Weird by Design

City's proposed design standards emphasize livability, walkability, and flexibility

"...Few and lonely are those who deny Austin's rightful place as the coolest town in ... let's just say..."

April 1, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Downtown by Design

Downtown design guidelines provide a blueprint for the future of the central city.

"...package's many features was a charge to the city's long-in-place but largely dormant Design Commission to "prepare draft design..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Design Advocacy Voices: Austin

"...We invited design and planning professionals (and city representatives) to take a..."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

'Design Waller Creek: A Competition'

Winning design for Waller Creek Conservancy's contest creates civic spaces amid greenery

"...its report on the finalists, the jury lauded the design's "depth of understanding as to how people would use..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Work Play Money Love What It Is What Could Be Both Neither Art Design" at Northern-Southern

This intersection of art and design traffics in graphic and sculptural brilliance

"...12th, "surveys creative practices that overlap cultures, primarily professional design and fine art, but also politics, business, spirituality, and..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 in Design 2008

2008 was a great year for design – see what made the list

"...any different. So here it is: national/local art & design related goodness from 2008...."

Dec. 30, 2008 Design Post by Andy Campbell

Everything Everywhere All at Once Directors Return to South By Southwest

Daniels, Kara Swisher, AI, Mobile Suit Gundam for fest

"...at Once began with a now-legendary screening at South by Southwest 2022. Now directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert..."

Dec. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Council Approves Deal for Soccer at McKalla Place

Members vote 7-4 in favor of Precourt plan

"...Soccer team, to play in a stadium at McKalla Place...."

Aug. 15, 2018 News Post by Austin Sanders

Design a Poster, Save A Life

Local ISDs and Cap Metro launch rail safety competition for kids near new tracks

"...Tracks! program, they want local kids to help them by designing a new rail safety poster...."

Jan. 22, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Place of Calm and Light

The Blanton to build a structure designed by Ellsworth Kelly

"...into an Ellsworth Kelly painting – to be surrounded by his exquisitely simple, playful shapes, to bathe in his..."

Feb. 12, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Jimi: All Is by My Side

John Ridley's take on Jimi Hendrix veers away the standard biopic.

"...Directed by: John Ridley. Starring: André Benjamin, Imogen Poots, Hayley Atwell,..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taking a Look at the Neighborhoods That Will Be Changed the Most by Project Connect

Diving into the iterations of the public transit redesign

"...after 58% of voters approved that tax, the team designing the system overhaul had some bad news to share...."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

How OPA Design Studio Makes Austin's Elite Brewery Taprooms

Stephen Oliver does his tap dance

"...jars; just a real golden age of beverage industry design. But as a result of 2013, Texas breweries began..."

July 24, 2020 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Design for Living

Reality TV staple and (ahem) silver fox Tim Gunn opines about art, Alexander McQueen, and queer youth

"...When Gunn started to give onscreen advice to young designers on Project Runway in 2004, he was still head..."

April 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Paola Antonelli and Interaction Design

We talk with MoMA's Paola Antonelli about interaction design

"...Modern Art the same year SimCity 2000 was released by Maxis for DOS, Mac OS, and Amiga. That video..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

The Action's in Place 3

Shade, Tovo, Nofziger race most watched and closely contested

"...been notoriously unexciting of late: Unchallenged incumbents. Token opponents. Abysmal voter turnout. Our last City Council contest, in 2009,..."

April 29, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Design for Living

Fusebox Festival creates a pop-up village as part of its thinkEAST Living Charrette

"...Since last summer, the Fusebox team – led by Artistic Director Ron Berry, Managing Director Brad Carlin, and..."

April 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Density, Diversity, and Especially Design

The Domain as TOD

"...order to take advantage of the development possibilities created by the new Capital Metro MetroRail commuter line between Austin..."

Sept. 28, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Arthouse: A design worth the wait

After nine years, Arthouse is ready to complete the renovation of its two-story headquarters at 700 Congress

"...finally let that footwear hit the floor, sharing the designs for a renovation and expansion of the Jones Center..."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Protos Place

AMODA's first fest marks a new start

"...motion graphics, video games, filmmaking, and sound and visual design. And all of that was free. You could have..."

May 29, 2013 Screens Post by Nate Jackson

The Place to Taste

How Austin Eastciders and Argus Cidery hope on-site tasting rooms will bring the cider community together

"...and often of unrivaled quality. They're really magical, timeless, crazy places," explains Austin Eastciders owner Ed Gibson when I ask..."

March 29, 2013 Food Feature by Margaret Shugart

Gay Place

The Gay Place Blog, along with all the Chronicle blogs, gets all fancy

"...Dandy, Kate, Andy, and the rest of the Gay Place Blog krewe are so excited by this week's major..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Column by Kate X Messer

Review: Different Stages Theatre's Water by the Spoonful

A teaspoon of gravitas, tablespoon of heart is the perfect recipe for this Pulitzer winner

"...Different Stages' moving production of Quiara Alegría Hudes' Water by the Spoonful – that is, after you rebound from..."

Nov. 25, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Gay Place: One Busy Town

"...which, we don't mind telling you, will be DJ'd by a certain pair of unicorns. (Sat., June 9.) On..."

June 8, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: BIG QUEER WEEKEND

This cram-packed week is kinda like Austin's mini-Pride

"...a night of classic cattiness starting with Heathers followed by Mean Girls. Corn nuts! Thu., May 31, 6-10pm. The..."

June 1, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

2017: glass-half-full version

"...many sister marches to D.C.'s National Equality March. Organized by Queer Rights ATX, a group of queer and trans..."

June 9, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place: THE FAMILY WAY

This week is all about the ties that bind

"...steps to learn and create our history. Plus, performances by Mr. & Miss Austin Pride 2011: Fernando & Kai..."

June 29, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Review: Zach Theatre's The Thin Place

Horror makes a rare and successful excursion to the stage

"...Theatre is mounting Lucas Hnath's 2019 chiller The Thin Place past All Hallow's Eve and deep into November...."

Nov. 15, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

"Drawing Lines: Explorations of Place"

The final exhibit of this public art project shows how every district in Austin has had artists working for it

"...mean, the creative representatives of those districts as established by the public art project Drawing Lines. A few years..."

April 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Place to Gather Again

The Long Center recycles not only Palmer Auditorium's materials but also its civic purpose

"...They came by the thousands...."

March 21, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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