Despite the best efforts of fifth year student Sheryl Lau, her attempts at holding her life together using a 25mm foldback bulldog clip are failing. Although Lau only has a few responsibilities and lives a pretty cruisy life, her general ineptitude and crippling laziness makes the most basic of tasks alongside a demanding Master’s degree … Continue reading
A rubbish skip has been voted the best place to study architecture, beating contenders such as The AA, The Bartlett and Victoria University of Wellington. A questionnaire surveyed over 9000 architecture students across 45 different countries, with questions covering academic resources, studio culture and mental health. 95% of the responses were overwhelmingly in support of the rubbish skip instead … Continue reading
Whether you’re bluffing your way through a Master’s degree, scrambling to finish an essay, or have a client presentation in a few hours, these fonts are perfect for masking your general ineptitude. Read on to harness the power of typography to convince others that you know what’s going on even though you really, really don’t! Continue reading
Architecture student Timothy Greenberg shocked and disgusted his studiomates yesterday by actually doing work, several sources confirm. In an unprecendented move, Greenberg was seen starting a new CAD file, reading journal articles, and stringing thread around nails for a model. Caley Fowler, who was sitting near Greenberg and respectfully using her time in the studio … Continue reading
A new study has found that 87% of university-level projects by architecture students are just bits of string attached to nails. Continue reading
From next month onward, architecture schools across the globe will be rolling out a new ‘Å’ grade. The move follows an increasing number of professors and tutors who worry that an A + is simply no longer ‘cool’ enough, and the fear that students are losing motivation as a result. A test run at McGill … Continue reading
Dublin, Ireland – In the last few weeks of her undergraduate degree, 22-year old architecture student Irene Poilt believes she has finally discovered what her voice is as a designer: a croaky “agghblargghhhaaaagrhhggaagggah”. When Bespokey visited Poilt in her tastefully cluttered flat, she was in the midsts of her final design project, fashionably sporting a … Continue reading
Melbourne, Australia – Clutching his Moleskine and Lamy fountain pen, both unused, first year architecture student Cameron Smith happily told Bespokey that his favourite architect is “for sure” Le Corbusier. “Yeah his stuff is just really cool you know. Like the Villa Savoye, wow, nice straight lines, cool columns, pretty sick stuff. He’s def a big … Continue reading
