Future—Predictor
Partner at Therrien-Barley, interested in the future of culture, architecture, design, fashion, technology and lifestyle.
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Saarinen table from “figures & wares” series of Bill Durgin (Saarinen table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll).
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The correct way to pronounce “GIF” is actually “Jiiklf92jalks3vkjalksaiiif.”
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Gender Balance in News
Open Gender Tracking Project is a software program that collects digital content from news sources and analyzes gender...
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ok, graffiti.
i mean, technically it’s attached to a building, so it’s tangentially architecture? right?
well, maybe i just have too broad an idea...
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3 trans painters
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I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a...
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So this is what I made in my Graphics class the last 20 minutes instead of working.
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Cloned Robot Army Storms Istanbul with Flashlights
Istanbul-based artist Erdal Inci clones sections of video creating an endless array of...
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The !!!!!!!!!!!!! Competition throws down the digital gauntlet and reclaims architecture’s position as the mother of all arts.
(via graffitilab)
Google is starting to unveil the “Knowledge Graph” An object based understanding of digital content is where we’ll be headed…I’m not so sure this is the most exciting way to think about digital objects. Pinterest is much closer to giving information a “form” although currently limited to visual formats.
We’re dedicating the week to the Digital Arts Market (or lack thereof). Can #DIGART make money?
Weigh in.
Smart party
In case you haven’t guessed, I’m curating experimentsinmotion here’s a little bit of the background:
This past summer’s Audi Urban Future Initiative: PROJECT NEW YORK took five of the city’s most innovative young architects and asking them to work together in one massive model to envision the future of New York City.
Experiments in Motion continues to explore the future of mobility with students from Columbia University GSAPP. This spring, 32 graduate students will design new proposals for NYC which will be unveiled this summer. You can follow the studios’ progress on their individual blogs.
Mark Wigley on how rethinking motion might lead to new connections between mobility and architecture. Experiments in Motion is a partnership between Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Audi that will explore the future of motion, mobility and design.
So here’s a really excellent thing: Chris Mohney (from BlackBook) and Jessica Bennett (from NewsBeast) will be joining my team at Tumblr. From the NYT:
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Chris Mohney, a senior vice president for content at BlackBook Media, will be the site’s editor in chief. Jessica Bennett, a senior writer and editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast, will be the executive editor and, she said, a kind of Tumblr correspondent.
“Basically, if Tumblr were a city of 42 million,” Ms. Bennett said, referring to the number of Tumblr blogs that exist, “I’m trying to figure out how we cover the ideas, themes and people who live in it.”
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Andrew McLaughlin, a vice president at Tumblr, said that in telling stories about its users, the company wanted Mr. Mohney and Ms. Bennett, the only two hires for the time being, to “do real journalism and analysis, not P.R. fluff.”
“Of course, it’s obviously in our self-interest as a company to surface more compelling stories about creators on Tumblr; at the same time, though, we think Chris and Jessica will be able to do so in ways that embody professional rigor and first-rate writing,” he said in an e-mail message.
There are many Tumblr blogs that could be covered, and some have already won broad attention. Last fall, for instance, a blog that posted stories of hardship and titled itself “We Are the 99 Percent” was widely cited in the media as Occupy Wall Street protests spread across the country. Other blogs have chronicled health scares, political campaigns and foreign conflicts. Many brands have set up Tumblr blogs to attract interest and show a more lighthearted side of their corporate owners.
Mr. Mohney said that the forthcoming content will market Tumblr by highlighting how the site is being used, but, he added, “fun, cool, compelling and organic creation will go a lot further towards demonstrating the potential of this nascent creative population than simplistic or forced attempts at corporate boosterism.”
…Quickly, before they delete all the embarrassing past posts on their personal Tumblrs: Chris Mohney; Jessica Bennett.
“Tumblr is basically hiring a staff to celebrate creativity and innovation. How many companies can say that?”
I love my job and company. Who can honestly say that?
Right on
