

three former u.s. secretaries of transportation, are pitching a very bright future and a systemic solution to the u.s. climate, pollution, and congestion woes. they make a great case too.

they mention china, france, germany, italy, and japan as pioneers along with 27 other nations operating high-speed operations. but, sometimes a great verbal argument is not enough. they might enhance their pitch with a vision of what might be, i.e., proposing with examples of possible u.s. routes to override doubts that the u.s. has the necessary population, business and tourist travel density. there’s also the ginormous size of the u.s. which china can only match.

for me, comparing an example of an existing iconic route with a possible american route would help me better visualize a solution. for example, an orient express model has allure: london, paris, venice, budapest, prague, istanbul and berlin. that’s seven cities. that’s more than 1,700 miles. what could a new york city to los angeles trans-continental route look like? cities could include new york city, pittsburg, chicago, kansas city, denver, las vegas, and los angeles. new york city to los angeles by plane is 2,475 miles / 5.5 hours. by car along u.s. 80 is 2,790 / 42 hours. a 186 mph train along u.s.80 would take about 17 hours. note: in 2017 china launched a 248 mph train. anyway, for me i need to see some travel routes, etc. 😉

the u.s. secretaries pitch…

across the country, overcrowded highways are bottling up our cities and choking economic life. at the same time, oil-fueled cars and planes are pumping masses of carbon and toxic pollution into the atmosphere, polluting vulnerable communities and accelerating global warming.

as three former secretaries of transportation, we believe that high-speed rail is the single most effective way to move america’s transportation system into the 21st century. a robust network of high-speed rail corridors with high-performance connections is the most powerful strategy to dramatically reduce climate pollution while reducing traffic congestion and improving intercity travel.

the interstate highway system, which began decades ago as a fast and efficient means of travel, is now fueling climate disaster and undermining our ability to compete at home and abroad. congestion cost our economy $179 billion in 2017, according to the texas a&m university transportation institute’s 2019 urban mobility report. highway congestion is expected to cost us $237 billion in 2025. americans waste 105 million weeks per year in their cars, and enough fuel to load 58 supertankers to the brim.

high-speed rail provides a systemic solution to our climate, pollution and congestion woes. powered by electricity, high-speed trains can run on renewable energy. throughout the world, bullet trains have reduced demand for polluting highways, short-haul flights and single-occupancy vehicles. they also move huge numbers of people efficiently, with a proposed single high-speed rail line in california matching the capacity of six highway lanes, 91 airport gates and two new runways.

compared with highways, high-speed rail lines are a bargain. according to a study by the washington state department of transportation, a proposed high-speed rail line between eugene, oregon, and vancouver, canada, would cost $42 billion while generating $355 billion in economic benefits — a nearly 10-to-1 return on investment. by contrast, widening the i-5 highway between the cities by one lane in each direction would cost $108 billion and do nothing to relieve congestion.

the question is: if we build it, will they come? the answer, without question, is yes.

history has shown that as soon as a country inaugurates a high-speed rail line, the public demands more. that happened after japan opened its tokyo-to-osaka line in 1964. after france opened its paris-to-lyon line in 1981, not only france but all of europe wanted one.

why? high-speed trains are convenient and comfortable. they depart and arrive in city centers instead of remote airports, and do not require tsa checkpoints. they have legroom for all and wi-fi that actually works. want to stretch your legs? you can get up and wander.

thirty-two nations currently have operating high-speed rail systems. french, german, italian and japanese travelers have enjoyed bullet trains for decades. with a fraction of america’s gross domestic product, morocco began operation on a 201-mile line between casablanca and tangier in 2018.

there’s one simple reason we have fallen so far behind the rest of the industrialized world when it comes to high-speed rail. you get what you pay for, and since world war ii, washington has prioritized funding for highways and aviation over passenger rail. since 1949, congress has invested over $2 trillion in highways and over $777 billion in aviation. meanwhile, congress has provided roughly $100 billion toward passenger rail, with just $8 billion dedicated solely to high-speed rail development, according to a report from the committee on transportation and infrastructure.

since 2008, china has invested a mind-boggling $525 billion in high-speed rail. the result? the chinese now operate about 23,500 miles of state-of-the-art high-speed rail safely carrying millions of people around their nation at rapid speeds. these farsighted investments helped pull the chinese economy out of the global financial crisis and create an entirely new domestic export industry.

to compete in the 21st century, america needs high-speed rail. the infrastructure debate in washington provides a historic opportunity for us to catch up with the rest of the industrialized world and build the transportation infrastructure of the future.

in order to spark the second great american rail revolution biden has called for, congress should provide a minimum of $20 billion in dedicated funds for high-speed rail operating at speeds above 186 mph in the budget reconciliation bill winding through the house and senate. these funds should include the robust labor standards outlined in the american high-speed rail act. congress should also establish a rail trust fund to provide a reliable, dedicated funding source for rail development and a high-speed rail development authority within the department of transportation to plan and coordinate the development of a national high-speed rail network.

to this end, we are serving as co-chairs of the u.s. high-speed rail coalition, a new alliance of business and labor leaders calling on washington to finally get serious about high-speed rail. this is our moment to make high-speed rail a reality across america. let’s not waste it.

the authors all served as u.s. secretaries of the transportation department: ray lahood and anthony foxx in the obama administration and norman mineta in the george w. bush administration.

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from dark to light honoring covid-19 victims during national memorial service. like the concept.

from dark to light honoring covid-19 victims during national memorial service. like the concept.

Jan 19, 2021

the chicago skyline will go dark on 19 january, for a national covid-19 memorial service. as will many other cities throughout our country.

at 6 p.m. on tuesday mayor lori lightfoot is asking chicagoans to turn off lights, go outside and light a candle in honor of the 2 million people that have lost their lives to covid-19 worldwide. the event is happening across the united states.

navy pier and the group that organizes the skyline’s holiday-themed lights have already signed on to go dark.

the concept, after 10 minutes, everyone is supposed to turn their power and electronics back on. if you can, gradually relight your building and set your exterior color to orange. this process is meant to simulate the lighting of a candle as part of a nation-wide memorial. this symbolizes the movement from darkness to light.

president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris will preside over a lighting ceremony for victims in washington d.c. at the lincoln memorial reflecting pool.

earth day 2020 is themed climate action and designed to watch from home.

earth day 2020 is themed climate action and designed to watch from home.

Apr 21, 2020

[ earth day ] the organization, created the first earth day on 22 april 1970. since then over 1 billion individuals have mobilized for the future of the planet via the earth day network. 75,000+ partners in over 190 countries are now working to drive positive action.

their mission? to build the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet.

above > new york city’s fifth avenue is filled with thousands of people when the street was closed to motor traffic for the first earth day on 22 april 22 1970 / image by © bettmann/corbis | photo credit: tommy japan

the theme for earth day 2020 is climate action. the enormous challenge — but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.

above > climate strikers take to the streets of new york city in september 2019 for global strikes coordinated by the fridays for future youth climate movement | photo credit: inma galvez-shorts

on 22 april most of us will be staying at home. but, there are a lot of events to see ! [ earth day live ! ] [ earth day instagram ] [ american museum of natural history ] [ nasa ] [ space.com ] [ the world around ]

[ take action register your digital earth day event ]

#climateaction #earthdayathome #earth #environment #earthday2020

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