Tightgrid | Geoff Edwards

Criticism


Is Cy Twombly a better graffiti artist than Banksy?

Is Cy Twombly a better graffiti artist than Banksy? Yes he is, according to a harsh post by Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones, who wields Twombly as a bludgeon, beating back the Banksy-loving British art hordes.
I’ve published more articles about this unimportant graffiti and street artist than I care to count. I’ve generally been pretty [...]

Local government yet to discover Paypal.

One of Terry Heaton’s criticisms of municipalities is that a lack of competition has kept them from adopting all those convenient little innovations that make internet commerce a relative breeze. It’s very difficult to find an online vendor asking you to use anything but your internet connection and a credit card to complete a transaction. [...]

gen·tri·fi·ca·tion (n.): “a benign ethnic cleansing”

“What’s kind of going on now is a benign ethnic cleansing of the borough of Manhattan. . .”

The city as video game as playground

The success of The Sims and Grand Theft Auto over competing titles is due largely to their
open ended gameplay where the player explores a large, complex playground and meanders about from non-linear adventure to non-linear adventure. The concept goes back to a couple of decades to early titles such as Elite, Nethack and Paradroid. Each [...]

Harvard Design Magazine: The Dutch 70s, by Wouter Vanstiphout

I was browsing the back issues of Harvard Design Magazine and found an article by Wouter Vanstisphout entitled “The Dutch 70s.” Though it’s about the legacy of 1970s design in The Netherlands, I found the introductory paragraph most interesting:
In Holland there are no architects, buildings, or [...]