Monthly Archives: September 2011

Innovating Learning

Sir Ken Robinson – Bring On The Learning Revolution Ted Talks is all about innovation, and some of their talks about the possibilities of learning are truly inspirational. Our education is so limiting and standardized that people no longer can … Continue reading

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An Enormous Red Dress

                  For the London Design Festival, COMPANY which is based in Helsinki wanted to create a dress that was like no other. This one just might be that dress. It is made … Continue reading

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When Art Loves Wood

                  Mitch McGee, a Texas-based artist, believes in making art for the purity of inspiration. He works in a medium that combines painting with wood sculpting in order to create a symbiosis … Continue reading

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Preserving Freedom Of Reading

                  Ignorance and social perception have once again trampled all over a freedom that we cherish. And this freedom is one that is constantly under attack by a moral majority that continually … Continue reading

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Signs That Tell It Like It Is

                      The art collective, Trustocorp, wants to tell it like it is, with public signs that don’t hold anything back. Considering their Twitter tagline is “Highlighting the hilarity & hypocrisy … Continue reading

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Painting In 3D

James Dean by Stephan Da Costa Gomez                       I’ll bet you never thought that you’d find a use for those forlorn-looking 3D glasses you got with that magazine, huh? Well, … Continue reading

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Pirate Parties Of The World

This is probably the most inspiring event that I have seen coming from a political world that normally doesn’t inspire:           Well, we all know about the various protests that are starting up against social inequalities … Continue reading

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For Math Lovers…Complexity In One Place

                  The Giant Chalkboard motto is “Solutionism. The new optimism.” They want us to realize that “the more we talk together, the more we solve together”. And it’s been working really well, … Continue reading

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Breaking News…REALLY Slowly

Emily Roose wanted to comment about the ridiculous nature of breaking new stories portrayed by the media. So, she did it with her Master’s thesis for Graphic Design…in cross stitch! I can attest that this is a pretty slow process, … Continue reading

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World In A Bubble

                  We always see the world through a camera lens. But what if we looked at the world in a soap bubble through a lens? I wonder what it would look like? … Continue reading

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