February 2011
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WatchMusical Script
This is an interesting interactive script one of my friends stumbled upon. It works by clicking various squares on and off to create an endless loop of musical notes. The music becomes more complex by adding more layers to the loop creating a musical score similar to something to a Steve Reich piece. It would be interesting to have such a interface in a plaza. Reminds of me of the...
January 2011
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LIV: The Art Of The Danish Open-Face Sandwich →
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The origin of the open-face sandwich is the European Middle Ages, “when thick slices of stale bread, or trenchers, served as plates. The trenchers absorbed the juice and flavor of the toppings and then were discarded. Over time, the bread was incorporated into the meal because the…
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WatchIn interesting documentary on public housing developments in Amsterdam. There are quite a lot of others available on Hulu. Low-rise high-density housing that was marketable to the general public with private access to light and outdoor space was a key concern for the architects, planners, and developers. Much space was devoted for private boat docking as well. Reccommended viewing for everyone,...
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Immigrants and community gardens in Germany →
urbanfoodproduction:
We are looking for people from different nationalities based in Berlin that wish to join our project, Invisible Twinning.
We are collecting photographs, interviews, sketches, recipes, maps and stories providing information on herbs, fruit, vegetables or plants grown in the allotments, which have significance for the immigrant populations: the collected materials will...
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Oil shortages could turn outer suburbs into slums →
transsolar:
Mobility is an important issue for the future development of our urban developments into sustainable cities. Not only in Australia we will face the problem of peak oil influences on the city structure.
AUSTRALIA will be forced to rely on huge quantities of imported oil unless it radically overhauls its transport and urban policies, according to a study by the Planning Institute...
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Watchimagineblog:
LIQUID FACADE ELEMENT
We developed a unitized fibre reinforced facade element a few years ago as a experimental research project to start the development of usage concrete in unitized facade elements. This week we got the informations about a new concept based on the same principle. Have a look in this video an see this highly sophisticated approach for a new kind of facade...
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WatchCharles Leadbeater // Innovation
A TED Talk by Charles Leadbeater on where innvoation comes from. Innovation, as defined by Mr. Leadbeater, does not come from massive R&D groups, insights of the lone genius, or big companies, but from groups of passionate individuals working as an open community to discuss ideas.
TED.com
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WatchMatt Ridley // When Ideas Have Sex
Despite the name, this a great talk about how the engine of human progress has been through the sharing and “mating” of cultural items and ideas. This exchange is essential to our progress as a society as the complexity of our world starts to increase, another reason to be open-source and share ideas!
TED.com
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Towards a National Transition Plan for Libraries →
A new calling for integrating the digital age into libraries.
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