May 2013
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Natuarally occuring cultural districts
In our utopia, cultural and economic diversity–a primary feature of NOCDs–is recognized as an underlying strength of New York City. Cultural expression is acknowledged as integral to individual, family and community well-being. Community-based assets are recognized for the value they add to neighborhoods and to the economic sustainability, civic participation, and diverse social fabric of the city...
May 2nd
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“The Greatest Show on Earth: a thinking mind.”
– Daniel Gonzales
May 2nd
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“Visual storytelling is not new. It’s been used since humans started...”
– Jayrell Ringpis, Skillshare Eduaction Producer
May 2nd
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May 2nd
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Maps of Time: Data As Narrative
What’s the relationship between visualized data and the story we want to tell? Living in the eternal now, surrounded by our tweets, facebook posts and other copious amounts of social and highly personalized information, we forget the importance of history and historical reasoning and influence in our work. Which events were the most important in my last year or decade of tweets? How would I...
May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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World Wide Web →
The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents. The project is based on the philosophy that much academic information should be freely available to anyone. It aims to allow information sharing within internationally dispersed teams, and the dissemination of information by support groups. Originally...
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April 2013
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Apr 7th
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Geo/graphy: the story of place
by Meaghen Brown Ok, here’s a question: what exactly is Geography? I’m sure you probably studied some version of it in primary school; memorized names on a map, and maybe, if you were lucky, learned how a compass works. Some of you might have even thought I was asking about Geology, but no. That’s rocks. I’m talking about Geography which Webster’s somewhat...
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March 2013
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saatchionline →
Saatchi Online is a platform that allows emerging artists to showcase and sell their work and gives art lovers insider access to new talent from around the world. Launched in 2006 by London’s renowned Saatchi Gallery, Saatchi Online aims to continue the gallery’s legacy of promoting new, contemporary talent and bringing great art to a wide audience.
Mar 26th
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collections.lacma →
With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities that attract nearly a million visitors annually. LACMA’s...
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Make yourself at home
Marseille-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture, will be a meeting point for culture, politics and the economy. Here, where we like to show our differences, stage our disagreements and glorify our contradictions, being the European Capital of Culture is a revolution that we will share with you. We have mobilised regional stakeholders around a cultural project that will unfold all year long,...
Mar 21st
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Mar 17th
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I don’t like design, at all
Says UK designer Thomas Heatherwick, hailed as modern-day Leonardo da Vinci, in an exclusive chat with Mirror by Dhamini Ratnam What would make one of the most celebrated designers in the world - the man responsible for the visual and engineering splendour of the 2012 London Olympics flame cauldron made up of 204 copper ‘petals’ that lit up and rose from the ground - surmise, at the end of an...
Mar 17th
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Latlong →
Latlong helps you find places in your city. Enter the name of any place you are looking for above and find exactly where it is along with helpful landmarks.
Mar 17th
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Center for Urban Pedagogy →
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement. CUP collaborates with designers, educators, advocates, students, and communities to make educational tools that demystify complex policy and planning issues.
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