"Who's gonna make OMA great again"" - architecture and design

"Who's gonna make OMA great again""



Has OMA lost its edge" Readers are wondering if the Dutch architecture firm led by Rem Koolhaas has run out of ideas in this week's comments update.
Not kool: exclusive photographs have revealed OMA's new headquarters for the Qatar Foundation in Doha, leading commenters to wonder if the firm's best work is already behind it.
"They peaked 20 years ago, when their buildings were funky and clever," wrote Mies. "Who's gonna make OMA great again""
"I fear that OMA, like a rock star, has settled into middle age all too comfortably," agreed TFO.
Regular commenter Kay thought otherwise. "This is superb. just amazing, I think Rem decided to pay lots of homages here and he did them all exquisitely well," he said.
One commenter asserted that OMA is still a trendsetter:
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No hope: Donald Trump's inauguration was the other big talking point this week, with readers discussing the anti-fear posters adapted by Shepard Fairey from Obama's 2008 election.
"Great posters meant to inspire confidence in a time of uncertainty," wrote a user called Nameless.
But the new design proved controversial with some readers for its depiction of a Muslim women wearing the American flag as a Hijab.
"It's ironic. Women in Islamic regimes fear state-mandated punishment for failing to veil themselves," said Ruckus.
One reader came up with an alternative design:

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