Category Archives: culture
NY Times Speical Edition parody
Walking out of the C/E Spring Street stop, I got a “free NY Times” from a guy passing them out to riders leaving the station. I sort of knew something was up because it was a lot thinner than normal. … Continue reading
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Why Are Comedians Providing The Most Relevant Journalism?
We’re in the final stretch of a long presidential campaign, which is a watershed election for many reasons. The more obvious having to do with the race and gender of the candidates. However, there are lesser ones which are important … Continue reading
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Awesome People I Met/Saw At The New York Art Book Fair
I finally made it to the New York Art Book Fair after being out of town last year. I think I learned about the first one a couple of days after it ended, which is quite typical for me. In … Continue reading
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What is the Role of the Anthropologist?
Image source: cultureby.com On Saturday, I got to hear Grant McCracken speak at the AIGA GAIN conference in New York. I documented that I was going to the talk in my usual way of writing a quick note in twitter, … Continue reading
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Best Movie Every Year Since You’ve Been Born.
Image source: Wikipedia entries Diva, She’s The Man, and Safe. There is a music album meme circulating blogs where people cite the best album for every year they were born. I took a different tack and did movies. Some of … Continue reading
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A Culture of Superheros: The Thing As Construction Worker
Image source: Dulce Pinzón And speaking of transformations, I recently saw the show Superheros: Fashion and Fantasy show at the Met’s Costume Institute. The show, skillfully art directed by a friend Shane Valentino, was well curated and displayed– mixing the … Continue reading
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Becoming Kanye
It’s funny how ideas come together. I’ve been slowly making my through Grant McCracken’s book Transformation. This morning on the train, I came to his section on the post-modern transformation of man, in particular on the absorption of hip hop … Continue reading
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The Windmill And The Lighthouse
Image source: flickr Image source: flickr On the way out to Provincetown from Boston, a few weeks ago, I noticed a sole windmill on the shore, largely ignored by the passengers on the ferry. However, on the other side I … Continue reading
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Physicality of light.
Images source: flickr.com The objects and tools around us are losing their physicality. Our cars, watches, music, phones, adding computers, and now light sources are less analogue and mechanical, as they become more digital and quantum / nano scale. Although … Continue reading
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Buying In and Rob Walker at the Art Directors Club
Image source: murketing,eventbrite I’m a little behind in the blogging, but I heard Rob Walker for a Q&A with Danielle Sacks from Fast Company, on his book on murketing called Buying In. The event was at the ADC and hosted … Continue reading