With a new building and a renovation at two New York City colleges, are we experiencing the creation of a new architecture typology? New dramatic gestures of fracture expose the meaty insides of spaces for learning in ways that would be meaningless outside the urban context.

Google Flu Trends. As an information designer and hypochondriac I am fascinated with the data visualization of pandemics. Be sure not to miss Mexico, too.

Notgeld - Pre-Inflationary German Currency. This collection presents the spectacular array of currency design in pre-WWII Germany as almost every private and public entity issued their own money. (via Kottke)