This is a great day for Landscape Architects, today we launch the Fried Egg Institute, landscape counter culture. Post a comment, join up or ignore it as utter crap, the choice is yours.
The institute spends (wastes?) a lot of time and money trying to reinvent itself as hip and groovy and its all funded by us! Mind you the capital invested on the new logo was money well spent, it has a real presence and dominance, just like a grease stain on your beige corduroys.
posted by Institute President at 1:38 PM
29 Comments:
I thought landscape architects did gardens?
I like my fried eggs really crispy
that's the image I had of landscape architects also...
Dear Mr or Mrs Grumpy
I agree that we need to revitalise the institute, but is this really the best way to go about it, by posting anonymous comments?
I suggest we get in there, help, advise and influence in a positive manor. Constructive criticism would be far more valuable.
I cracked an egg open the other day and a Marshalls conservation kerb fell out....seemingly that's been happening to a lot of folk by the looks of the banal street scapes that pave our cities. We need to keep dreaming of a world beyond CDM to find the cities paved with gold? Maybe also the odd tree even a little mushroom, a garnish of daring originality rather than merely a self propagating aesthetic churned out by afore mentioned publications and held up as something to strive towards, am sick of linear geometric hegemonies…
See you in the LI library Alex! or better than that, why don't you write in to Landscape Design, go on make a difference?
I agree with Androgynous. For some, bad design comes naturally, it's a talent. See how dull you can make a space. Why not get the engineer round for a cup of tea and a chat about just how boring your scheme could be. Draw it up, issue it, then wait for the apes to come in and build it (badly).
is it a fried egg or simply the LI disappearing down a large plug hole
forget them and do your own thing in the name of innovative contemporary happiness and general cash creation
PPEnis
I hope one day I get to be one of those selected for the Landscape Designs "30 under30". Such a true inspiration....
Viva le humiliation.
Why don't you all try to practice in the Philippines where Landscape architecture is truly non existent but whole name loves to get thrown around like people know what they are talking about! and urban planning...uh? Whats that? So if any of you really want to know what frustration is, come on over to this side of the world!
you might want to fix your logo first before you go on about the li one too much:
'embarrassed'
Fried Egg Institute Member 1: ‘Hu huhuhuhu, the LI is really rubbish. What shall we do about it?’
Fried Egg Institute Member 2: ‘Lets set up a faceless spoof Institute and take the piss out of it.’ (Snigger)
Fried Egg Institute Member 1: ‘Hu huhuhuhu, cool (snigger). We can just point and laugh, and feel smug about how superior we are.’
Fried Egg Institute Member 2: ‘Yeah, cool. Then what?’
Fried Egg Institute Member 1: ‘We can take the piss out of other peoples design. They won’t know who we are, and we’ll be pretty unspecific, so it’ll be easy.’ (snigger)
Fried Egg Institute Member 2: ‘Hu huhuhuhu, sounds great. Can you spell?’
Fried Egg Institute Member 1: ‘Errrrr, no.’
Fried Egg Institute Member 2: ‘Nice one, you can do the logo.’
Uh...I'm SO agreeing with Alex P. here!!! Why not you all scroll up and read her post again!
Yawn!
Embarrassed is spelt embarrassed as it is in the logo, what are you guys on about? Maybe they should include a spelling test in next years PPE, oh yeah there isn't a PPE exam next year, the institute have reinvented that as well....great, now we don't even know how you become a landscape 'professional'.......
Why don't you go and read the LI website then you cardigan wearing tree hugger? Oh and have a bowl of museli while your at it you hippy.
now now kids, handbags down
hope it'll be easier to join you guys than the LI... and nice one!
To one of you Anonymous bloggers...
Please find time to spell muesli, as well as learn to use your apostrophes properly if you are going to go on harping about spelling and grammar!
I just love it when the pot calls the kettle black!
I'm leaving (in that I refuse to pay my subscription so I presume my days as an MLI are numbered). Good luck with the revolution - I've got better things to do with my time.
P.S. if any of the above is spelt wrongly and you spot it your a pedant, if you are compelled to write in about it your a Nazi.
Only just discovered this site - more power to your elbow!!! Forget the snides and snipers, at least this is run by Landscape Architects - just how many of the two faced lying drones at the LI are actually qualified in anything other than being humourless pricks and drawing a salary out of it to boot! God bless you!
Sorry to bring more bad news but the mighty Landscape Institute could be changing its name to RIBLA fresh after relaunching with the egg logo. Will the LI need another new logo to go with the new name?.....What will become of the Fried Egg Institute will it be rebradged as the Royal Istitute of British Fried Eggs (RIBFE) ?
Who cares if there is a spelling mistake. You can still understand it cant you?
I'm not renewing my LI subscription, only reason I was a member is because my old company was paying for it.
The fried egg institute look like more my scene.
I thought God was a landscape architectand the architect of the landscape. Is there a significant difference?
on behalf of all architects thank you for launching the Fried Egg Institute, landscape counter culture.
Architects need to do more marketing and a Fried Egg Institute, is certainly one way to get attention!
Just graduated and looking for that all important job, I renewed my membership this year, paid in cash personally at Darwin House and got a receipt, three months later the Executive writes telling me I haven't paid my subscription fee, wrote back giving a copy of receipt as proof and find that I don't receive the monthly magazine, are the LI that disorganised, or is it that my face doesn't fit?
Just graduated and looking for that all important job, I renewed my membership this year, paid in cash personally at Darwin House and got a receipt, three months later the Executive writes telling me I haven't paid my subscription fee, wrote back giving a copy of receipt as proof and find that I don't receive the monthly magazine, are the LI that disorganised, or is it that my face doesn't fit?
Is this institute still active? Very keen to impose my opinionated beliefs on you all.
Regards
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