The Design of Celebration
Great article from Design Observer on Celebration, the Walt Disney er funded New Urbanist town in Florida. Its fascinating to see a New Urbanism town being discussed from the perspective of a graphic designer as opposed to a developer or planner.
One day I want to be involved in a project where we have to design manhole covers. How bizarre would that be?
| By Josiah Roe | 11:18 AM
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You should make them Reauleaux Triangles - a Reauleaux Triangle is a curve of constant width, just like a circle - so the manhole cover can't fall back into itself (that's why manhole covers are round anyway) and yet they'd look very distinctive.
Posted by: barlow at October 18, 2005 01:36 PM
Seaside, FL, is a great example of a "New Urbanist" town. If you ever get the chance, you should visit it. It's pretty cool.
Posted by: Jon S. at October 18, 2005 06:37 PM
Yeah, I enjoyed that article. When I read it, this quote stood out to me "And we suddenly remembered what so much design was being deployed to help us forget: that real life, in all its uncontrolled, aggressive profusion, would be transpiring as usual right across the street from, and indeed all around, this carefully planned precinct."
Posted by: mark at October 19, 2005 12:35 PM
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