A Board Game For Building Enthusiasts - The Modern Architecture Game.

Test your knowledge of the greatest architects, their famous buildings and their legendary quotes by answering general questions about architecture and popular culture. The second edition of the new Trivia board game – designed by Next Architecture – promises to be a party hit amongst architecture lovers as they ponder which bridge is the highest in France.




The Modern Architecture Game is the second edition of the architecture game. The first edition was launched on 30 August 1999. It was the first project collaboration involving the four partners at NEXT architects and was distributed in the private environment of Delft University of Technology.




Ten years later, they've produced a revised version of the game, analytically unraveled and improved. This edition is an international version, in the sense that it is produced in English, but also that the questions range right across the breadth of modern world history.

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This means that many of the questions about the Netherlands that were abundant in the first version have been dropped, unless they were significant in relation to world-wide developments. By introducing these changes, they have endeavored to make the game suitable for an extremely broad and international group of architecture enthusiasts.

Illustrated in color & black and white, 27 x 27 cm, box, English



The board game is created and produced by NEXT architects and distributed for retailers by Idea Books.




Single copies can also be picked up at the office of NEXT architects in Amsterdam (€45,- each), but give them a call first so they know you're coming.

NEXT is unable to send single copies of the game by mail.

NEXT ARCHITECTS
P.van Vlissingenstr 2a
1096 BK Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
P +31 (0)20 4630463
F +31 (0)20 3624745

Deal A Very Hip Hand With Steampunk Playing Cards in Bronze Debossed Tuck Cases.

At the edge of industry, therein lies Steampunk.

Ripped from the pages of science fiction, the gears are turning, the steam is pumping, and the playing cards were finally born. It wasn't easy. The paper used on these tuck cases did NOT exist and Theory11 created it just for this special deck of regulation playing cards.

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Theory 11 made the bronze paper from scratch in order to perfectly print the ink that covers its surface in 19th century Victorian machinery.





The boldly stamped, debossed elements cast shadows of illusion and create a perspective of depth and weight. The vents on top of the box invite you to take a look inside.




Opening the box, you will discover 52 pieces of machinery. The depth of the playing cards is fittingly unreal.




So unreal, it beckons you to stare at it's seemingly infinite array of detail. Designed by Alex Beltechi and constructed of 12 million 3D polygons. The Jokers are morphed into jet turbines of steel.




The Ace of Spades is a window of opportunity to witness the gears of intricate beauty and complexity.




A joint creative collaboration between the United States Playing Card Company and theory11. Produced by theory11 and designed by Alex Beltechi in Romania.

Own a piece of science fiction. Where vintage industry meets reality.


information, description and photos from both Theory11 and Alex Beltechi.

$5.95 per deck.
buy them here.

Office Toy Satisfies His Cabin Fever In This Animated Short by Director Tom Jenkins.

'Address Is Approximate' is a sweet little stop motion animated short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins. A lonely desk toy longs for escape from the dark confines of the office, so he takes a cross country road trip to the Pacific Coast in the only way he can – using a toy car and Google Maps Street View.

The short was shot using a Canon 5d MkII, Dragonframe Stop Motion software and customised slider. All the screen imagery was animated - there are no screen replacements.



Music by Cinematic Orchestra. The track is Arrival of the Birds and the album can purchased on itunes here.

Produced, animated, filmed, lit, edited and graded by Tom Jenkins of The Theory

You can view 'making of' pics on Facebook here.

Three Different Designers Do An Artful Retro Take on Cyberspace and Social Media.

Three different designers have all created various posters and ads that take the most popular sites in cyberspace and give them a vintage look. From Google Plus to Facebook, the stylized retro treatment emulates everything from Propaganda posters to vintage textbooks. Take a look.