schreibstang In reply to Pink-Skink [2016-08-27 06:29:04 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks!

It was well deserved.

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schreibstang In reply to Berlioz-II [2016-07-03 22:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for all your photos! Well, the captions in particular. You can find pictures of Finnish houses anywhere but the commentary, along with year and architect when known, is great. How much variation would you say there is between different regions of Finland? (especially east vs. west)

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Berlioz-II In reply to schreibstang [2016-07-04 18:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Not entirely sure I got your question, but if you mean architectural variation then effectively there's not a whole lot. Certainly the big cities, like Helsinki, Turku and Tampere have greater layers of the different periods visible, whereas smaller inner cities tend to show off more of the systematic elimination of the older architecture in favour of more modern housing prevalent in the 1950-70s. The country itself is fairly sparsely populated, so you get more traditional farm scenery and forests in between the various population centres, but this also makes specific regional differences slighter much due to the various trends more easily spreading across the country.

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schreibstang In reply to Berlioz-II [2016-07-04 20:56:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your answer. I'd read that there were more differences in housing between east and west, but I think that was referring to old (quite old) houses from at least 200 years ago. Whereas more recent construction ideas spread throughout the country.

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Berlioz-II In reply to schreibstang [2016-07-04 21:57:35 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that sounds about right considering that Finland originally belonged to Sweden and then from 1809 onwards to Russia, so the influences of the parent countries on the opposite sides of the borders would have likely been strong. But when more metropolitan winds began blowing across the largely agricultural country, it also brought about greater influences of what was popular in Europe as a whole. And particularly when the art nouveau movement swept across Europe at the turn of the 20th century, it practically dictated a certain blend of national architectural style across the country that followed the movements of what was the next accepted direction architecture on the whole took. And which trend countinued for the following decades as well of changing stylistic preferences.

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schreibstang In reply to King-Van [2015-12-19 05:50:39 +0000 UTC]

No need to thank me any more, really.

You should expect faves from me

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King-Van In reply to schreibstang [2015-12-19 07:07:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I'm honored. But... I have to thank people, it's an illness I have called "Too Much Nice" it's very serious...

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schreibstang In reply to King-Van [2015-12-19 09:20:56 +0000 UTC]

I think the proper term for that is Canadianitis.

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King-Van In reply to schreibstang [2015-12-19 09:46:15 +0000 UTC]

Dear, Gob! I need help...

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schreibstang In reply to King-Van [2015-07-25 02:33:36 +0000 UTC]

You did well. I was thinking, this being constructivist, it needed some red. But I wasn't sure how that could be worked in effectively.

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King-Van In reply to schreibstang [2015-07-25 03:40:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, but I don't know if the airplanes look a bit off.

Red in this world is the color the royalty and nobility,
but sometimes is linked to war because, blood.

So Black became the color of the "Working Joe" representing the dirt and dust that workers sometimes get all over them selfs. The "First Worker's Flag" was a dirty rag with black stuff all over it, and it just stuck.

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schreibstang In reply to King-Van [2015-07-26 21:05:25 +0000 UTC]

It looks nice in greyscale too and the association with red makes sense. You'd think that view would be more popular in the world.

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schreibstang In reply to BlueArctica [2015-07-15 02:32:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the watch back. I should be working on my silly Antarctica project but I've been procrastinating and making random things instead.

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schreibstang In reply to King-Van [2015-05-06 04:23:04 +0000 UTC]

Cool! I really like the idea behind it and some of the designs are quite lovely.

But growing up in Michigan I can say that their choice of "E pluribus unum" as the text was a poor one, of the 3 mottoes on our seal, and I think that people from other states would feel the same about their own as missing the mark. (hence my own reluctance to redesign any of the seals for any states other than where I've lived and felt at home in)

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King-Van In reply to schreibstang [2015-05-06 05:15:12 +0000 UTC]

Some of them area bit odd, and the use of text is bad for flag design, but I was thinking these flags could 
give you ideas on your own designs. And, yeah some of them are very nice!

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schreibstang In reply to zalezsky [2015-04-12 00:46:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I just saw the unorthodox federation contest and I think I ought to try something...

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zalezsky In reply to schreibstang [2015-04-12 01:03:59 +0000 UTC]

do it, i'd be interested in seeing more work from you

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