Design Research is back - as an installation Oct 29, 2009
Over the years, Thompson and D/R had introduced shoppers to bold modernist furnishings and interior designs by Marcel Breuer, Hans Wegner, Alvar Aalto, and Joe Colombo, as well the splashy graphic fabrics of Marimekko. The pioneering retailer would influence American design tastes and sensibilities in ways that are still evident today. (Boston Globe)
Lessons from most successful schools abroad Mar 25, 2009
The university's lakeside campus, with sleek buildings designed by famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, is a major center for teacher education. University education is free in Finland, and students receive living stipends based on income. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Chair design in Melbourne Mar 5, 2009
1930: Armchair 41, Alvar Aalto Well, well, a chair with a seat like a loose paper scroll. Experimenting with bending wood and lamination for mass production, Finnish architect Alvar Aalto brought to natural material the qualities of tubular steel strength, resilience and the ability to be shaped. (India Times)
A memorable legacy Feb 23, 2009
Few architects today can claim as varied a list of antecedents as Esocoff does: Boston s Charles Bulfinch, Washington s Thomas Schneider, Philadelphia s Frank Furness, Alvar Aalto, Louis Kahn, Robert Venturi, and Antoni Gaudi and the Barcelona Modernistas, among many others, including Frank Gehry (a little bit) and Esocoff s own wife, pattern-loving architect Amy Weinstein (a lot). Esocoff admires them all and, without literal quotation, uses their lessons in myriad ways. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
