This Is No Declaration: October 2008

Form my Publication Design class, we have been asked to create a publication about a collection. I will be creating a publication about the collection of 1,387 homographs in the English language.

hom⋅o⋅graph

[hom-uh-graf, -grahf, hoh-muh-] Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear¹ “to carry; support” and bear² “animal” or lead¹ “to conduct” and lead² “metal.”

Origin:
1800–10; homo- + -graph

Please excuse* the insane and awful hard returns, this is a copy from a PDF, I was too excited to share this extensive list, and have not yet been able to correct these hard-returns

a abject abominate abrogate absent abstract abuse accent access accumulate accumulating acerbate acetate ache acuminate adage addict addle adduct adulterate advert affiliate affix affricate affright affrontee agape agate agglomerate agglutinate aggregate airt alert alliterate allograph alloy ally alow alternate aluminate amalgamate ambuscade ament amphibole ana androgyne angulate animate annihilate ano- antedate antiquate appellate appropriate approximate arbitrage arbor arcuate are arithmetic arm arsine articulate as asperate asphalt aspirate associate at attenuate attribute aught augment auto autumn ava aver avoirdupois avow awe bach badge ballet ban baric baronet base basilic bass bat Batak bath bay bear beer begin benet bewet bewound bifurcate bilbo bingy birr bisect bitt blackguard blast blazon blea bleep bliss bombard boree bosch boule bourgeois bouse bow bowed bower bowing bowman bow-wow Brahminee brede breech bridgeward brier brod brogue brune bunter bus bye-bye caller cameline camphorate canard cannonade capelet caper capo capot carbonate carinate cashier cassie castline cave caxon celibate certificate chaffer cham chape chara chasse chatty chela chicken chickling chilly chimer china chisel chloroform choke choky choom chore cinch circumstance cleanly clique close coacervate coadunate coagulate cobbled cohort coiffure colleague collect collegiate Collins comb comber comginate come commensurate commerce compaginate compassionate complement complex complicate compliment complot composite compound con concentrate concert concinnate concise concorporate concrete conditionate conduct confect confederate conferruminate confine conflate conflict congenerate congest conglomerate congress conjugate conner conscript consolate console consolidate consort constellate construct consummate contaminate contest contract contrast convenable convent converse convert convict convoy co-operate co-ordinate coot cor coralline cordelle corduroy coronal coronate corporate correlate corroborate corrugate cos cosh Cottonian counterbalance counterbore countercharge countercheck countermand countermark countermine countermure countersign countersink countervail coup cover coxswain crenate crinite cross-bar crotal crutched cube cumulate curvet cuscus cuss cust cylindroid daff dagga dam dead debark declinator decollate decollator decolorate decompound decorate decree decussate deflorate defoliate degenerate degradation delegate deliberate demurrer denominate denudate depute descant desert desertless desiccate designate desolate desperate deviate di- diallage diaxon dictate Dieter diffuse digitate dilate dimidiate dinge disappropriate discolorate discorporate discount discriminate dishort disue dit ditch do Dominican donate downcast download dozen drawer dully dupe duplicate echelon edulcorate effeminate effuse egress ejaculate elaborate elater elect electioneer electron elongate email emancipate emarginate emasculate embattle embattling en enervate enfold ensign entrain entrance environ equivocate erase escort espalier essay estimate evertebrate eviscerate evolute exarticulate excerpt excise excommunicate exculpate excuse exenterate expatriate exploit export extract extrovert faro fasciate fastigiate fat federate fenestrate ferment festino fete feu fibrillate fiddle-faddle filibuster filler financier fine fissure fist flagellate flageolet flaught fleer flocculate flores flower fluey floia foliate folio fond footer footling footy foraminate forearm forecast foredoom forego forelook foreshadow forestall foretaste foretoken foretype forficulate formicate fornicate forpise forte forthcoming fracture freckle French frequent frontal frustrate fulyie furry fuse gala Galician gallant gaIly gam ganging gare garn geal gee gelation generate genial geniculate gib gibber gill gillie gimmer gimp gin gip giro gisement gist glacial go-ahead graduate grano grave gravure grease grenadine grind guilt gyrate habituate hangul hate haver heathery heavy Hebe heller hem heterogenic heterotransplant hin hist hockey hoe homogenic homotransplant hon hospitate house houseling how hue hum hump hydrate hypo illegitimate illuminate imbricate impersonate implant implicate import importunate impregnate impress imprint impropriate impugnable incarcerate incarnate incavate incense incensed incensing incentre inchoate incident incise income incorporate incrassate increase incrustate incurvate incurve indent indurate inebriate infatuate infill inflow infuriate ingenerate initiate inlaw inlay inlayer inlet inlying insect instar instinct insulate insult intaglio integrate interact interchange intercommmunicate intercross interflow interlace interlay interleaf interline interlink interlock intermediate interpenetrate interpolate intersect interspace interwound intimate intoxicate intricate introvert invalid invert inveterate invigorate invite irony irradiate irrorate isolate Italianate iterate i-wite jagged jam jasper jaundice joing jour jube jubilate junker ka kanga kayak kidnap lacerate lacet lactate ladino laminate lamp-black larum laser lathing laud laureate lead leading leaning lease leasing lech legitimate lesson levant levee liard lineate lingy lis live lived liver locking logie longer loon loop lough loup louse low lubricate lunate lunellunger lupine lustring mahoe maigremail maire majo malappropriate mamma manch mandate marginate marinade marish martinet Martini massage mast matai match math matriculate mattress maun mayoral mazard mediate melon merchandise mero- mese mesic meson metamorphose metope metrometer metroscope mezzo mi middling millet mind miniate minute minutely misuse mitis mobile moderate moellon moho moko mole moly monish mono monte moory moped mora morgue Mosan mot mouse mouth mouther mouthing mow mowing moya mug Mullerian multiply muriate mush mutate mutilate mysticete nada nan nana nark narra nasty necropsy needle neigher nestling nitrate nog none norther nuance nucleate obdurate oblate obligate obliterate obstinate obumbrate odic offset ohm ole opiate ordinate ornament osculate osmic osmund other ouch outbreak outlaw outlay outpour outreach outshoot outwatch outwind outwork ovate overcall overcast overcharge overfall overflow overfold overhaul overheat overlap overlay overload overlook overlord overman overmount overpaint overpoise overpraise overreach overrun overshoot overstock overstrain oversway overthrow overthwart overtone overturn over-use overweight overwork overwrap ovulate ow oxalate pace paled palliate palmate palsy palus pan pandan panga panhandle papa par para parametric parbreak pare parietary parquet parse participate pasty pate paternoster patine patrist Paulist pawn peal pectinate peneplain pennant percolate perfect perforate perfume perimetric permit personate perverse petro- phosphate piano pic piciform picked picot pignorate piked piline pinite pinta pipi piripiri piscine pita placard place plano- plat platinate plicate pocky pogrom point poise Polish poly pomp Pompeian pone 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*A special apology** to Erik Brandt, who on two occasions (once when he first visted MCAD roughly two years ago, and once during my Junior Review) told me that I need to be more careful of my hard-returns.

** I hope that with this update, I have fixed the hard returns, and can subsequently retract said apology (in reference to this specific document... previous hard-returned document apologies still stand).

This is Zaha Hadid's Opera House in Dubai, found via SuperSpatial. I am far from knowledgable in the field of architecture, I am fascinated by it, and have architects in my family, I exist within it and take notice of/appreciate it. I say this becasue I also have an opinion, but want you to understand my lack of understanding... if that makes any sense.

This proposed Opera house has that intensely "futuristic" (whatever that really means) look. It is flowing liquid, or perhaps (much more likely) it is a shifting sand dune. To me however, it is forced progression, not entirely human. It looks like we are aspiring to build beyond our means or even ourselves, I feel like this is a mimic of what we think the future might look like, or even what something from another place in space might look like. Overarching point... the design of this is forced, not like the Sydney Opera house, which is beautifully unique, human, and perfectly placed for its surroundings. I think that the author of the SuperSpatial blog puts it painfully well when he says:

"Why not build it?

- Because the reality will never live up [to] where my imagination will take it.

- Because more people will see it online and in magazines than will ever visit it. Modern architecture is defined by it's mediation, not by it's built form."

Taken from the comments section of that post.

Two more thoughts that do not fit in to the above paragraph:

1) Does the building not look like an overly photoshoped graphic?
2) Is Zaha Hadid's website not only frustrating to navigate, but strangely "student" in overall design?