Students from the US Armed Forces, USAID, FBI and international militaries applied design theory to future scenarios templated in CENTCOM, EUCOM, PACOM, and NORTHCOM. — Small Wars Journal
At the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) at Fort Leavenworth, KS, 96 SAMS students, faculty and contractors recently finished a six week experimentation period using “design” to approach military operations. Read about how "Students from the US Armed Forces, USAID, FBI... View full entry
Concrete may seem an unlikely material for scientific advances. At its most basic, a block of concrete is something like a fruitcake, but even more leaden and often just as unloved. via NYT View full entry
This isn't SFMOMA director Neal Benezra's first rodeo. NYT View full entry
Museum With No Frontiers surveys Islamic art and architecture from the Umayyads to the Ottomans. View full entry
Roberta Smith reviews some current gallery shows off the artist James Castle's work. She writes, "In his understanding of structure, moving parts and the abbreviation of familiar forms, Castle used cardboard as brilliantly as Alexander Calder used wire, but with more corners."NYT View full entry
The other day a friend and I were discussing POM's unfortunate decision to switch to plastic bottles, replacing the re-usable glass bottles. Today someone sent me a link to a brilliant independent shop on Etsy that converts commercial bottles into drinking glasses. Personal faves include the... View full entry
Shulman's photo captures the iconic Los Angeles of our dreams — the glittering, slightly scary, edge-of-the-continent feel of the future. In LA Magazine, Mary Melton writes that the photographer "gave Los Angeles its best self, and then exported its mythology to the world." npr.org View full entry
Do plants have rights? Are they entitled the same respect as all other living creatures? These may seem like silly questions, but Heather's thoughtfully crafted new feature, The Dignity of Plants, creates a sober argument for moral responsibility. Heather also chats with Klaus Peter Rippe, Chair... View full entry
Shepard Fairey, the Guerilla artist who created the famous Obama Hope poster, is the subject of a retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. NYT | Slideshow | prev. 1 | 2 View full entry
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will produce its last printed edition on Tuesday (today) and become an Internet-only news source, making it by far the largest American newspaper to take that leap. NYT | One Era Ends, Another Begins View full entry
"I am not an industrialist. But it's up to me to talk about the loss. The future is obsolescence in reverse. And obsolescence is a big part of maturity. To understand that things happen you have to understand that things vanish. A lot of it deserves to be gone forever, but not all of it. I am... View full entry
People are visiting our galleries and museums at a startling rate. Is it the cafés, the absence of swearing... maybe even the art? TimesOnline View full entry
As if Tom Daschle weren't enough trouble for Obama, it now turns out Adolfo Carrion, the former Bronx borough president and new Urban Policy czar, did not pay his architect for renovations to his City Island home. What's worse, Carrion had advisory power over a number of the architect's projects... View full entry
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"The company is in discussions with buyers for all or part of its business," a spokeswoman for the company said. Where is the 'creative class' on this one..? Huh? LA Times View full entry