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Marianne Brandt, design hero
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy – 2. When Laszlo Moholy-Nagy arrived at the Bauhaus in 1923, its mission was defined by the opening lines of its founding manifesto: “Architects, sculptors, painters. we must all turn to the crafts…” Moholy changed the focus from craft to industrial design and technology under a new slogan “Art and Technology: A New…
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Greece, Debt and Democracy: A Theological Reflection
Greece, Debt and Democracy: A Theological Reflection The story of Athens and the story of Exodus have been key points of reference in the struggle for political freedom down the ages. Faith in the power of the people and faith in the power of God have frequently combined to provide the energy and vision to…
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In Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson updates a nineteenth-century version of magical realism. Observations on film art : Wesworld
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You can argue that this world’s main purpose is to distract us from the simple flight/pursuit/capture/rescue dynamic of the basic story action. But I’d argue that the final film benefits from fleshing the core action out in a way that situates it in a unique milieu. There’s also the point that worldmaking is no small…
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This is why the debate on the back-door privatisation of medical and education services in this country matters so much. The extraction of profit from these two key areas changes the social contract in a fundamental way. The idea is no longer that the state will educate you and keep you healthy, so that you…
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Most learn-to-code initiatives do not support this type of creative expression. In many introductory coding activities, students are asked to program the movements of a virtual character navigating through a set of obstacles toward a goal. This approach can help students learn some basic coding concepts, but it doesn’t allow them to express themselves creatively — or…
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Hopscotch liked my tweet code drawing 124 got some love from Hopscotch on Twitter today. this hasn’t translated into that drawing being featured, yet.
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progress report
I spend today trying to re-think how Aracataca should be structured. it shouldn’t be too difficult to create, but I’m still learning how to link things up in Unity3D. I realized that I’m probably trying to do too much with a single script. I decided to write/adapt the code chunk that changes colors with a…
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Hopscotch liked my tweet
code drawing 124 got some love from Hopscotch on Twitter today. this hasn’t translated into that drawing being featured, yet. Hopscotch just released an update over the weekend that promises video-screen-capture capability. this would let me document the process of a drawing building up in a more shareable form.
