Tomorrow is Persian’s new year and the first day of spring. Persians all over the world will rejoice and gather to celebrate one of the most jovial rituals dating back to Zoroaster. He walked the Persian lands to spread his idea of good deeds. “Do no evil” is ironically what we need at this time […]
Entries from March 2009
Noerooz = New Day
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Body · Borders · Community · Courage · Design · Evolution · Humanity · Iran
Thomas Hirschhorn
March 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments
In his comical and dysfunctional Universal Gym, Hirschhorn brings back his usual low tech constructions made from cardboard, foil, glass, heart monitors, rubber, tape, trophies, wood, etc. overloading viewers with stuff of consumerism. The motionless figures are similar to stuffed museum specimen. The hearts are gouged out of their chests, and they seem distant. Love […]
Tags: Arezoo Moseni · Basel · Body · Books · Contemporary Art · Exhibitions · Gym · Health · Installation · New York · Sculpture
Idea Index
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Each year as part of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, a distinguished jury panel awards a $100,000 prize to an idea which supports the development and implementation of a strategy with significant potential to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. Comprehensive Design for a Carbon Neutral World: The Challange of Appalachia was John Todd’s winning idea in […]
Tags: Arkitektur · Community · Design · Environment · Evolution · Mind · Strategy · Technology · Theory