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We work because it’s a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next. — Charles Eames I have a tendency to change up what I do frequently. In 2007, I designed books. In 2008, I was a user interface designer. In 2009, I was an illustrator. In 2011, I’m writing a book. The terminology I…
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This thesis proposes that art created through the agency of a computer may be termed “Computer Art” and distinguished from all other forms of visual art by its computational basis. Computer Art is a significant development in the visual arts because the computer operates simultaneously as medium, tool and context, in addition to its organisational…
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These moral and legal framings share a common philosophical root: the belief that creativity is an engine for human betterment (and possibly of divine origin). Creativity is considered the motive force behind ‘‘progress’’ – creative imagination is used to think up new technologies from cotton gins to Constitutions, from Internets to inoculations, with the potential…
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Good movies aimed at adults tend to make their money more slowly than kid stuff, and they’re helped by good reviews and word of mouth, which, from a marketing standpoint, are impossible to engineer. That’s one reason studios would rather spend $100 million on a franchise film than a fraction of that on an original…
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This is sort of where I lost a bit of enthusiasm. While I like the direction and motivation here, this did not feel like the sort of design fiction that I lust after. It seemed very designer-ywith a heavy emphasis on the perfect render. Good design fiction in my mind tends more towards believable, pushing…
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Amusement Device: Context and Aesthetic Judgements » Lone Gunman
Amusement Device: Context and Aesthetic Judgements » Lone Gunman people rate pictures as more aesthetically pleasing (and actually experience more pleasure while viewing them) if they believe they come from art galleries. via lonegunman.co.uk Because I have not paid to access the full study, some of this will be conjecture, but I’d like to use…
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The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation. These views dovetail with the brothers’ corporate interests. In a study released this spring, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute named Koch Industries…
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samackerman: TEDxDUSalons: Dylan Jones (via TEDxTalks) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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