Archive for October, 2009

Acclair Art Valuation Service: a fairer way to value art

Friday, October 30, 2009 10:58 1 Comment

Acclair Art Valuation Service installation at VanAbbemuseum, photo courtesy Acclair
It has happened to nearly all of us, at least once, to remain flabbergasted on discovering the price of a work of art. Whether we personally consider the piece worthless, over-priced or incomprehensible is relatively immaterial because the commercial value given to art belongs to a [...]

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Rachael Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 16:26 No Comments

In this video Rachael Armstrong, interdisciplinary researcher, teaching Fellow at the Bartlett, and member of AVATAR Research Group talks at TED Global 2009 about building genuinely sustainable cities by connecting them to nature. How? Architect Neil Spiller and Rachael are generating metabolic materials from scratch and building architectures from a bottom-up approach to counterpose Victorian [...]

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The 4° World Map: visualizing the impact of climate change

Friday, October 23, 2009 14:24 1 Comment

Here’s what the world could look like if the global average temperature rises by 4° C, above the pre-industrial climate average.
The 4° World Map, is an interactive map that makes it possible to visualize some of the impacts that may occur due to global warming. The map was launched on October 22 2009 by [...]

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Post-Flux 2009: Digital Art and Around in Brussels

Friday, October 23, 2009 12:44 1 Comment

Post-Flux 2009, is a 3 day event of workshops, panels, improvisations on digital art and around curated by designer, writer and director Alok Nandi in Bozar, Brussels November 6 - 8 .
Post- because one can post a contribution and participate in the conversations. Post-may also suggest post-digital, post-flux, … in terms of matters.
Bringing [...]

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Brompton Bike Tours at 100% Design London

Friday, October 23, 2009 11:06 No Comments

This year’s edition of 100% design, under the creative direction of JAM - an independent London-based design agency founded in 1995 - organized guided bike tours of exhibitions and shows in the locality of Brompton (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea). JAM teamed up with the iconic British bike brand Brompton Bike Ltd to take [...]

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