In this trendwatching podcast, Nora Young talks about a post on Khoi Vinh’s Subtraction blog.  He quotes Nicolai Ouroussoff bemoaning the scrapping of Frank Gehry’s design for a new basketball stadium in New York.  Nora points out it’s another example of the way ’starchitecture’ projects are drying up, as they have talked about on previous Sniffers.  Cathi wonders why that means reverting to the lowest common denominator, rather than promoting younger architects and sustainable design.  Nora says developers are already complaining about the city of Toronto’s plan to require green roofs (via The Globe and Mail).

Plus, Cathi points out the sexy retro-cool Paloma Picasso sunglasses, available from Net-a-Porter. Nora says she’s happy that it’s an alternative to the white hipster sunglasses, and 80s Tootsie glasses.

 

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Tags: architecture, Fashion

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