January 2009
Illustrated Acid Trip at Kontraband
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this is awesome.
“ultimately what i wish is that there was a way for conde nast and other large...”
– Design*Sponge » Blog Archive » domino closes
argh.
Watch2 Girls, 1 Cup, 1 Grandma, 1 Reaction
“here’s the expenditures for John Thain’s (ousted former head of...”
– Design Observer
“The designers Moss defends (his suppliers and their reputations) are actually...”
– Design Observer
okay I have wanted to tumblr like every other comment that people have made on this article. I looked up one of the commenters and hes the director of MOCA. seriously interesting things being said here.
“Michael Cannell did a valiant job quoting me, but when I spoke of the...”
– Design Observer
remember that ny times article I linked to called design loves a depression? the owner of Moss wrote a rebuttal in Design Observer and the comments are realllllly interesting. I love that the design industry is having this conversation because personally, while I appreciate the art...
“In the worst ways, mass media offered—and continue to offer—a vision of feminism...”
– Bell Hooks - Rebel’s Dilemma
I’ve been meaning to read bell hooks for about 4 years. I’m starting with these essays that are available at the link.
“Researchers in the last decade assembled university students with identical SAT...”
– Study Sees an Obama Effect as Lifting Black Test-Takers - NYTimes.com
Kermit & Christian Bale: More similar than you... →
“Those who argue that neocolonialism historically supplemented (and later...”
– Neocolonialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
fuck everybody!
“Can a city be considered “over,” like Pete Doherty? Unless the city in question...”
– When the Action Moves On - NYTimes.com
This is so sad and makes me want to abandon NYC like a rat jumping ship, buuuut then it talks about how Chicago used to be new york’s booming rival and I think ha! new york shall rise again.
“Burle Marx created tropical landscaping as we know it today, but in doing so he...”
– A New Look at the Landscaping Artist Roberto Burle Marx - NYTimes.com
And he was all like fuck this colonial vegetation shit.
This is the coolest german I’ve ever heard of.
