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From the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition at MoMA (NYC) in 2008. negotiating futures. design fiction. 6th Swiss Design Network Conference October 28 – 30 2010 in Basel, Switzerland It’s super far off (but not the calls for stuff), … Continue reading
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A curious instantiation of temperament, attitude and confrontation seen on a Christmas Day stroll along Venice Beach.
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Strangely — because I trained to be a cynic-critic — I actually enjoyed Avatar. I don’t know if I expected much more of a nuanced story from James Cameron, so I didn’t go in there looking for insight and reflection … Continue reading
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Naturally, it was a holiday week so not all that much was going on, except that there was of course plenty going on. As pertains the Laboratory, we’ve been fussing around with various tool chains for doing matchmoving animations, perhaps … Continue reading
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Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf”, “PictoBrowser”, “500″, “500″, “8″, “#EEEEEE”); so.addVariable(“source”, “sets”); so.addVariable(“names”, “RIG DataDecs”); so.addVariable(“userName”, “julianbleecker”); so.addVariable(“userId”, “66854529@N00″); so.addVariable(“ids”, “72157623057949220″); so.addVariable(“titles”, “on”); so.addVariable(“displayNotes”, “on”); so.addVariable(“thumbAutoHide”, “off”); so.addVariable(“imageSize”, “medium”); so.addVariable(“vAlign”, “mid”); so.addVariable(“vertOffset”, “0″); so.addVariable(“colorHexVar”, … Continue reading
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The second guy to walk on the moon — Buzz Aldrin — has been doing the rounds, signing his new book Magnificent Desolation talking about how his life was destroyed cause he was famous for being the second guy to walk on … Continue reading
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Some old-fashioned augments — I think that’s some Mario and an old-fashioned, chemo-tech *wheat paste* post-up — found in Paris, France over the Thanksgiving holiday — which means nothing there in France. Last week was maintenance and tidying-up. Like returning … Continue reading
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A curious solicitation framework, perhaps done by someone schooled in the layout practices of Ogilvy — attention grabbing image, followed by seductive copy (in French here) and the final *call to action* — Handymen and a phone number. Along the morning … Continue reading
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Montreal, Canada. Curious minor urban disaster. The brace meant to prevent the signal light from being struck by a large truck or something was struck by a large truck or something and, thence, struck the object it was meant to … Continue reading
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Plastic slippers, found in Seoul, South Korea To go along with the previous *blog all dog-eared pages* post, an additional description of *what plastic is* — to include alongside of all the others chemical, political, economical, historical, technical, medical, fictional, … Continue reading
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I just finished Richard Powers’ intriguing industrial historical novel Gain, which was brought to my attention by a couple of passages in Bruno Latour’s Reassembling the Social, which was brought to my attention by..&c. One of the passages in the … Continue reading
In the spirit of the curious weekly updates I’ve begun paying attention to, and within the practicalities of this laboratory log, I think we’ll give a try to remind myself what the heck has been going on in and around … Continue reading