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Theo Schell-Lambert on Jean Baudrillard
Never a reporter, always a prescriber, the French theologian upended the notion of a "real" L.A., as if there ever was such a thing.
Read & DiscussAt Toronto's Human Library You Check Out People, Not Books
Inspired by "living libraries" around the world, Toronto's Human Library allows you to check out a person for 30 minutes and "read" their life story.
Read & DiscussEl Origen Embraces "Polluted" Wool as a Natural Style Point
Pairing conscious construction with fair compensation to create lovely artisan wool sweaters, El Origen Wool gives new meaning to black sheep.
Read & DiscussFake Realtors Imagine Artistic Uses for Neglected Buildings
New work from Hypothetical Developments continues to advertise imaginary buildings and call attention to what New Orleans lacks.
Read & DiscussSinema Amnesia's Ulysses: A Visual Epic of Ultra-Recent History
Mark Wallinger's "Sinema Amnesia" screens footage of the waters of the Dardanelles straight from the previous day, creating a visual memory loop.
Read & DiscussJF & Son's Guild System Designs Heirloom Fashion
New York's JF & Son clothing line is built on a revolutionary "vertical/horizontal" model and features pieces by Asian artisans.
Read & DiscussOurGoods: New York's New Barter Network
OurGoods is a new barter network for New York creative types that helps users trade the skills or stuff they have for the ones they seek.
Read & DiscussStop Shopping, Start Hearing on the National Day of Listening
StoryCorps's National Day of Listening broadcasts dialogues between regular folks as a rejoinder to the loud consumer chaos of Black Friday.
Read & DiscussBomb the Blight Brings a Serious Arsenal to Seed-Bombing
The artist Tommy Wilson wants to seed-bomb every state in the nation.
Read & DiscussTreehotel: Sweden's Dreamlike Treehouse Fantasies
Sweden's imaginative hotel takes childhood dreams of the ultimate treehouse to new heights.
Read & DiscussContrail Turns Your Bike into a Paintbrush
The Contrail bike accessory draws colorful lines of chalking fluid on asphalt behind your bike-producing some literal street art and promoting safety.
Read & DiscussxAirport Flight Simulator Restores the Wetlands (and the Wonder of Flying)
Natalie Jeremijenko says the way to protect the wetlands is to build more. Her xAirport builds "wetlanding" strips and reimagines how we fly.
Read & DiscussFinally: Affordable Space Travel Comes to San Francisco
Jonathon Keats's Local Air and Space Administration sells Mars-filtered water, plants cacti in extraterrestrial soil, and brings space to the city.
Read & Discuss141 Eyewear: Buy One Pair of Glasses; Give One Pair. One for One.
The model for the 141 Eyewear company is in its name: You buy one pair of their well-designed frames; they give a pair to someone who needs them.
Read & DiscussBuilding a Temporary House from Homeless People's Cardboard Signs
As part of the Sukkah City design contest, Rael San Fratello honors Jewish heritage and brings attention to homelessness.
Read & DiscussDigital Green Advances Indian Agriculture Through Viral Video
Digital Green uses a novel tactic to spread good farming practices in rural Indian village: make educational videos in which area farmers star.
Read & DiscussInfographics Everywhere: Mapping Data to Improve Life in Indonesia
During World War II, the Japanese occupying Indonesia set up an intricate system of administrative blocks called RTs. The Japanese are, of...
Read & DiscussSaving Cities Solves the Rust Belt Brain Drain
Cleveland’s uphill battle for its reputation has been going on for years—at least since 1969, the year its Cuyahoga River infamously caught fire...
Read & DiscussGreenaid Places Seed-Bombs in Vintage Gumball Machines
When you’re bequeathed several vintage gumball machines, the gift comes with a mandate to do something creative. But what? That was the dilemma...
Read & DiscussPhotographing Government Installations That Don't Exist
Trevor Paglen is trained as a geographer, so it fits that his work photographing covert government installations began when he noticed something...
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