RafaelFajardo

This growing, dispersed body of research reminds us of a few key insights. First, the unconscious parts of the mind are most of the mind, where many of the most impressive feats of thinking take place. Second, emotion is not opposed to reason; our emotions assign value to things and are the basis of reason.…

March 8, 2011

And here’s the thing: Most of the manual labor still being done in our economy seems to be of the kind that’s hard to automate. Notably, with production workers in manufacturing down to about 6 percent of U.S. employment, there aren’t many assembly-line jobs left to lose. Meanwhile, quite a lot of white-collar work currently…

March 8, 2011

Board-game that teaches about public health determinants: The Last Straw – Boing Boing

March 8, 2011

designersof: CMY Killa – 2010 – Acrylic on poplar – 6 x 10 1/2 x ¾ inches Part of a series of wooden weapons built based on actual weapons in old videogames.

March 8, 2011

designersof: CMY Killa – 2010 – Acrylic on poplar – 6 x 10 1/2 x ¾ inches Part of a series of wooden weapons built based on actual weapons in old videogames.

March 8, 2011

nevver: Adam Ellison

March 8, 2011

nevver: Adam Ellison

March 8, 2011

polaraul: Papercraft Self Portrait – 2009 I made this as my costume for Halloween 2009. It was kind of inspired by big-head mode seen in videogames. I really wanted to get the faceted geosphere look with wireframe. Software used: 3ds Max 2009Mudbox 2010Photoshop CS3Pepakura

March 8, 2011

I’d just like to point out that you were given every opportunity to succeed. There was even going to be a party for you. A big party that all your friends were invited to. I invited your best friend, the Companion Cube. Of course, he couldn’t come, because you murdered him. All your other friends couldn’t come either, because you don’t have any other friends. Because of how unlikeable you are. It says so here in your personnel file: unlikeable. Liked by no one. A bitter, unlikeable loner whose passing shall not be mourned. “Shall not be mourned.” That’s exactly what it says. Very formal. Very official. It also says you were adopted. So that’s funny, too.

toomanypeacocks: HBIC

March 8, 2011

Art is fundamentally a survival device of the species. Otherwise it wouldn’t be so persistent. It wouldn’t be in every culture. We wouldn’t know about it… Milton Glaser: first graphic designer to win the National Medal of Arts. Glaser continues: How does art help you survive? It helps us survive by making us attentive. In…

March 8, 2011