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Post by htmb on Jun 15, 2015 20:24:02 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jun 15, 2015 20:57:28 GMT
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Post by htmb on Jun 15, 2015 21:16:03 GMT
This was the project I voted on for my favorite design. There was a very interesting and informative video, but I didn't get a picture. It was an assisting device for visually impaired, but could also be used by someone who didn't speak the local language. Many of the different concepts were fascinating. Farmers need to know when their cows are about to give birth. Some of the designs were a bit frightening. While others left me scratching my head.
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Post by htmb on Jun 15, 2015 21:31:59 GMT
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Post by nycgirl on Jun 15, 2015 22:10:22 GMT
London is so dynamic. The skyline looks very different from what I saw during my visit 10 years ago. I'd love to go back.
I heard good things about "The Curious Case..." It's enjoying a good run on Broadway right now.
The Design Museum looks interesting. Did your daughter like it? What kind of designing does she do?
Nice pictures, especially the ones along the waterfront. Looking forward to more.
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Post by htmb on Jun 15, 2015 22:39:12 GMT
Thanks, Nycgirl! I'm sure you heard that Curious won best new play at the Tony Awards just last week. S figured it will now be really hard to get tickets in NYC, so she thought she'd try to see the play in London.
She's a graphic designer and works mainly on product packaging. And, yes, S liked the Design Museum very much (the two of you really need to meet!).
I think London has even changed since I was there two years ago.
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Post by mossie on Jun 16, 2015 7:11:51 GMT
Pity the weather did not cooperate, London looks so much less grimy when the sun shines. Pleased to hear that you enjoyed yourselves, now enjoy Paris even more.
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Post by htmb on Jun 16, 2015 7:14:38 GMT
Thank you, Mossie. Fortunately for my daughter it was very sunny on her first two days in London. She actually got a little sunburned.
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Post by htmb on Jun 16, 2015 14:06:44 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Jun 16, 2015 16:13:39 GMT
I'm sure, after seeing this 'art', that BP are quaking in their boots.
I wonder if anyone has actually asked BP to stop their sponsorship. I wonder if anyone has actually asked the Tate why they accept the money. Art with a message? Nope, just a self-indulgent meaningless attempt for someone to say "I care". Well, if you cared enough (sponsorship of less than half a percent from BP to the Tate, so is it worth it?) then do something worthwhile instead of airy-fairy jumbled writing on a floor that is visible for just thirteen hours.
I wonder if, with art like this, anyone has the courage to stand up and say, "What on earth are you doing? It's just a load of rubbish" rather than patting each other one the back proclaiming, "Well, that went spiffingly, wot oh!"
Here endeth the rant from Mr Neanderthal. By the way, excellent photos. I also like the 9th down from the top, the man looking over the Thames saying to himself, "Jeez, I didn't think it'd stink as bad as this".
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Post by htmb on Jun 16, 2015 21:19:30 GMT
Lots to think about, Mark.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2015 22:00:59 GMT
My gosh you take good pictures! London was very well served by your camera. I particularly love the b&ws, but the color ones are great as well. All hail to whomever decided to put that blue on the bridge. It's really gorgeous the way it ties together the old stone & brick with the towering modern buildings. What is that magnificent building on the left in the fourth photo?
Your report really makes me want to go there.
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Post by htmb on Jun 16, 2015 22:06:01 GMT
Oh, Bixa. Forget about London. Save it for another day. You need to get yourself to France.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2015 22:08:36 GMT
Oh, Bixa. Forget about London. Save it for another day. You need to get yourself to France. Really? Hmmmm. There are several people I'd love to meet. Wonder what could be arranged if I got over there.
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Post by htmb on Jun 16, 2015 22:11:46 GMT
Most likely, cramped quarters, loud street noises, and negative laundry facilities, but very possibly lots of wine, excellent food, and good company.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2015 22:14:08 GMT
Three of my favorite things, especially the last item. And I've lived with all those other things at one time or another & managed to survive.
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Post by htmb on Jun 16, 2015 22:16:58 GMT
Well, come on over then!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2015 22:27:41 GMT
We'll see!
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Post by tod2 on Jun 17, 2015 10:06:39 GMT
Htmb, I never got a chance to view your excellent photos of London until now. Staying alongside the Thames is a wonderful way to spend time in London. Always something going on, always something to see. Did you ever venture up Marchmont street? There is an excellent laundromat there opposite a pub. Very handy ha ha!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2015 12:32:51 GMT
No matter how many times I see London, I am always amazed at how chaotic the skyline and the architecture are compared to Rome or Paris. It both charms me and dismays me, exactly the same way as Brussels.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 17, 2015 13:10:21 GMT
I know what you mean K2.
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Post by fumobici on Jun 17, 2015 14:31:32 GMT
Excellent!
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Post by anshjain97 on Jun 18, 2015 3:38:32 GMT
Amazing thread htmb. I am surprised of how less I remember London, even given that I was there for 2 days 8 years back. Have a great time in Paris!
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Post by htmb on Jun 18, 2015 4:46:49 GMT
Thanks very much, Ansh!
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Post by lola on Jul 17, 2015 14:51:45 GMT
Great photos, htmb. I love London, and your photos make me want to turn around and go back. We had a little bit of parallel travel this summer.
I haven't been to the design museum. What did S think of it? Are those blue things in the second Design photo footwear?
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Post by htmb on Jul 17, 2015 18:06:29 GMT
S loved the design studio. It was right up her young person alley. I'll have to go back and find the picture, Lola.
Yes, we traveled all around each other, though London seems so long ago for me.
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Post by lugg on Jul 19, 2015 18:29:12 GMT
Yes may be a quick trip but very pleasurable to view
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 19, 2015 20:27:57 GMT
What is that magnificent building on the left in the fourth photo? Assuming I'm counting correctly, that's the "Walkie-Talkie". Built that shape to maximise the amount of office space that can be squeezed on top of a relatively small footprint on the ground, it acquired some notoriety when the architects got a real-world demonstration of the effect of a concave wall of glass when it faces south on a sunny day: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675So they had to come up with some sort of additional screening. But they did put a garden and bar at the top for the general public to access (and without the ridiculous fee at the Shard).
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 19, 2015 20:49:17 GMT
Oh well ~ to make an omelet, you gotta break some eggs. It's still a wonderful looking building, & adding in something for the public makes it even more likeable.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 20, 2015 4:21:03 GMT
Yes, sadly my only trip to London was very brief indeed (conference - but I was arriving from nearby continental Europe, not Montréal). And yes, Brussels is very disconcerting. Some lovely spots, some Eurobureaucratic horrors, and a mish-mash that isn't Paris, Amsterdam or anywhere else in between. Though actually Montréal has some of that too.
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