Ben...

"Under Construction
Wednesday 20th to Friday 30th September
Opening Party: Friday 23rd September

Make your mark on a giant map of London, courtesy of Us and Us (designers Mary Rose Cook, David Cameron, Zoe Stanton and Toby Hadden). Have your say about what kind of buildings and amenities would improve city life, as well as sharing your thoughts on favourite buildings, haunts, spaces and places - and on your least favourite. The designers will be on hand to help you make your mark with a kit of cardboard, pipe cleaners, plasticine, stickers, and wire - in the best Blue Peter tradition - as well as brewing you the requisite cup of builder’s tea. Be as ambitious or simple as you like, just so long as you get your point across. Will the public?s view of architecture in our city be the same as the people who are mapping out the future of our city? Will an alternative ‘secret’ London appear? The final map of London will be photographed and sent to all who participate.

Venue: The Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery, 49 Old Street, London EC1V 9HX

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This exhibition is part of Design Rabbit, a series of independent and free design events taking place during the London Design Festival organised by design curators Scarlet Projects.

Design Rabbit aims to create interesting and unusual ways of presenting and disseminating design, provoking discussion and debate. Its prime motive is to get people together to think and talk about design, to showcase new ideas, and simply to be a part of something that’s engaging and enjoyable and may question or inspire.

Design Rabbit is based in and around Clerkenwell and Shoreditch, the ‘hub’ of creative London and home to the majority of London’s design community. We hope it will contribute to a much greater sense of ‘festival’, where many individual and unexpected things are happening, taking advantage of the different buildings, businesses and spaces around the area, and giving people the opportunity to enjoy ‘bite-size’ design experiences to fit around their work and play schedule."

It doesn't say anywhere that people with borderline personality disorder can't participate, so why not go along?

bye bye!

Thats hilarious, well done!

Almost as hilarious as the fact you clearly have nothing better to do than spend 20 minutes copying out that rubbish from some flyer you were probably given in the bricklayers arms. Say, why not pop down yourself, and get out of the house?

Go on, the people won't bite...

Ben and flux, just admit it: you're hot for each other. The sexual chemistry between you two is obvious.

sounds like shes asking you out ben.meet her at the border,charlie wrights or the foundry,you will recognise her shes the one with the wellington boot under her beret!

Jeesus Landon, what kind of relationships do you have?

And Ben, ever heard of cut and paste?

This really is goodbye now kids - I'm off on assignment in France for a month (some of us do have work to do you know), so Londinium is all yours.

Ciao ciao!

CSM; CSM;CSM- CENTRAAAAAL SAIIIINT MAAAARTUSH!-for petes sake!
beeing a fresh faced Norwegian, graduated from the National Scool of Art and Design- tell me does one really stand a chance in this place? It seems to me thet the CSM fixation only reflects upon the Brittish society as a whole; You guys still do like to maintain that claaaass divide now don´t you- and don´t fukin´go on about "getting the foot in the door...", and telling what you do is "creative". My impression is that star designers like A. MQueen, Chalayan and that ponser Galliano were "made" in CSM, and sholud really be paid a jucy royalty from the institute itself- for the commercial value- and reputation their succsess has given to the school. When i first came to London- i was pretty excited to check out the level of the actual students attending there-the chosen few- the cream- i belive-ja? So i went along to have a peek at a show at the Trueman Brewery...and i must admit my expectations were pretty high- i mean, this was kinda my chance to regardez some true genious up front- maybe even talk to some of them-whooooa!
Well let´s put it this way, walking in there, i started questioning wether we had actually gone right- was it possibly in one of the other "converted ponser factorie spaces?"...but no- that was it- and i was like- WHAT! Nooooo, it can´t be- Sure???
If what i saw there is a pretty good representation of what is actually going on behind the tall, imposing walls of CSM-
well then "reputation" is worth as litle as a tiny dog-or man- poo in the park. There was this one pice of fluorescent
plexiglass that would have made a super doorstopper.
Well- good luck to you all!
hahahahahaha!

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

Even though I just heard from a friend--in Barcelona, in which I am currently acquiring a tan--that there's these CRAZY ten year old kids in London... from the PROJECTS! Who gang up and kick people in the head, or steal stuff, or sell HASH!!! HASH!!! That sounds absolutely frightening, especially on top of the story that my friend told me about her cousin witnessing a murder where some guy very casually walked up to another guy on the street, with an axe, and took his sweet time chopping his head off. In broad daylight! Afterwards he supposedly sat down next to the body and awaited the coming of the police.

So anyway, after hearing all this I've decided to maybe visit for a week or two just to see how things go. You know, after spending nine hours in Gatwick and exchanging $17 CDN for a mere 5.51 GBP I realize just how expensive it is. But ce la vie. So if any of you guys need Photoshop work done on your images let me know. Otherwise I'll leave, or get stuck in photo lab job processing pictures of tea parties and babies. HEAVEN FORBID! HAVE MERCY ON MY SOUL! SOMEBODY GIVE ME WORK! I HAVE AN EU PASSPORT AND I'M FUNNY ... sometimes...

This has had the most postings than any other topic, yet no one has really given an opinion that is even slightly relevant to the point?.....

Ok, I'm sorry, let me add something:

Ben, I think this may be another case of the famous:

"Different strokes for different folks." -Some paint commercial I once saw.

to clarify,

"Each man is an island unto himself." -Buddha, says Google, although I'm sure someone else said it too...famously.

and just to add some current relevance,

"Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain’t got you, Yeah" - Alicia Keys

What do YOU want Ben?

For people not to reply with quotes from Alicia Keys you tit.