In conversation… [2 of 2] with Steve Oklyn of Not Vogue. Curated for the Second Sight ‘2014 And Beyond Event’, Amsterdam 11.12.13. Continue reading
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In Continuum [1 of 2]_ 2014 & Beyond Event, Amsterdam
In conversation… [1 of 2] with Steve Oklyn of Not Vogue. Curated for the Second Sight ‘2014 And Beyond Event’, Amsterdam 11.12.13. Continue reading
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So This Just Happened_ 2014 & Beyond Event [11.12.13], Amsterdam
The auspicious date of 11.12.13 saw the staging in Amsterdam of this year’s Second Sight ‘2014 & BEYOND Event‘. Ten speakers came from all over to present ideas and findings on the steps being taken towards the future – from giants leaps to changes in pace – and that we may soon be experiencing in our day … Continue reading
Run For Your Life… The 89plus Marathon
89plus is a long-term, international, multi-platform research project co-founded by Simon Castets and Hans Ulrich Obrist. It is conceived as a mapping of the ‘Diamond Generation’, as coined by the novelist Douglas Coupland to describe those born in or after 1989. Without forecasting artistic trends or predicting future creation, 89plus manifests itself through panels, books, periodicals … Continue reading
“Facebook has slowly and surely eased itself into countless corners of daily life.”
…And the counterpoint to the post written by Ruby Karp earlier this week about Facebook, this time from 15-year-old Adora Svitak… Continue reading
“Facebook has been trying too hard. Teens hate it when people try too hard; it pushes them away.”
Is the end nigh for Facebook? 13-year-old New York teen Ruby Karp posted a story on Mashable.com explaining why she thinks the social network is losing it’s touch… and no longer keeping teens interested. Continue reading
Would Like To Meet_ Steve Oklyn, NOT VOGUE
How do you take on the mighty world of fashion, shake it awake and begin a revolution? By playing to its vanity, creating your own carnivale hall of mirrors… and dragging it inside? This is what Steve Oklyn, creator of NOTVOGUE.com seems to have succeeded via his online magazine, with its glossy photos and terse … Continue reading
Mapping The Trends Shaping Our Cities
The BMW Guggenheim Lab, a traveling think tank/community discussion space, released today their latest list of urban trends, gleaned from almost six months’ worth of workshops held in Mumbai, Berlin, and New York City. From Container Architecture to Data Visualization, Crowdsourcing to Urban Data, many of these trends — discussion points, really — pop up frequently. The … Continue reading
Inspiring Nostalgia In 2033
In the midst of a two-decade period which kicked off the 21st century, there still seems some confusion as to a universally agreed-upon name for these times: the naughts, aughts, zeros, oh-ohs, or 2000s; tens, tweens and teens. How will we look back in, say, 2033 and define the age without a name, much less … Continue reading
It’s Television, But Not As We Know It… Yet?
Will ‘curated viewing’ be the future of television? The Future of Television – a blog post by Robert C. Taylor. Continue reading
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