A non-sequitur about Trump’s America, and where we’re heading. This is from Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. Sounds like Trump’s GOP: “Remember the Whigs, Larry? They (more…)
Intellectual Property is what ruins our imagination, creativity, and everything we used to love.
Talking about why modern storytelling Hollywood films aren’t good…. the issue of Star Wars goes beyond kathleen kennedy and is a plague on the entire movie industry. Marvel, for better or worse, are (more…)
A defense of the inevitability of Equalitarianism: on a road with no map since the year of our Lord, 1215; *OR* an essay about isms.
So when I think about equalitarianism as a political doctrine, I typically immediately think about three things. This video: Explanation of who is killing who: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2012/10/01/this-land-is-mine/ Second, (more…)
Intellectual Property, Safe Bets, & Addiction to Nostalgia Porn
I know studios need to make their tentpoles that sustain them, and they take incredibly safe bets making relatively benign or saccarin films that get the ticket sales, but don’t move film or cinema forward (more…)
The Frontier is Everywhere…. Carl Sagan on Wanderers, and we as Voyagers.
Wanderers – a short film by Erik Wernquist from Erik Wernquist on Vimeo. Voyagers from Santiago Menghini on Vimeo.
Heatherwick Studio is growing plants for Bombay Sapphire’s gin, and it’s beautiful.
Fascinating, and functional. Heatherwick Studio’s master plan proposed the creation of two new glasshouses to grow specimens of the 10 exotic plant species used in the Bombay Sapphire distillation process. (more…)
A little music history from a little known DJ.
So before muzak, Seeburg was the old piped in “radio” channel of big band and classic jazz, bossa, and lounge music that was in hotel lobbies, restaurants, bars, etc. IT IS SO GREAT: http://seeburg1000.com/ Someone (more…)
Convenience erodes our ethical compass…. Uber & AirBnB are capitalist endgame of pure selfishness.
Most of you know I have problems with Uber. Of course, idealism is out the window when there’s savings or convenience (even if you risk some insurance company not paying a claim)… just like privacy is (more…)
Magnetic Gearing
Printing magnets in complex ways that create polarity that has breakthrough applications. This stuff is relatively untouched. The spring in the 2nd video is absolutely mind blowing. But the gears in the (more…)
Design abstraction to produce re-rendered physical objects, stripping down current styles… including a car.
United Nude’s design style goes without saying, having replicated a sense of geometry from existing design styles…. glassware, shoes, etc. But this is curious… and not street legal. It’s a polygon (more…)