Michele Bachmann, Living Doll
by Steven Heller
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann has attracted national cable media attention for suggesting that President Obama is "anti-American." Yesterday she called for the defeat of the health care bill. Now she's Ms. November on the Conservative Women's 2010 calendar and has achieved a new level of celebrity status--in the form of her own action figure....
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The Building is Alive!!!
by Steven Heller
BLU is one of the most enticing street art and design collectives around today. While their website is a little overdone in the DIY conceit, they have some incredible work on it. Particularly an amazing video which I link to, and others I urge you to see. But don't miss the video showing their living building come to life, titled "Combo."...
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Am I Paranoid?
by Steven Heller
I often feel eyes are watching me wherever I go. Is this narcisism, paranoia or both? Or in this age of Google Maps, GPS, and satelite surveilance one can't be too wary or careful. For your consideration I present the evidence that even in nature we are being watched....
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Boilerplate Lost, Now Found
by Steven Heller
We are painfully aware that drone aircraft and other unmanned fighting machines have made the "art" of war even more horrific than ever, but did you know that 100-plus years ago, the first robotic soldier charged with Teddy Roosevelt up San Juan Hill? He also fought in the Japanese-Russian War and the Boxer Rebellion in China. His name was Boilerplate, the invention of Chicago Professor Archibald Campion, and for decades, his stunning exploits have been forgotten....
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It's Not Even Halloween Yet
by Steven Heller
Observation for today: Tomorrow is Halloween. But today dozens of retail stores around New York City have put up their Christmas decorations already. I'm always happiest during the holiday season, but even I can't stomach too much jingle bells....
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Egads, Watson! What's Up with the 19th Century Thing?
by Andrea Codrington
In the late 19th century, it was widely believed that nostalgia was an illness. A hundred years ago, Freud gave a famous lecture at Clark University in which he pointed out that “hysterical patients suffer from reminiscences. Their symptoms are residues and mnemic symbols of particular experiences.”...
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Sin City Musical
by Steven Heller
Twenty years ago, when the earth was still young, I collaborated with TV personalities and writing partners Marshall Efron and Alfa-Betty Olsen and illustrator Steven Guarnaccia on a book titled Sin City Fables. It was, as you can guess......
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Can You See the Invisible Man?
by Steven Heller
Can you find Mr. Liu Bolin, "The Invisible Man?" Liu, a young Beijing-based artist, is called the “invisible man” owing to his ability to use his own body as an art that blends into his surroundings. The 36-year-old chameleon paints on himself and becomes one with the background. Now that's an illusion....
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World Design Congress, Day 2
by Ellen Shapiro
On the second day of the World Design Congress, Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts is decorated for the biggest party in China’s young design history. Victor Margolin, LUST, Markus Schneider, and David Berman speak....
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