Not as a star But I’m warning you, this is my last existence. Not as a swallow, not as a maple, not as a cat-tail and not as a star. Anna Akhmatova, The Elements of Typographic Style deathzen
Tracing Power Lines with the Pylon Appreciation Society Show image 0 Show image 1 According to Emma Ailes of BBC News, the first pylons in the UK were designed by architect Sir Reginald Blomfield in 1928, with a “lattice” approach that “sought to be more delicate than the brutalist structures used in Europe and the United States.” Reportedly, he was “inspired by the root of the word pylon – meaning an Egyptian gateway to the sun.” Kurt Kohlstedt, 99% Invisible 99percentinvisible.org The Pylon Appreciation SocietyPylon of the Month infrastructureenergypylons