Featured Artist: Zagara

Eternity Group - Native to the Netherlands, Zagara is an artist who uses custom designed bricks in the most unusual ways.  Having graduated in 1997 from the Academy of Fine Arts St. Joost in Breda--in the department of Architectonical Design--whether curviliear, biomorphic or hard edged, his work peak's curiosity; being both visually attractive and well-built. …

Elizabeth Warren: Why Isn’t Minimum Wage $22?

Eternity Group - Last week during a Senate Committee hearing, Elizabeth Warren questioned why the federal minimum wage has not risen with productivity, saying that it should be $22 per hour, and that a presently proposed increase to $10.10 is not only realistic, but also possible and will benefit the economy.  Video below: [vsw id="mwAQwItEjUo" source="youtube" width="425" …

Unraveling the Web of Poverty

Whether by default or conscious implementation, a variety of institutional policies contribute to ongoing poverty. These include federal policies around poverty assistance and student debt, institutional barriers to upward social mobility and criminalization of poverty. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once noted, "An edifice that produces beggars needs restructuring." However, though "beggars" are constantly being …

In Italy, a Pedelec Bike for the Ages

Mike Welton @ Architect + Artisans - Leave it to the Italians to deliver something as elegant as this two-wheeled beauty. A pair of them – engineer Bruno Greppi and designer Luca Scopel, both motorbike aficionados – designed it and call it Cykno. They say it winks an eye at Greek mythology.  Cykno was a …

Leo Villareal’s Epic Light Sculpture Enjoins and Delights San Francisco

Leo Villareal’s Epic Light Sculpture Enjoins and Delights San Francisco By Max Eternity It’s my goal “to get out of the way, and allow the work to flow through me” said Leo Villareal to me in a brief conversation we had at a “by invitation only” press event last night at the Ferry Building—an architectural …

Vanquished and Resurrected: Joshua Hagler Paints Hero’s and Mojo’s

Vanquished and Resurrected: Joshua Hagler Paints Hero’s and Mojo’s By Max Eternity Joshua Hagler is a self-taught artist, but one would not readily suspect that due to his academic prowess and brilliance.  Hagler’s work presents subject matter that is visually lush and lyrical.  And from a safe distance, his color-filled paintings hang on the wall …