Category: words

  • newyorker: Can an Argentine animated film rival Hollywood blockbusters? Ian Mount writes about “Metegol,” a film whose success would represent the latest step toward relevance for animated features made outside the U.S.: http://nyr.kr/1dKo1no “The question, now, is whether audiences outside of Argentina will get it. The combination of high technical quality with cultural specificity could…

  • I’m Batman

  •  In the early days of the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed and John Cale had a day job playing Batman and Robin at birthday parties.

  • azspot: George Lakoff on Embodied Cognition and Language (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

  • hyperallergic: What Do You Expect from Your Art? You can’t always guarantee how people see things. View Post

  • tumblropenarts: “The Kissing Machine“ by artist Patrick Camut This interactive sculpture from the series “Suggestive Mechanical Expression” engages two participants in a mechanically precise kiss when the motor located above the machine is activated by the toggle switch found on the shoulder harness. The “Kissing Machine” was inspired by a the moment when artist Patrick…

  • lutsanguisargilla: ianbrooks: Tea Chemistry Set by Art Lebedev Adorned with a traditional Gzhel pattern, this ceramic chemistry set has been repurposed as a Russian tea set. The best kind of science is the type you can drink. (via: yankodesign) Cutest meth lab ever.

  • A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. — Steve Jobs in Wired, February 1996…