As mentioned in a previous note, I am in the process of phasing out the name SO-AD. A few people have asked “why now?” and have offered excellent advice. The primary reason is that SO-AD was a group of people. Through its 9 year (wow!) life, SO-AD grew and shrank, shed and added people, and transitioned from a big idea to a solid small studio. Today, SO-AD is essentially just me. Jason Morris continues to work on exciting projects in Pittsburgh, including the final project that we began together, a single family house crafted out of a building that originally housed a trolley car depot. Jason is also teaching a variety of classes at Carnegie Mellon, while also assembling an army of adorable blond-haired, blue-eyed sons. Jason and I remain great friends and I look forward to working on projects with him again in the future.

So, let the shift occur. The SO-AD URL will remain, but it will soon redirect to my new website: http://burnsdavid.com. And this blog will now live here: http://burnsdavid.com/blog. I hope you will all follow me there….

All the best,
David

It’s time for a change. Over the next few weeks (or months), I’ll be slowly phasing out SO-AD. It’s bittersweet.

In the meantime, there is a lot happening. I am now directing a new program at UTS, the Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media. My exhibition with Richard Goodwin and Michael Snape, Co-isolated, is back on schedule and opening on April 16th. And finally, I was recently invited to be on the advisory panel for Open Agenda, a new competition for young Australian architects.

Apologies for the radio silence. I’m back.

-David

I love WordPress, I really do. But it irks me when they release a new version and tempt you so sweetly to update and then proceed to wipe out all of your custom CSS in the process. I know, I know, they warn you to backup, etc. But, I DO backup, but I still have to manually replace all of the custom CSS and PHP files after the update. Why can’t the geniuses behind WordPress (and I use that word sincerely, I believe they are geniuses) write an update to the software that carries over all of your design changes?

Anyway. That’s a brief explanation for the appearance of the blog recently. I happily upgraded to 2.8 and in the process wiped out the design of the ole SO-AD blog, reverting it to the miserable default. Ack.

On a side note, if you are so inclined, you may follow us (David) on Twitter.

Out.