Aside from the cool photography process, I really like how aware Michael Shindler is of the benefits of a storefront space as compared to a gallery. He made his studio a store and delivers a product that takes less than 20 minutes to complete.
Coca-Cola is testing a vending machine that has replaced currency with hugs. Expect to see similar measures applied to the current economic crisis.
(Source: popupcity.net)
I recently revisited some of my academic work.
“ We live in an accelerating contradiction: the more connected we become, the lonelier we are. We were promised a global village; instead we inhabit the drab cul-de-sacs and endless freeways of a vast suburb of information.”
-Stephen Marche, “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” (2012)
The Poking Machine blends the digital and physical, as it extends the Facebook experience and becomes a prosthetic to the human. Designed by Jasper van Loenen and Bartholomäus Traubeck, the device responds in real time to the poking function of Facebook.
