Billed as an “interactive lecture,” starting 23 March 2011 and running through 31 December 2011, Adobe’s online museum presents an exhibit featuring a “digital representation” of RISD president and technology theorist John Maeda speaking on the relationship between old-world craft and our digital age.
Belarus design firm Solovyodesign recently produced a very thoughtful lightbulb. Shaping the twisted contours of a normal compact fluorescent bulb into the shape of a human brain, the industrious design couple offer a beautiful rethinking of the CF bulb while making a humorous play on the classic “good idea” lightbulb bit from Saturday morning cartoons.
In a recent installment of artist Doug Aitken’s video series (bringing conversations on “nothing less than the future of art itself” to the NYT), LCD Soundsystem James Murphy keeps it down-to-earth, opening up about the mundane sounds like refrigerator hums and snowbanks that inspire his music.
