THE DAILY ALPHONSE.

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With few physical changes expected in the next iPhone, it's become emblematic of a problem with the broader smartphone industry: It's just not that exciting anymore.

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Groveland House designed by Mcleod Bovell.

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by Konokopia

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Education Center, Wolfsburg-Westhagen, Germany, 1969

(Hans-Joachim Pysall and Eike Rohhenhagen)

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Streets as Places - Project for Public Spaces

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Quotes and pics about urban planning!

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Streets as Places - Project for Public Spaces

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Quotes and pics about urban planning!

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Spending the day with VSCO co-founder Greg Lutze to capture how he gets #equipped for a day of work and family in Levi’s.

http://hypb.st/1iuxcpw

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estonoesunsolar, Zaragoza, Spain

Source: uncube magazine http://bit.ly/1hhrKdl

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Rangiwahia Hut at 1300 metres in the Ruahine Range, Manawatu, New Zealand.

Submitted by Anthony Behrens.

More pics and info here.

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NYC: Don’t miss the GQ x Northern Grade pop-up at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn!

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SPOTLIGHT: 3D Wooden Street Art by Joe Lurato

Today we’re delighted to bring you a selection of beautiful street art creations by American artist Joe Lurato, based in New Jersey, who populates the city with small wooden characters, thus creating some great illusions and trompes l’oeil!

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Frank Lloyd Wright and the City: Density vs. Dispersal

Event Details: Date: February 1–June 1, 2014 Location: MoMa – Architecture and Design Galleries,…

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An honest Target slogan. [via]

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DESIGN: The FloppyTable 

Cool: A hot-rolled and stainless steel table fashioned to look like a floppy disk. Cooler: The metal guard plate on it slides back to reveal a secret storage space.

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Awesome.

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Kansas City, Montreal, London, Singapore, Cape Town and Paris all feature in our new list of six urban projects embracing nature. Which city projects do you think are doing a great job of bringing citizens closer to nature?

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With its dark green Verde Ramegiatto marble walls and a skylight ceiling covered with a lattice metal inlay, the new Balenciaga flagship in SoHo feels like it has been around for centuries. Alexander Wang designed it that way, working closely with his longtime friend and collaborator, the interior designer Ryan Korban, to turn the bilevel space on Mercer Street into something that felt like it had already stood the test of time. “I wanted to mix modern and classical materials to create a timeless space,” said Wang, who cited historic museums as inspiration for the store, his first as the brand’s creative director. The interiors are also a testament to Wang’s point of view for the brand, full of references to his debut collection for Balenciaga, which took place on a faux marble runway back in February. Even the chairs that dot the grand, open floor plan — which also includes several intimate rooms that each house different kinds of goods (ready-to-wear in one room, shoes in another, etc.) — have been upholstered in the same black “caviar” embroidery he applied to gowns in the fall 2013 collection. Combined with the sofas, they seem to beg shoppers to stay awhile. “I thought back to the time of the couture salon presentations in the Cristobal Balenciaga era, when clients had the luxury of time to view fashion in a leisurely way, but with an elevated sense of ceremony,” Wang said. – via T Magazine

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minimal retail.