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It was precisely this division that Gropius intended the Bauhaus to heal. “There is no essential difference between the artist and the craftsman,” he declared in his 1919 manifesto. Dismissing both the old academy model and the new regimented design classroom, he concluded by appealing to the vision of the medieval guild: “There are no…
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laphamsquarterly: 1818: From Thomas Jefferson’s commissioner’s report for the University of Virginia: The objects of this primary education determine its character and limits. These objects would be: To give to every citizen the information he needs for the transaction of his own business. To enable him to calculate for himself, and to express and preserve his…
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williamlmoore: Claire Bishop – Digital Divide: contemporary art and new media – artforum.com / in print towerofsleep: My point is that mainstream contemporary art simultaneously disavows and depends on the digital revolution, even—especially—when this art declines to speak overtly about the conditions of living in and through new media. But why is contemporary art so…
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oh it is about to get all sorts of serious business up in here.
rgr-pop: deadfast: [Content Warning: discussion of slut-shaming, rape culture, forced sex work, body-shaming, sizism, eating disorders.] For context, see strawberrycupcakekittens’s post on a particular parent with some very strong opinions on Monster High, but not too much in the way of logic to back them up. I refuse to directly link to that woman’s blog…
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Industrial design in particular has been especially important in the creation and maintenance of class divisions. Here’s a second, much different definition of industrial design specifically: it’s the profession of creating instructions for factory workers. Design is one of the linchpins of capitalism, because it makes alienated labor possible. Starting in the mid eighteenth century,…
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If attention is indeed the currency of the future, and those who can focus their attention actually gain a competitive advantage and perhaps a marketable skill, then assisting students to become “attention literate” could be every bit as important to after-college success as being a wise consumer of information. Attention Is the New Currency |…
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notational: “Instead of trying to directly challenge American colleges—a daunting proposition, given the political power and public subsidies they possess—the new breed of tech start-ups will likely start by working in the unregulated private sector, where they’ll build what amounts to a parallel higher education universe. A few weeks after returning from the West Coast,…