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    “Melodie” Printed Textile (detail), 1947, designed by Stig Lindberg, made by Nordiska Kompaniet (NK), Stockholm (Philadelphia Museum of Art: Purchased with the Costume and Textiles Revolving Fund, 2012-120-1) © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / BUS, Stockholm

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    hands off / 7.2025

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    dramatical / 7.2025

  4. onethingiscertain:

    Did you know that in the 1970s a department store called BEST partnered with sculptural architects (a group called SITE - Sculpture in the Environment) to build 9 unique storefronts?

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    “Indeterminate Facade” looks like it’s already falling apart - in Texas. The sculptural features have been removed and now it’s a plain box store (empty currently).

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    The “Notch Building” in California looks like an uninterrupted box with no entrance while closed. When the store opened each morning, the notch would pull away form the building with mechanics to reveal the entrance. This building is now a Best Buy. The notch remains but the movable piece is gone.

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    The Cutler Ridge building in Miami looked like the front facade had been pulled away in pieces from the store front.

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    Another Florida building made a greenhouse with local trees and plants.

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    This one was in Virginia, where the name of the store repeated in large letters, overlapping more and more until it was illegible.

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    The Peeling facade was also in Virginia, and looked like the brick front was literally peeling away from the store, revealing the boxy nature and testing the thoughts on the structural capabilities of brick.

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    The Tilt Building in Maryland also performs an impressive feat of engineering, with the brick storefront looking as if it is balancing on a single corner.

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    The Inside Out building in Wisconsin looked as if the exterior walls were simply gone, with fake displays of products separated by the real products in the store via a glass wall.

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    The Forest Building in Virginia is the only of these storefronts to remain in tact, having been taken over by a Presbyterian Church in the 1990s when BEST closed (it went bankrupt in 1997). All of the others have been demolished or had the architectural design removed to turn it back into a basic box storefront - exactly the structure these designs all play against.

    More here.

  5. plan63:
“‘Indeterminant Facade’ - BEST store in Houston, Texas, 1970s.
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    plan63:

    ‘Indeterminant Facade’ - BEST store in Houston, Texas, 1970s.

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    resist / summer 2025

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    window kitties / 2025

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    history repeating itself but worse / 7.2025

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    creeps / 7.2025

  10. nevver:
“Summer’s over.
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    nevver:

    Summer’s over.

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    Go Phils! / 6.2025

  12. amycvdh:

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    David Schmitt, Nothing Is Under Control, 2023 (via bluesky)

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    missives / 6.2025

  14. evil-wawe-form:

    The Power Of Positive DrinkingLou ReedGrowing Up In Publicimage

    Lou Reed – The Power of Positive Drinking

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    spontaneous rothkos / 6.2025

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