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Jeff Koons curatores New Museumgd of Contemporary Art NYC

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Pop Master Plays Curator
via nowness.com
no comment, looks quite interesting
check out this video report/interview
http://www.nowness.com/day/2010/3/8?ecid=ema1283

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Why Does Time Fly By As You Get Older? audio report

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Various theories on why time seems to go faster as people get older
Quite interesting report on perception of time.

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2 interesting examples of video game narratives Spectre and Ulitsa Dimitrova

Monday, January 25th, 2010

These two games look quite interesting and yes the subject matter is not the usual run of the mill story of mutants or aliens that is common in most video games. While I enjoy most the above stuff what I like about these two examples is that both use video game mechanics to tell quite [...]

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Dawn of the Dead Mall – interesting article on the demise of the mall

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

“As we cling by our hangnails to the historical precipice, with ecotastrophe on one side and econopocalypse on the other, that consumer fantasyland is an economic indulgence and an environmental obscenity we can’t afford”
wow gotta love that!!
quite an interesting article on… yes you guessed it the death of malls and their possible futures
http://changeobserver.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=11747
good read
good brain [...]

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Nov 12 2009 Live webcast of Design for Usability Symposium

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

well there is hump day, there is mother’s day, there is fabio day…
and now World usability day!
on November 12 2009 a whole bunch of interesting lectures will be streamed and archived for later viewing here:
http://www.uselog.com/2009/11/live-webcast-of-design-for-usability.html
Now I am going to be a design biaatch and say… well usability is one thing but people what is up [...]

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Video interview with Richard Florida on creative society and art & economy

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Here is a link to the interview: http://is.gd/4RJ34
Quite interesting interview with professor Richard Florida
(Website: http://www.creativeclass.com/)
He discusses creative society/class and what arts and creativity contribute to society. Let us hope his suggestions are heard and have some effect here in Hamburg…
via Supersoon

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A photo documentary about an aging father

Monday, November 9th, 2009

http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/
I was quite moved going through this photo dairy
The images with commentary worked quite well
Great to way to tell a personal story.
With content like this I am often unsure out the boundaries of private and public
Is this a loving memorial to a loved or macabre self promotion?
Jury is still out I guess…
on a minor note [...]

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