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Maybe the modern version of introspection is the sum total of all those highly individualized choices that we make about the material content of our lives.
Malcolm Gladwell and other cultural mavens on how we shape ourselves through brands

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Posted 3 months ago
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The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
Sir Winston Churchill  (via thewinterwind)

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Posted 5 months ago
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nbcnews: Thousands sign online petition against high-tech Christmas tree (Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP) Instead of a traditional pine tree, a high-tech light installation vaguely shaped like a Christmas tree stands in the the city center of Brussels.  And the 82-foot sculpture is causing quite a stir, with thousands of signatures appearing on an online petition against it. Read the complete story.

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Thousands sign online petition against high-tech Christmas tree

(Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP)

Instead of a traditional pine tree, a high-tech light installation vaguely shaped like a Christmas tree stands in the the city center of Brussels.  And the 82-foot sculpture is causing quite a stir, with thousands of signatures appearing on an online petition against it.

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Posted 5 months ago
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One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.
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Posted 5 months ago
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Reflection

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Here’s what I want you to do. Take out your iPhone or iPad but don’t turn it on. If you have a modern glass-screened Mac this will work for you as well.

Now, with it still off, look directly into the screen and notice what you see. If you are looking correctly the most prominent thing you should notice is your reflection. Not a perfect one, mind you. The screen is not a mirror. That said, there is a part of you in there.

If it is a touch enabled device, you likely also notice your fingerprints and smudges. Remnants of your presence. These are a reflection of a different sort, yet a reflection in, perhaps, a more personal and telling way. A knowing eye could likely deduce from those smudges and marks if you turn it on frequently or use one app more than another. There’s traces of you in there.

I would also argue that when we actually put these devices to their intended use that it is this reflection we seek. The places we go on the web. The things that we buy. The work that we do. The intentions of our task list. The games that we play. It is the parts of us in there, the reflection of ourselves, that make these more compelling.

In social networks this is especially true. The person complaining about the traffic. The friend repeating the funny comments of her coworkers. That guy you admire talking about failure being as important (if not more so) than success. That girl having a really bad day. You have had similar thoughts, experiences, desires, goals, wishes, hopes, failures, and success. You see your reflection in them. You see a part of you there.

And, after all, isn’t this what we want to see in our most personal of tools? A reflection of us. No matter how muddled or imperfect. We want to leave a mark. Some trace that we were there. That we deserve to be there. That we belong. That we are not alone. That, there, we are.

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Posted 5 months ago

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Line • #tatemodern #artgallery #gallery #room #architecture #light #vents #panels #illuminated #stripe #bankside #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #british #modern #winter #afternoon #december #2012 #black #white #grey #mono #blackandwhite #inkwell #lux #st #thest (at Tate Modern)

Line • #tatemodern #artgallery #gallery #room #architecture #light #vents #panels #illuminated #stripe #bankside #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #british #modern #winter #afternoon #december #2012 #black #white #grey #mono #blackandwhite #inkwell #lux #st #thest (at Tate Modern)

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Posted 5 months ago
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thingsmagazine: How a high-rise craze is ruining London’s skyline

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How a high-rise craze is ruining London’s skyline

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Posted 6 months ago
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Architecture in Brasília

Spotlight See more photos of Brasília’s famous architecture by visiting the Praça dos Três Poderes, Museu Nacional Honestino Guimarães, Palácio do Planalto, and Memorial JK location pages.

In the heart of Brazil lies Brasília, the country’s Federal Capital and fourth largest city. Brasília has another interesting claim to fame: it’s the largest city in the world that did not exist at the beginning of the 20th century.

Brasília’s construction began in 1956, led by urban planner Lúcio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer. Four years later, the city formally became Brazil’s national capital.

Niemeyer’s distinctive, grand modernist architecture defines the capital city, as does what some call a utopian city plan (its nickname is the “ilha da fantasia” or “fantasy island,” indicating the sharp contrast between the city and surrounding regions). When viewed from above, the main portion of Brasília resembles an airplane or a butterfly.

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Posted 6 months ago
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jockohomo: “Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.” —Camille Paglia (via FW)

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“Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.”

—Camille Paglia

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Posted 6 months ago
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jockohomo: Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (779-2) signed, numbered and dated ‘779-2 Richter 1992’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas (200 x 180 cm.), Painted in 1992.”When we describe a process, or make out an invoice, or photograph a tree, we create models; without them we would know nothing of reality. Abstract pictures are fictive models, because they make visible a reality that we can neither see nor describe, but whose existence we can postulate”- —GERHARD RICHTER

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Gerhard Richter, Abstraktes Bild (779-2) signed, numbered and dated ‘779-2 Richter 1992’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas (200 x 180 cm.), Painted in 1992.

”When we describe a process, or make out an invoice, or photograph a tree, we create models; without them we would know nothing of reality. Abstract pictures are fictive models, because they make visible a reality that we can neither see nor describe, but whose existence we can postulate”- —GERHARD RICHTER

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Posted 6 months ago
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architecture-apprentice: Crisp and elegant roof detail in Liverpool. Shot on a walk at dusk. 

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Crisp and elegant roof detail in Liverpool.

Shot on a walk at dusk. 

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Posted 7 months ago

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Spiral • 📚 being a bookworm 💭 • #library #canadawater #southlondon #down #southwark #london #londondocklands #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #architecture #staircase #wood #panels #woodgrain #vertical #circular #barrel #lights #handrail #publiclibrary #modern #internal #october #2012 #lofi #lux #st #thest (Taken with Instagram at Canada Water Library)

Spiral • 📚 being a bookworm 💭 • #library #canadawater #southlondon #down #southwark #london #londondocklands #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #architecture #staircase #wood #panels #woodgrain #vertical #circular #barrel #lights #handrail #publiclibrary #modern #internal #october #2012 #lofi #lux #st #thest (Taken with Instagram at Canada Water Library)

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Posted 8 months ago
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mappeal: De La Warr Pavilion - Spiral Staircase Erich Mendelsohn & Serge Chermayeff

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De La Warr Pavilion - Spiral Staircase
Erich Mendelsohn & Serge Chermayeff

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Posted 8 months ago
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Glass House

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Posted 10 months ago
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instahipsta: Between 2 Buildings • a consultation & some research • #architecture #steel #glass #slate #brick #modern #UCH #macmillan #bluesky #whitecloud #reflection #perspective #up #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #thebritishsummer #thebritishweather #midday #july #2012 #hudson #lux (Taken with Instagram at UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre)

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Between 2 Buildings • a consultation & some research •

#architecture #steel #glass #slate #brick #modern #UCH #macmillan #bluesky #whitecloud #reflection #perspective #up #london #england #greatbritain #unitedkingdom #thebritishsummer #thebritishweather #midday #july #2012

#hudson #lux

(Taken with Instagram at UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre)

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