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Sprezzatura - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sprezzatura (Italian pronunciation: [sprettsaˈtura]) is an Italian word originating from Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier, where it is defined by the author as “a certain nonchalance, so as to conceal all art and make whatever one does or says appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.”

aesthetics art culture wikipedia
july 2011 by rtlechow

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Tasjian Experience Design :: user interface and user experience design

"At it’s most basic, wabi-sabi is an aesthetic appreciation of the incomplete, simple, rustic and modest. Sound a lot like Google’s interface? Leonard Koren characterizes the differences between Western middle modernism and wabi-sabi, which he views as polar opposites. (Koren, 1994) Modernism Wabi-Sabi Logical, rational world view Intuitive world view Absolute Relative Geometric organization of form Organic form People adapting to machines People adapting to nature Mass-produced, modular Variable, one-of-a-kind Solicits reduction of sensory experience Solicits expansion of sensory experience These rather abstract characterizations of wabi-sabi relate to a number of concepts. Aen Tan identifies a few of these which have a direct bearing on interactive design (Tan, 2007); "

wabisabi design aesthetics zen principles art ui
january 2011 by rtlechow

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“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog

"I am pleased to preview ‘Dead Drops’ a new project which I started off as part of my ongoing EYEBEAM residency in NYC the last couple weeks. ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. You are invited to go to these places (so far 5 in NYC) to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your files and date. Each dead drop contains a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is still in progress, to be continued here and in more cities. Full documentation, movie, map and ‘How to make your own dead drop’ manual coming soon! Stay tuned."

anonymous art city computer copyright cool collaboration creative filesharing hacking fun networking networks nyc offline p2p physical space usb sharing public urban
october 2010 by rtlechow

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Like, Python

"A full list of Like, Python keywords is below (swearing optional):

Valleygirl: omg, so, like, totally, right, toootally
Frat guy: friggin, fuckin, dude, man, bro, broheim, broseph
Internets: lol, rofl, teh, ohai, plz
Snoop: yo, homey, homeboy, sup, dog, shit, girl, ma, biatch, ho, shiiit
Local: wicked, hella, anyways
Misc: just, hey, yeah, ok, um, uh, ah, actually, something"

art code coding development humour humor linguistics programming python languages language software
april 2010 by rtlechow

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Liam’s Pictures from Old Books

"Over 2,600 high-resolution free images scanned from more than 160 different old or rare books, with extracts, by Liam Quin."

images books art graphics free history illustration reference
march 2010 by rtlechow

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