Hasta La Ideas

Alissa Walker’s got a perfect post up on FastCompany right now referencing Core-fave John Seabrook’s New Yorker profile of Zaha Hadid. Here’s the tasty taste (from Alissa):

Well, now that we know of her love for chips–as well as her affinity for capes; it’s a juicy piece!–we have to say that the salty snacks are exactly what come to mind when we see Hadid’s buildings. The London Olympic Aquatic Center, being constructed for 2012, looks just like a Pringle! Is it possible then, that Hadid’s work is able to achieve engineering feats previously only found in fried potato products? The New Yorker has done a fine job of examining Hadid as the lone Arab woman at the top of her field. We examine her work as it relates to a greasy, sour cream-and-onion-scented heap of Frito-Lays.

FastCompany piece here
New Yorker piece here

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