repository for briainmoriarty.com var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-2462513-3’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @briain)http://briain.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/026b661fd7d81791a90fe32ef59a9564/tumblr_mmrpygnSCK1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>British capitalism already has many of the hallmarks of Brezhnev-era socialist decline: macroeconomic stagnation, a population as much too bored as scared to protest about very much, a state that performs tongue-in-cheek legitimacy, politicians playing with statistics to try and delay the moment of economic reckoning. (via <a href="http://potlatch.typepad.com/weblog/2013/04/brezhnev-capitalism.html">potlatch: Britain’s Brezhnev-style capitalism</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/50394418133http://briain.tumblr.com/post/50394418133Tue, 14 May 2013 04:06:16 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1186adb570c50c47a0e9f7d9aa994712/tumblr_mmej7a4fOw1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/05/by_rail.html">By rail - The Big Picture - Boston.com</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/49813384446http://briain.tumblr.com/post/49813384446Tue, 07 May 2013 01:11:33 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f702d7ea3a3a96f585dab57a60139866/tumblr_mma63lqDwJ1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Remember how insane the internet used to be? (via <a href="http://internetarchaeology.org/s3d.htm">Internet Archaeology</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/49598526913http://briain.tumblr.com/post/49598526913Sat, 04 May 2013 16:38:09 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5009c10e4b559a14986fc2ea5f9032d1/tumblr_mlcvso4dYB1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://concretedesignblog.com/2013/03/21/grabungsstaedte-halle/">Grabungsstaedte @ Halle | CONCRETEDESIGNBLOG</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/48126357322http://briain.tumblr.com/post/48126357322Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:14:47 +0100<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/business/dan-gilberts-quest-to-remake-downtown-detroit.html?pagewanted=4&_r=0">Quest to Remake Downtown Detroit - NYTimes.com</a>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/47995771936http://briain.tumblr.com/post/47995771936Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:20:34 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecbedea7cbde1f935f6a8d3720d3b35c/tumblr_mkh9jfiXLr1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Does Delft get to invent all the cool shit? (via <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/03/invention-day-bladeless-windmill/5142/">Invention of the Day: A Bladeless Windmill - Henry Grabar - The Atlantic Cities</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/46671704293http://briain.tumblr.com/post/46671704293Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:28:27 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e6e1f98e7db156e36ccea89c48381d6/tumblr_mjyebdIhpH1qb9r7fo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hiromitsu.tumblr.com/post/45826716338/nearly-demolished-yet-another-intermodal">hiromitsu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metroblossom/8569993667/" title="Nearly Demolished, Yet Another Intermodal Expansion">Nearly Demolished, Yet Another Intermodal Expansion</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metroblossom/">metroblossom</a> on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/46667495256http://briain.tumblr.com/post/46667495256Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:07:58 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8b04ca55189557ff704c1beb800365d8/tumblr_mjgm79uhq61qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kenji Ekuan, Dwelling City, 1964 (via <a href="http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/past-futures1/">Frieze Magazine | Archive | Past Futures</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/45045972082http://briain.tumblr.com/post/45045972082Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:30:45 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4398a4c5424349c075f45b3da88633a0/tumblr_mjbad56RD91qzaq94o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44811039273http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44811039273Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:27:05 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a33e7286b45a98e1eb37bad2ed629442/tumblr_mj5sxf72a21qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://io9.com/5987783/the-groovy-socialist-world-of-1970s-soviet-futurism">The groovy socialist world of 1970s Soviet futurism</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44573263800http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44573263800Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:22:27 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d923ebd2495a157183dbd5b9fbab478e/tumblr_mj5mvu89xm1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44562736659http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44562736659Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:11:54 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/01bdc41b4d061caa0a3d3a2026470708/tumblr_mi0wdnAjgH1qb8342o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://drawingarchitecture.tumblr.com/post/44047183780/an-axonometric-drawing-of-a-stairway-cube">drawingarchitecture</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>an axonometric drawing of a ‘stairway cube’</em><br/><em>(inspired by the tower of Babel).</em></p> <p><a href="http://rafgeysen.tumblr.com/">rafgeysen</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44150966506http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44150966506Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:13:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/49574dd7f521f3984ae3a33b8a4f3ebe/tumblr_miw55wn4731qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dublin in 1966</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44150841368http://briain.tumblr.com/post/44150841368Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:10:44 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6be5565894f1b5372787863d856850e5/tumblr_mi5ol97J9x1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dart stations in the nineties. I miss the metal green furniture. </p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/42995112498http://briain.tumblr.com/post/42995112498Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:15:09 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2bc20583c5fae5a53aece3d5825e8710/tumblr_mi5loaX5w91qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Villa Mairea</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/42993582939http://briain.tumblr.com/post/42993582939Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:12:10 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/01ab8d3b905d54df69d0c73bdb6fc50b/tumblr_mhb59pvPPG1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://curiouseggs.com/extremely-rare-color-photography-of-early-1900s-paris/">Extremely Rare Color Photography of Early 1900s Paris « Curious Eggs Curious Eggs</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41650927090http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41650927090Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:29:49 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a6ab1c40aac5540211748a8e6060bb3a/tumblr_mhb4xlmRPC1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Moving Henry VIII’s wine cellar (via <a href="http://www.ediblegeography.com/the-last-places/">The Last Places</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41650317973http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41650317973Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:22:33 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9e6a95daff02b90822980927be5f9377/tumblr_mh76fo4P4t1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another from vacant NL. What a bunch of absolute nutters. (via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/vacant-nl-dutch-pavilion-at-venice-architecture-biennale-2010/">vacant NL - dutch pavilion at venice architecture biennale 2010</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41458721705http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41458721705Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:04:35 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/75c636c9afd6c07c594c2495e0d37b05/tumblr_mh76e6ct8Y1qzaq94o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>vacant NL (via <a href="http://www.designboom.com/architecture/vacant-nl-dutch-pavilion-at-venice-architecture-biennale-2010/">vacant NL - dutch pavilion at venice architecture biennale 2010</a>)</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41458657393http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41458657393Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:03:41 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7d9e27afe519acfc69287ee057430fc/tumblr_mh54dmmGBP1qzaq94o1_r1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p>Axonometric projection in pink</p>http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41368106663http://briain.tumblr.com/post/41368106663Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:24:00 +0000