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The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters
The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why It Matters “The real unhappiness of The Fall of the Faculty is over what the “administrative university” will look like. What administrators hanker after is a university run like any other business. That leads them to view the rambunctiousness of faculty with deep…
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vuls: Universal ‘Pen-In’ Script: Arabic “THE BLIND CAN WRITE BLOCK LETTERS IN A ‘PEN-IN’ TEMPLET, THESE ‘PEN-IN’ CHARACTERS CAN BE READ ELECTRONICALLY” Design: Aad J. van Toorn, around 1971 wait, what?!
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loverofbeauty: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
protoslacker: I just finished reading Marshall McLuhan’s seminal book of media studies, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man first published in 1964. I read the book back in the mid-1970’s and was impressed with the ideas in it then. I was curious how it held up after nearly 50 years. Read More
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notational: rafaelfajardo: Yesterday, I tried to make an homage to Homage To A Square, a series of works that have become canonical among those who study the human perception of color. The artist (and my memory is failing me, but I will say Josef Albers accepting that I may be mistaken) reduced an almost infinite…
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repulsion66: Kees Buurman – untitled (1967)
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repulsion66: Kees Buurman (1933-1997) – Untitled 1967
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When Cody Wilson released the plans of the gun online, that was the moment that design changed. If we had had the rapid response strategy then, we would have printed one the next day probably and just got it on display immediately. Interview with Kieran Long on rapid response collecting at the V&A (via iamdanw)
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We felt that the world works a little bit differently these days. Interview with Kieran Long on rapid response collecting at the V&A (via iamdanw)
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Degamification of Games
Degamification of Games Chris DeLeon thinks it through