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austinkleon: John Baldessari’s list of “assignments” for his CalArts class, 1970 When Baldessari was first getting started, CalArts wasn’t much of a name yet, and it was kind of a hippie school without grades or a curriculum or much structure — Baldessari started teaching there before he became “one of the top conceptual artists in…
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moviesandmusicandbooksohmy: the-rx: Scans from Islamic Design, A Genius for Geometry by Daud Sutton. I think this book is stunning.
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Test the ‘final’ game with people that have never seen you play it or had you explain it. (…) It’s about identifying accidental design slips that you would likely apologize over if you saw someone struggling with it. (…) This is about having one last chance to smooth over, fix, or improve the places that…
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babydatajournalism: Ben Welsh works on the Data Desk at the Los Angeles Times. He gave this inspiring 12-minute presentation at the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Texas, April 2012. The part at 3:00 is good: automated paragraphs. Then the part starting at 4:30 shows why automating tasks is really cool. Which is why reporters…
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prostheticknowledge: Hot Coffee Latest Flash game from the inventive and prolific Pippin Bar (responsible for the 8-Bit ‘The Artist Is Present – Marina Abramovic’ and recently ‘Epic Sax Game’). Here, there is no change with the visual style, but is a series of challenges to make the perfect cup of coffee at the end of…
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The New Aesthetic: The New Aesthetic tumblr is now closed.The New Aesthetic project was…
The New Aesthetic: The New Aesthetic tumblr is now closed.The New Aesthetic project was… kchayka: new-aesthetic: The New Aesthetic tumblr is now closed. The New Aesthetic project was begun one year ago by James Bridle on May 6th, 2011, with a blog post at RIG London, and continued with a series of talks and discussions,…
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austinkleon: Kobe stealin’ moves gotemcoach: “THE IRON LEG” Dirk Nowitzki showed the world his step back jumper. Kobe Bryant watched Dirk win the 2010-2011 NBA Championship. Now, Kobe shoots Dirk’s step back jumper. Some people might slight Bryant for so clearly jacking “The Iron Leg.” Not me. I think it’s incredible. And awesome. Dirk created…
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blprnt.blg | Jer Thorp
blprnt.blg | Jer Thorp tulpinspiration: This post is about comics. It’s also about superheroes, robots, and Norse gods – so it makes sense that it was inspired in the first place by a 10 year-old. Last week, I was pointed by Santiago Ortiz to this excellent chart made by Theo Zaballos, in which he plots the relative interestingness…
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As an individual – if you don’t have literacy with science or technology, you’re at a disadvantage. I may not go quite as far as Program Or Be Programmed, but it’s definitely no longer funny to laugh away lack of technical prowess. Technology directly affects lives every moment and every decision, and unless you understand…
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it8bit: Paper vs Pixel Created by Luis Novero