Materialization

Laser cut clothing and other material explorations from Elena Manferdini. www.ateliermanferdini.com

Creative within Constraints

All of you would probably find this interesting. There is a discussion/debate on advanced computational techniques in architecture at Columbia on Tuesday evening at 6:30.
Information is below:

Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 6:30 pm -8:30 pm
Creative within Constraints A discussion of progressive computational research and materialization.With Axel Kilian, MIT; Achim Menges, EmTech, AA London; Chris Williams, University of Bath; Mirco Becker, University of Kassel; Stylianos Dristas, KPF and others. Moderator: Alisa Andrasek, GSAPP

Far From Hollywood

Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn on why haute couture is everything Hollywood is not.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/fashion/25COUTURE.html?8dpc