by Nicola | May 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
IMAGE: Dogfish Head’s Theobroma next to Patrick McGovern’s Uncorking the Past. With just a few hours left in this apartment, and much yet to be packed, it’s time to crack open the bottle of Dogfish Head’s Theobroma beer that has been lingering... 
by Nicola | May 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
IMAGE: Screen grab showing global agricultural land-use in 1700, from World Cropland, Bill Rankin, 2009. At Bill Rankin’s fantastic Radical Cartography site you can see an animation that shows the intensification and spread of agricultural land-use around the... 
by Nicola | May 13, 2010 | Postopolis! DF, Uncategorized
In just under a month, I am delighted to announce, I will be eagerly exploring the edible geography of Mexico City. The occasion is Postopolis! DF, the third in a series of events organised by Storefront for Art and Architecture. Postopolis! was launched in New York... 
by Nicola | May 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
IMAGE: Reversed Volumes by Mischer’Traxler, via Dezeen. Viennese designers Mischer’Traxler showed these gorgeous bowls at this year’s Milan Design Week. The series is called Reversed Volumes, and each bowl is created by moulding ceramic powder around... 
by Nicola | May 10, 2010 | Interviews, Uncategorized
IMAGE: “Judging the fruits of a community garden as part of the Park Farm Contest.” Courtesy of Parks Photo Archive, Neg. 16092. Photo by Max Ulrich, taken at Thomas Jefferson Park, Manhattan,
on April 4, 1939. Despite the rise of rooftop and island...