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From Minimalism to “No Style”

June 22nd, 2009


It would be hard to find a night sky darker than the one over U.S. Route 67, on the way to Marfa, Texas. According to some accounts, it would be more difficult to miss the strange, floating balls of colored light known as the Marfa Lights, which occasionally float against the jet black horizon. … (More…)


 

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Visualization: Information Overload

June 15th, 2009


Sometimes I can’t tell if technology is ruining my life or becoming my life, or if the two are ultimately inseparable. When I was growing up (Read...)

Shoe Enginnering: Marloes ten Bhömer’s Walking Art

June 08th, 2009


Humble accessory no more, the shoe has graduated into becoming any ensemble’s main focal point. Like little sculptures for the feet, this n (Read...)

Gender Bending: A Brief History of Unisex Fashion

June 01st, 2009

Androgynous fashion lines have been crossing for decades and while we will probably never see a man going to the office in a floral skirt, we (Read...)

Electrocuted Fruits of Labor

May 26th, 2009

Its name will probably create a vision of a piece of a lychee resting on a Petri dish, awaiting tingling currents to come from some electrode (Read...)

Biomimicry: Breathing New Life Into Design

May 18th, 2009

One of the oldest truisms in design has to be, “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” And yet, the wheel itself was a reinvention – (Read...)

A Cup of Joe and A Paintbrush

May 11th, 2009

Coffee stains are now an art form. Every drip, stroke, brush and blot of this everyday beverage (decaf or not) on canvass, can create bottomless (Read...)

Living Our Time: Art in the Recession

May 04th, 2009

In the wake of economic recession, art is about much more than beauty and posterity; it’s about finding a fresh perspective.

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Home Green Home: A Greenthumb for Generations

April 27th, 2009

There’s no question, that commerce as we know it is turning green. With all the recent attention to climate control, greenhouse gases, carb (Read...)

Logos Are Here to Stay

April 20th, 2009

We are showered with a deluge of icons, symbols and images by screens that cover every previous unused inch of public space, and personal com (Read...)

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