I thought that this was a joke when a friend who is interested in design sent it. Wrong! Yes, in their quest for appropriate architecture and design to convey their power and increasing prominence, the Chinese government asked who to do the Olympic stage sets? Albert Speer, Jr. Who knew there was such a person? And so brave of him to keep that name…

Of course the ‘sins of the father should not…’ blah blah blah. But Albert Speer, Sr. had quite the career as Hitler’s architect, and the man who came up with the signal huge, draped swastikas hanging in monumental Nazi halls of power and at Nazi events. I guess the Chinese thought that worked.

I bet Speer, Jr. had a few thoughts about how the recent speech at the Brandenberg Gate, by an American candidate for the most powerful job in the world, might have been better set. There is still time to get his thoughts on the aesthetics of the 75,000 person stadium rally, set for the Democratic convention, where planners wish to demonstrate the people’s deep love and ardent emotion for the nominee.