The presentation is far from TED‘s best, but despite the poorly masked politics, the idea of composing visual narratives is compelling and important as we learn new visual literacies:
One of the most incredible spaces I have ever seen: the historic Eastern State Penitentiary in downtown Philly.
Very quickly, from The Chronicle of Higher Education (some comments later in the week when I have a chance to relax a bit): I strongly recommend the Chronicle Review‘s Architecture Issue (March 9, 2008), with which I am just getting started.
The March 2008 edition of Harper’s arrived today, and in it is a wonderful example of how internet technologies are not value neutral. Ginger Strand’s annotation "Keyword: Evil" (which Harper’s has made available for free online) spans two pages as she uses call-outs connected to an architectural schematic to dissect the energy-use implications of…