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Posts in Art and Architecture Category
August 6th, 2008
Hitler’s Art Collection
Hitler’s art collection goes online. It looks quite different from the cafe and the bedsheets they tried designing in his name in India. How long before someone vandalizes these just like his wax figurine at Madame Tussauds’.
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June 23rd, 2008
Best Indian Websites 2008
Best Indian websites of 2008 as ranked by PC World India. Strangely no blogs category where I assume good designs exist too.
Patrix | Asides, Design, India | 3 Comments »
June 3rd, 2008
Pragati Magazine Cover
One of the coolest magazine covers ever [PDF link]. You can judge the content of this book by its cover. Excellent content as always.
May 19th, 2008
Facelift for Facebook
Facebook is slated for a major overhaul as its designers aim for a “simpler, cleaner, and more relevant” look by decluttering your profile pages. It also will introduce tabs that will emphasize your ‘Wall’ and ‘Photos’ apart from your profile details; all applications will be dumped under one tab. I’m already past my Facebook addiction [...]
Patrix | Asides, Design, World Wide Web | 1 Comment »
May 10th, 2008
Change in Theme Design
After resisting for more than a year, I finally gave in and changed my theme last night. The previous one had served me well and I persisted with it primarily due to several customizations I had made. But it was getting too clunky and boring. And I wasn’t blogging regularly so why not tinker around [...]
Patrix | Design, Personal, Weblogs | 15 Comments »
April 24th, 2008
Burj Dubai at Night
With construction going strong for world’s tallest building, even Dubai has joined the ranks of cities that do not sleep.
Patrix | Art and Architecture, Asides, Images and Photography | Comments Off
February 22nd, 2008
Font We Can Believe In
The Helvetica Film blog (wow! a blog on a movie about a font? That’s high praise for a font) writes on Barack Obama campaign font, Gotham.
February 8th, 2008
Wedding at Bhubhaneshwar - Part Nine
This will be the last in the series describing my wedding at Bhubhaneshwar although I’m resisting the urge to stretch it out and make it an even ten. Also, I wanted to write on my other experiences in India including the stereotypical what-has-changed, and of course, our other wedding reception in Thane which was held [...]
Patrix | Art and Architecture, Personal, Religion, Travel | 15 Comments »
December 1st, 2007
Spot the Library
This is so mighty cool. I love when art and architecture intersect.
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October 25th, 2007
Logo Redesign
Ever notice when a company wants to overhaul its image, it doesn’t start at the point of customer contact but rather with its logo. Hence graphic designers are in great demand but not all do a great job. Take a look at the best and the worst of logo redesigns.
October 5th, 2007
WordPress Magazine Themes
If you think your blog is more than a blog and are bored of the typical 2-3 column look, check out these Magazine Themes. I’m resisting changing my theme and trying to focus more on writing content.
Patrix | Asides, Design, Weblogs | 1 Comment »
July 7th, 2007
The New Seven Wonders
Finally, I can look forward to opening emails from long-forgotten friends without having to fear that chain-letter craziness. The latest craziness was to vote for the new seven wonders of the world. A website, www.new7wonders.com (sorry, no link; feel free to type it out yourself or cut-paste) popped up out of nowhere and in spite [...]
Patrix | Art and Architecture, India, Media, Rants | 28 Comments »
June 5th, 2007
London 2012 unveils a horrid Olympics logo
I must agree with Amit that this logo has to be one of the worst logos of all time. The official drumroll during the unveiling of the logo said, “Available in four colours – pink, blue, green and orange - the new emblem is modern and will be dynamic, evolving in the years between [...]
Patrix | Design, Sports | 9 Comments »
May 18th, 2007
Krishna and the Cow
Talking about weird (or offensive) art, Mandar came upon this strange image in a small restaurant in the holiest of holy Hindu city of Benaras [hat tip: Ash]:
Now pray (no pun intended) why no stone-throwing and rioting in this small restaurant? Don’t give me the twisted logic of gau-mata and baby Krishna. There are plenty [...]
Patrix | Art and Architecture, Fun Weird, Religion | 46 Comments »
May 1st, 2007
How does the future look?
Many futuristic movies show flying cars and climate-controlled cities on far-flung planets. Even the first Terminator had predicted robots going to war against mankind as early as 1997 but thankfully nothing of the sort happened. Science fiction deals completely with visualizing the future and more often than not predicting doom (because I guess, it makes [...]
Patrix | Art and Architecture, History | Comments Off
April 1st, 2007
RIP Laurie Baker
Laurie Baker, the British-born architect settled in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala died today at age 90. Known primarily for his work in designing low-cost housing by using local materials, he was a source of inspiration to all those architects who wished to return to their roots [image source].
Laurie understood that the real architecture of India lay in [...]
Patrix | Art and Architecture, Design, India | 1 Comment »
March 20th, 2007
Sachin Tendulkar - Virgin Super Hero?
In a land that reportedly lacks serious heroes or role models, we feel the need to reinvent them constantly even when we don’t really need to. As if Sachin Tendulkar’s demi-god status (rapidly fading though) thanks to his exploits on the cricket field wasn’t enough, Virgin Comics is portraying him as a superhero in a [...]
Patrix | Art and Architecture, India, Sports | 6 Comments »
March 10th, 2007
Turning on ClearType in Windows XP
When Internet Explorer on my system was upgraded to ver.7, I noticed a difference in the way fonts were rendered in the browser. It looked smoother and had a soft-focus quality to it. I didn’t know exactly what it was but I liked what I saw. But I like using Firefox more than the way [...]
Patrix | Design, Technology | 4 Comments »
February 27th, 2007
Creating an Architectural and Engineering Symbol for India?
In spite of the fact that India has experienced unprecedented growth in recent times [primarily due to liberalization], we somehow still cling to our socialist ideals. I disagree with the notion that most of the growth has happened due to people wanting to ‘uplift’ India and as any economist worth his salt would agree that [...]
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Movies I've Watched...
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2008-09-20 16:55
Delightful comedy laced with dry Brit humor. A bit sappy though.
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2008-09-02 21:00
Explores the brother-sister relationship brought together during their father's last days.
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2008-09-01 21:00
Poignant but slow narrative of an orphaned girl living with her aunt in rural Maharashtra.
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2008-08-09 23:00
Stunning and engaging narration. Raw violence and personal struggles of ordinary guys in a tough neighborhood.
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