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Not finding anything about their graphic designer but these are gorgeous.

https://chivewholesale.com/collections/shido-seed-flowers/products/corn-poppy-flower-seeds-packet

Normal Type Decree
In January 1941, the Government of Nazi Germany officially abandoned the Fraktur type, following Martin Bormann's Normalschrifterlass ("Normal type decree"). Bormann refers to Fraktur as Schwabacher Judenlettern ("Jew-letters of Schwabach").[2] The statement ignores the fact that Schwabacher originated from the earlier Rotunda blackletter script and late medieval Bastarda types. Despite Bormann's assertion, there is no evidence of any connection between Jews and the Schwabacher typeface; in fact, at the time of the typeface's origin, the ownership of printing houses was reserved for Christian citizens. The decree eliminating the use of Fraktur actually makes prominent use of Fraktur, including the party name (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) and other letterhead elements.

Normalschrifterlass
by Martin Bormann

Circular
(Not for publication).

On behalf of the Führer I notify for common attention that:

Regarding and calling the so called gothic typeface as a German typeface is wrong. In fact, the gothic typeface consists of Jew-letters from Schwabach. Like how they later gained control of the newspapers, the Jews living in Germany had seized control over the printing shops at introduction of the printing press, so that the Schwabacher Jew-letters were heavily introduced in Germany.

Today the Führer decided in a meeting with Reichsleiter Max Amann and book printing shop owner Adolf Müller that the Antiqua typeface is to be called the normal typeface in future. Step by step all print products have to be changed to this normal typeface. As soon as this is possible for school books, in schools only the normal typeface will be taught.

Authorities will refrain from using the Schwabacher Jew-letters in future; certificates of appointment, road signs and similar will only be produced in normal typeface in future. On behalf of the Führer, Mr. Amann will first change those papers and magazines to normal typeface, that are already spread abroad or are wanted to be.

Signed M. Bormann

Pierre Koenig’s Stahl House in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills has been put up for sale. The modernist home, also known as Case Study House No. 22 , was completed in 1960 as an exploration into new models of affordable, adaptable postwar housing.

“After 65 years, our family has made the heartfelt and very difficult decision to place the Stahl House on the market,” the Stahl family noted in a message about the news. “This home has been the center of our lives for decades, but as we’ve gotten older, it has become increasingly challenging to care for it with the attention and energy it so richly deserves.”

https://archinect.com/news/article/150512217/koenig-s-stahl-house-placed-on-the-market-for-the-first-time-in-heartfelt-and-very-difficult-decision

https://www.abitare.it/en/architecture/projects/2025/11/14/rpbw-extension-paddington-station-london/

https://www.rpbw.com/project/paddington-square

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China, designed by BIG in collaboration with ARTS Group and Front Inc, has been revealed ahead of its opening later next year.

Located along the Jinji Lake waterfront in Suzhou, the 60,000 square-metre museum comprises 12 pavilions under a continuous roof informed by the tiled eaves of traditional Chinese architecture.

https://www.dezeen.com/2025/11/11/big-suzhou-museum-of-contemporary-art/

DXA Studio’s modular homes for Lahaina wildfire survivors prove that emergency housing can deliver dignity, beauty, and permanence—not just shelter.

Nate Traylor
October 24, 2025

When the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century tore through Lahaina, Hawaii, in August 2023, housing survivors became the state’s most urgent design brief.

Today, nearly 170 factory-made housing units offer shelter to the displaced with more units to yet to come. They’re situated along a stretch of Maui coastline—small, bright colored dwellings that look permanent and communal. That’s by design.

New York-based DXA Studio launched Liv-Connected with the goal of deploying disaster-relief housing that doesn’t sacrifice design, health, or durability. In Maui, the result is FEMA’s first prefabricated, modular temporary homes built to the International Building Code and local amendments. One-, two-, and three-bedroom units meet Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS), are fully furnished on delivery, and can serve as either interim or permanent housing.

https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/architecture-at-the-speed-of-disaster

What does zoning reform have the power to change?

https://archive.ph/OSdOg

Architects and architecture advocates have expressed optimism over the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City, citing his campaign's focus on housing and the environment.

Zaha Hadid Architects' canyon-shaped Yidan Center tops out in Shenzhen @ Archinect

Zaha Hadid Architects’ Yidan Center Reaches Major Construction Milestone in Shenzhen @ Parametric Architecture

canyon-like yidan center by zaha hadid architects tops out in shenzhen's cultural quarter @ designboom