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02 DEC 09
LIVING WITH THINGS SAVE
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"Living With Things is a series of seven everyday objects, modified in their functionality. They explore how and to what degree an object can be subjectified by a person's imagination and emotions, and how intimate moments can be created between a human and an object. Through using the objects you create a symbiotic relationship - they need you as much as you need them. The project is about enhancing everyday life in poetic rather than rational ways, creating moments to make you stop and consider. The project has also been documented photographically. These photographs search for the aforementioned moments – where, when and how they take place – and then captures them. The objects and photography together encourage people to explore a different view of the world, of everyday life and therefore themselves. It won't change the world, but may alter our perception of it, and perhaps open up new ways of looking at things we often take for granted."TAGS
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Where is the Ice Cube of architecture? [Building Design] SAVE
"The construction of Ice Cube’s early albums is dense, dissonant, and imposing — producers such as The Bomb Squad and DJ Muggs created overwhelming, militaristic backdrops for Jackson’s bellowed accusations and threats towards middle America, which in themselves consisted of an ambient environment as palpable as any architecture ... It might seem a leap to connect this with the power and presence of particular buildings, but it shouldn’t be."TAGS
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User Interface Design For Cinema [Super Colossal] SAVE
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Nice selection by Marcus. I love this stuff.TAGS
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Aussie homes three times bigger than British |[The Australian] SAVE
"AUSTRALIANS have the world's largest houses, beating traditional champion the United States, however the cost of renting is similarly expanding. The Courier-Mail reports data commissioned by CommSec showed the Australian house had grown on average by 10 per cent in the past decade to a record high of 214sq m, three times the size of the average British house." Shameful goings on part 2.TAGS
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Australia and climate change: The pitiless blue sky [The Guardian] SAVE
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"Australia remains the largest per-capita polluter in the developed world and is offering only meagre cuts at the Copenhagen summit. It is a dismal record, likely to be made worse by a crisis inside the opposition Liberal party. The result could be extraordinary: Australia may soon hold the first election in which not just the proper response to climate change but even its existence are leading issues. By the low standards of Australian politics, this has still been a memorably messy week." Nor is it a happy week. Shameful goings on part 1.TAGS
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30 NOV 09
FM3 / THROBBING GRISTLE, Gristleism (Buddha Machine 3.0) [Boomkat] SAVE
"Is this the prefect gift for the music obsessive who already has everything? Bastard offspring of now-famous ambient loop player the Buddha Machine, GRISTLEISM is part Industrial sound machine, part noise instrument featuring thirteen original and uncompromising loops, GRISTLEISM delivers a mix of signature TG experimental noise, industrial drone, and classic melodies and rhythms. Available in three colours - Black, Chrome and Red - the palm-sized unit (size: w67mm x h69mm x d35mm) features a built-in speaker, volume control, pitch-shift control and loop selector switch. GRISTLEISM features more loops and almost twice the frequency range of the Buddha Machine. GRISTLEISM is powered by two AA batteries and is the world's first and only portable TG aural exciter!"TAGS
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Re-centring around climate [DOMUS] SAVE
"our 20th-century cycle of urban dispersal is finished. We are entering a new era of consolidation for which simple densification provides only a beginning consideration. It must be associated with spatial and social qualities, including equity issues. An aspect of re-centring involves sociological and cultural phenomenon, and a psychological dimension as basic as security on many levels. In the new era of direct competition between cities, these realms of consideration will be increasingly important. Climate science is social science. For example, climate and environmental justice considerations are directly connected to development of social capital. Those cities that attract social capital will also be far more likely to succeed with new enterprise and an expanded economic base – and especially for knowledge-based urban economies. And they will be successful in realising adaptation strategies for global warming. "TAGS
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Casting aside visions of jetpacks and spacestations [Building Design] SAVE
"“I have a problem with architects' attempts to make the future look futuristic,” spat an incredulous Sean Griffiths, founder of Fat, at London’s BFI Southbank on Tuesday night. “For some reason it always ends up looking like Star Trek, which was made in the 1960s.” “One of the beauties of the future is it is completely unpredictable. Anybody's attempt to predict it and come up with a solution that turns out to be the truth of the future inevitably ends up looking like a complete fool."TAGS
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Information and Quantum Systems Lab at HP Labs SAVE
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"Create the mathematical and physical foundations for the technologies that will form a new information ecosystem, the Central Nervous System for the Earth (CeNSE), consisting of a trillion nanoscale sensors and actuators embedded in the environment and connected via an array of networks with computing systems, software and services to exchange their information among analysis engines, storage systems and end users." HP joins the party. How many nervous systems does our planet need? Do you think it'll be able to exchange data with Cisco's Planetary Skin? I wonder.TAGS
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Switzerland: Hatred beneath the harmony [The Guardian] SAVE
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"Switzerland will suffer as a result of yesterday's vote, its cherished national brand tarnished. But it is too easy to blame the Swiss alone. Many of the things that drove yesterday's vote – growing opposition to migration, the rise of the far right, widespread hatred and fear of Islam – apply just as much to other European countries, including Britain. This raises an uncomfortable possibility. Was yesterday's result a product of Swiss exceptionalism, or simply the chance existence in Switzerland of a political system that allows popular referendums? Can we be sure that the people of Austria, France, Britain or the Netherlands would have voted differently, if given the chance?" The Swiss electorate (or the 50-odd% that turned out) should be ashamed of themselves indeed. Pathetic. Also indicates the issues with direct democracy, as well as the ignorance and cowardice of those particular voters.TAGS