One Painting that Moves
I'd like to re-introduce Erik Sanner, a truly innovative, forward-thinking artist.
Designed to Help: Innovation for Urban Slums
by Taylor Hom
On Halloween, the United Nations Population Division reported the world’s population had reached seven billion. But as global population soars, many governments and communities struggle to accommodate rapid urban growth. People flock to cities as refugees of conflict, victims of natural disasters, or seekers of job opportunities. In 2008, for the first time in world history, more people lived in cities than in rural areas, and today, nearly one billion live in urban slums with that number projected to double by 2030.
Gordon Brown's Four Problems
On September 20, I attended a lecture by former UK Prime Minster Gordon Brown at The New School University. As he paced the stage, Brown outlined the themes of his new book, Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization.
Quite a title! I am sure we could come up with a globalization crisis that precedes the contemporary one he speaks of, but that's not the point of this post.
110 Stories: 9/11 App
Hard to believe that in only a few short weeks, it will have been 10 years since the events of 9/11. As a pet project, life long New Yorker Brian August took to Kickstarter several months back and proposed creating an iPhone app called "110 Stories" which could visually recreate the towers from every vantage point in the city, so that New Yorkers and visitors alike could once again reimagine the iconic beauty of the buildings.
The video above is August's pitch and his concept behind the app, which in only a few short weeks received enough financial backing to go into production. Some sites such as Gizmodo have criticized the app as a shameless and crass way to relive what will surely be a painful and tearful day for all New Yorkers.
Do you agree with the critics or are August's efforts coming from a good place?
