...for a cause for which to fight...

i like to think that there are many things i'd fight for.

i'd fight for freedom (my own and of others), 

i'd fight for the truth.

i'd definitely fight for the last battenburg cake 

in marks & spencer's food hall.

so, my respect goes out to an elderly couple from zhejiang province in china whose intransigence has created this remarkable sight.

the unnamed elderly couple, who we will refer to as mr & mrs unnamedelderlycouple, refused to sign an agreement to allow their house to be demolished to make way for the building of a new road. they say that the compensation offered is not enough to cover relocation and rebuilding costs.

so chinese authorities built the road anyway.

...for somewhere to call home... (part two)

prefabs sprout again.

prefabs never went away, they just got reinvented as

 'modular homes'.

factory built and assembled on site, these homes are not the future, but they are surely part of the future.

the mere knowledge that blu homes are built in a disused submarine factory is enough reason alone for me to want one.

i'll have mine without the jaunty music and woolly hats though. thank you very much.

still searching for somewhere to call home... (part one)

...for the truth about the speed of light...

last week i was upset by neutrinos apparently debunking einstein's theory, now this week it's the fluorescent bulbs i've had fitted at home to replace my incandescents.

no longer is it safe for me to just flick the switch and walk.

 not without the risk of tripping over 

unilluminated objects on the floor.

either i've got faster, 

or the speed of light has slowed down still further.

or fluorescent light bulbs are crap.

...for somewhere to call home...

more than half of the global population now live within an urban area, by 2050 this will increase to 75%. yet some cities are expanding, and some are shrinking. 

gary hustwit's film urbanized looks at those who are, and who can be, involved in future city planning.

by exploring a diverse range of urban design projects around

 the world, urbanized frames a global discussion on the 

future of cities.

urbanized is the third part of gary hustwit’s design film trilogy, joining helvetica and objectified. urbanized has premiered at film festivals, this will be followed by cinema screenings worldwide and television broadcasts. if your wonderful city misses all of those you'll just have to wait for its release on dvd 

and other digital formats.

'urbanized' screening schedule

...for the full list...

and lazily wondering who the top three might be.