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Posted on 10.31.06 by Emily
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Afterall is a journal of contemporary art published twice a year in London and Los Angeles. In each issue the editors select five artists whose work we find compelling, with the idea that the juxtaposition of very different bodies of work adds to the inte
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since small objects can leave a long impact trail in their wake, this overblown links-list is devoted to sustainable product design: the eco-architecture of small things. These are the best doors I can find into the spectrum, which ranges from the satisfy
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Posted on 10.30.06 by Emily
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world of mary mattingly, visual artist, futurist, cultural theorist, designer, environmentalist, a creator, an inventor, et al.
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hilarious recreation of scenes from the matrix shot in sydney
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Posted on 10.28.06 by Emily
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Urbis is a creative community with three types of users: creative people, those who love and support creative people, and those who have opportunities for creative people.
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Dating back to 1810, the Memento Mori Death Watch is a particularly dark reminder—even more so than most timekeepers—of our inevitable demise. Designed in the shape of a miniature skull with hinges, this pocket watch tells the time when you peel back
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photo idea wall “for your ideas + aesthetics + amusement”
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Posted on 10.26.06 by Emily
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Posted on 10.25.06 by Emily
Michael Rakowitz’s Return is both a business conducting trade with Iraq and a public art project exploring the inequities of war using dates as a surrogate for the human experience. Rakowitz re-opened Davisons & Co., based on the import/export business his grandparents operated in Baghdad, and is attempting to import Iraqi dates and other products (follow along on the store blog). Located in a storefront at 529 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, the project provides free shipping for the Iraqi diaspora community, as well as other families who have military personnel stationed in Iraq, thereby creating a space where human concerns on both sides of the conflict can meet.
Along with the sweetest dates I’ve ever tasted, Michael served us traditional Iraqi foods cooked by his mother. Together they’ve started the Enemy Kitchen project, compiling their family’s recipes from Baghdad and teaching them to school chefs and students, getting the foods into New York public schools and turning it into a cooking show. They’ll team up again, serving dishes at the November 17 book launch for Creative Time’s Who Cares, exploring the viability of counter-cultural practice within the visual arts.
More Michael Rakowitz:
 Jens Haaning’s Arabic Joke posters are all over New York through November, also part of Who Cares.
Technorati Tags: art, compassion, culture, food
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Posted on 10.25.06 by Emily
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Posted on 10.24.06 by Emily
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software automatically constructs simple “pop-up” 3D models, like those one would find in a children’s book, out of a single outdoor image. The system labels each region of an outdoor image as ground, vertical, or sky. Line segments fitted to the ground-v
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New animal welfare labels and certification program. What is “animal compassionate,” “certified humane,” “free farmed”?
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Posted on 10.23.06 by Emily
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A new essay by Bill McKibben, addressing — in the context of reviewing five new books — just how close we are to ecological catastrophe, and what reasons there are for hope.
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A report published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science showed that women exposed to theories saying females are genetically bad at math performed far worse on math tests than women who had not been exposed to such beliefs.
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Posted on 10.20.06 by Emily
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We’re terrified. Thanks to tireless researchers at LVHRD, we’ve just learned of the dangers of Severe Micro-Cellulotamination. Apparently, cell phones aren’t as safe as we were told. Fortunate for us, and all of our New York based friends, there is a cure
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“The problem is that most folks, besides not believing they are special (a tragic oversight, by the way), are so dulled out or fatigued that their innate intelligence, creativity, and passion are encrusted with inertia and thereby rendered sluggish. The s
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open-source, standards-compliant, multi-lingual, fully extensible discussion forum for the web. easy to see what you’ve already read and how many new comments are in each discussion. free. intriguing add-ons.
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Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans…the list goes on. Who will control the Middle East today? That is a much bigger question.
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Posted on 10.19.06 by Emily
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The time capsule invites anyone in the world to contribute five simple things: words, pictures, sound, video, and drawings, in response to ten universal ideas: love, sorrow, anger, faith, beauty, fun, past, hope, now, and “you”.
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The Nike ID of Pet Beds… Design your own pet bed from Crypton fabrics (including William Wegman and Michael Graves designs). Stain, moisture, odor and bacteria resistant.
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