by natecooper | May 7, 2009 | aesthetics, art, cities, cool, culture, new york
Living in New York, one’s mind might be lent to wonder about the legality of street advertisement. They are literally everywhere. I’m not just talking about billboards (though their omnipresence is also very hard to dismiss), but on every barricade,...
by natecooper | May 4, 2009 | cool, culture, internet, media
What the hell is going on here? Hrrrthrrr posts a Tumblr linking back to what is seemingly a one off from davidhorvitz. A simple query to google turns up this article which just brings me further down the rabbit hole. Watch this TED talk video: That lady is crazy....
by natecooper | May 3, 2009 | aesthetics, art, culture, media, style
SVA Dot Dot Dot Lectures: Jason Santa Maria from MFA Interaction Design on Vimeo. Jason Santa Maria lays out some very interesting queries here, but seems to lack answers. Here he speaks to why visual appeal is very much alive in print media, but lacking in online...
by natecooper | May 1, 2009 | architecture, books, cities, cool, culture, new york
Though I’m sure it must be an incredibly difficult job for only the top in the field, I can’t shake the impression that the people who work for the New York Public Library, must sit around coming up with truly nerdy things to do and then execute them. Take...
by natecooper | May 1, 2009 | art, books, cool, culture
Take some practical tips about writing by the illustrious Mark Twain. The secret is to share your work with a large cross section of people (listed one by one in this video), then, if a book fails to please, burn it. For some reason this video is also narrarated by...
by natecooper | Apr 30, 2009 | cool, culture, media
Wow. If you like Nintendo and public transit you must see this video about subways. ExciteBike references, among many other old school NES games abound in this informative video about world transport systems. (via...