To begin the week, after Japan tsunami, we recommend you this book. I Am a Cat (吾輩は猫である, Wagahai wa neko de aru?) is a satirical novel written in 1905–1906 by Natsume Sōseki, about Japanese society during the Meiji Period; particularly, the uneasy…
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Why you should listen to her: The three Ahn sisters (cellist Maria, pianist Lucia, violinist Angella) breathe new life into the piano trio with their passionate musicmaking. At TEDWomen, they start with the bright and poppy "Skylife," by David…
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AHN TRIO: A modern take on piano, violin, cello
This ethereal white house acts as a mystical object in its environment and projects its otherworldliness onto its surroundings. , full_html
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Leiria House by Aires Mateus. Photography © Fernando Guerra
Video from CNN, Tsunami dramatic video in Japan today. Spectacular and scary!+ other by TVE. , full_html
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To help you make the shift from design student to design professional easier Doug Bartow, principal of id29, and his colleagues put together this article listing 29 things they think all new designers need to know., full_html
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29 Things That All Young Designers Need to Know
Here’s an interesting hunch article discussing what your email domain says about you. I am totally guilty of stereotyping people by their email addresses: A friend recently recommended an accountant. When I saw his email address, I called up my…
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SEGÚN TU PROVEEDOR DE EMAIL: ¿QUÉ EDAD TIENES?
Here's this new piece to our tiny-homes section. A good idea in times of crisis: low, cheap and recycled., full_html
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Tiny Yellow Houses Episode1, or a Tiny Homes for 140 euros
I remember when radio came in the era of the New Deal, (whose spirit has recently been recovered in the U.S.) as information protocols changed, democratised. Or 60 years ago when The New York Times qualified the painter Jackson Pollock as the "…
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ONETHOUSANDSQUARE has been the winning of the competition for the design of an intervention on the main square Stortorget in Hamar, Norway city located 130 kilometers north of Oslo. The project will connect the city with the rest of the world…
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OneThousandSquare by Lluís Sabadell Artiga & Ecosistema Urbano
EcoRedux 02, the fourth temporary exhibition of FABRICATION LABORATORY, assembles a genealogy of ecological material experiments that underground architectural groups conducted in the 1960s and 1970s. OPENING TODAY 03/10/2011 7.30 pm , full_html
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