links for 2007-07-30
30Jul07
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The changing faces of ten dynamic international cities: Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. Exploring each city through five thematic lenses – speed, size, density, diversity and form.
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Winged and Tentacles Cthulhu origami.
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Alphabetic order list of bestiary.
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Taking advantage of the fact that digital cameras see a broader spectrum of light (i.e they see more colors) than human eyes Kameraflage takes digital photography to a new level. The invisible colors into objects creates displays ads on digital camera.
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Tokyo’s 21_21 Design Sight gallery just opened in a sleek new building cleverly constructed by Tadao Ando. The exhibition: Chocolate! – with thirty designers making all sorts of gear from this brown delicacy.
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Frequently exploring the theme of animals in various modern settings, Zhang is most famously known for his series of panda-inspired paintings. The artworks reflect a unique blend of Eastern and Western cultures.
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Russian couple Aleksey Kozlov (photographer) and Marina Khlebnikova (artist) work together on “photopaintings” – this includes techniques of processing negative film solutions using acids and dyes.
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Dan Perjovschi, What happened to us?, 2007 | drawings on wall + newspaper | MoMA, 57th Street/5th Avenue, NYC.
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I wonder if these companies just Babelfished the slogans into another language. Never. Trust. Babelfish. General Motors had a very famous fiasco in trying to market the Nova car in Central and South America. “No va” in Spanish means, “It Doesn’t Go”.
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Dishonesty is one defining characteristic of what it is to be human, with a flexible, unlimited capacity for deception. People with autism, have a uniquely human disability. What honesty means for being human?
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If you found the epilogue of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” rather vague, then J.K. Rowling achieved her goal. The author was shooting for “nebulous,” something “poetic.” Harry Potter encyclopedia will reveal more details.
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A student of philosophy, eager to display his powers of argument, approached Diogenes, introduced himself and said, “If it pleases you, sir, let me prove to you that there is no such thing as motion.” Whereupon Diogenes immediately got up and left.
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The $30.4 billion being promised to Israel is $9.1 billion more than Israel has received over the past decade, an increase of nearly 43%. Meaning the Arabs are sponsoring the Israelis with the $20 billion arms deal to kill themselves in 30.4 billion ways.
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