Anthropocene by David Thomas Smith (Copper House Gallery, March 21st – April 16th, 2013, Dublin, Ireland). Fascinating new exhibit by artist utilizing aerial images found online. Each image is composed from thousands of thumbnails extracted as screen grabs from Google Maps, which are then reconstructed piece by piece using Photoshop to produce large detailed and patterned images. The artist draws upon the patterns and motifs used by Persian carpet makers, inspired by the weaver’s use of the carpet to record their experiences. A complicated, compelling use of color, pattern and place…
Category: Design
Social media + nyc dining
The Feast’s rundown on leading Foursquare check-ins at NYC dining destinations… Not a huge surprise, but Danny and Mario dominate the pack with Meyer’s Madison Square Park Shake Shack taking gold again.
His legacy will live on
Apple without Jobs?… Everyone (at least all stockholders, techies and Apple devotees) is pondering what the impact will be without the guy with all the vision (and black turtlenecks). New York Times piece looks at the possibility of Apple without its fearless leader. Love the opening describing when one journalist asked Jobs what consumer and market research Apple had done to guide the development of new products… “None,” Mr. Jobs replied. “It isn’t the consumers’ job to know what they want.”
