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Alexandra Lange: Waiting for Olympic commentary that's more like criticism. 31 Jul 2012 | 08:54 pm
What the best sports commentary does is just like criticism: it makes you care about the previously abstract.
Jessica Helfand: Ezra Winter Project: Chapter Seven 31 Jul 2012 | 05:30 pm
As the gulf widens between the aspirational and the real — between the projected self and the authentic self — Ezra Winter immerses himself in all that is beautiful and lyrical and dream-like, includi...
Rick Poynor: Pierre Faucheux and Le Livre de Poche 30 Jul 2012 | 07:25 pm
A masterclass in book cover design: Pierre Faucheux’s work for the French paperback publisher Livre de poche.
John Foster: Accidental Mysteries, 07.29.12: The Remarkable Mr. Deeds 29 Jul 2012 | 06:08 pm
Accidental Mysteries is an online curiosity shop of extraordinary things, mined from the depths of the online world and brought to you each week by John Foster, a writer, designer and longtime collect...
Alexandra Lange: The new Natural History Museum of Utah puts visitors back in the canyons of the late Cretaceous.. 29 Jul 2012 | 04:20 am
Ennead Architects’ new Natural History Museum of Utah works to make natural history seem like the ongoing process of discovery that it is, layering geology and topography, paleontology and interactivi...
Rob Walker: Riffing on their weird resonance of a violent object: brass knuckles 28 Jul 2012 | 09:04 pm
Riffing on their weird resonance of a violent object: brass knuckles.
Mark Lamster: The Barnes Foundation and Corporate Space 26 Jul 2012 | 09:42 pm
The Barnes Foundation and the corporatization of public space.
John Thackara: The Other Green Economy 23 Jul 2012 | 08:14 pm
People the world over are divided between radically different conceptions of their future: resource-intensive production on the one side, versus regenerative land-based enterprises, and mosaics of mic...
John Foster: Accidental Mysteries, 07.22.12: Barkcloth, Bras, and Bulletproof Cotton: The Powers of Costume 22 Jul 2012 | 09:19 pm
Accidental Mysteries is an online curiosity shop of extraordinary things, mined from the depths of the online world and brought to you each week by John Foster, a writer, designer and longtime collect...
Mark Lamster: The Once & Future Library 20 Jul 2012 | 08:21 pm
The Library, declared dead, is more popular than ever.
