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Stefano Mirtis

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2012

timeline archive:

a personal collectionof curiosities

Stefano Mirtis

facebook wall

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Stefanos facebook timeline 23/52 2012

Via Giuseppe De Notaris 4

Rainy Cloud Into a Gasoline

Puddle. Too Bad You Couldn't

Smell It...

You never change things by fighting the existing

reality. To change something, build a new modelthat makes the existing model obsolete."

(Richard Buckminster Fuller)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Via-Giuseppe-De-Notaris-4/113018935458718?ref=stream

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Milan

Existenzminimum

Licht, Luft und Sonne!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Milan-Italy/108581069173026?ref=stream

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Saint Petersburg, Russia

From Russia, with love.

: (

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY

Mr Trololo died. I am

extremely sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkYhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Saint-Petersburg-Russia/108131085886116?ref=stream

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Caserta

A Manifesto

Finally Beniamino Servinoshaped is thougths in

the form of a Manifesto. For the time being, in

Italian only.

Here we go: http://www.domusweb.it/...

/necessita-monumentale-nel.../

Domus people, you should translate it in English...
http://www.domusweb.it/it/news/necessita-monumentale-nel-paesaggio-dell-abbandono/http://www.domusweb.it/it/news/necessita-monumentale-nel-paesaggio-dell-abbandono/https://www.facebook.com/beniamino.servinohttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Caserta/144745065594688?ref=stream

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One by One

Alejandro Alejandro Cern writes: "...our future

pass by understanding how to combine the lastdiscoveries in technology and materials with

traditional crafts and knowledges adquired

through time, experience and history...".

See his (very nice) project at: http://cargocollective.com/.../One-by-One-Craft-

meets...
http://cargocollective.com/alejandroceron/One-by-One-Craft-meets-Mass-Productionhttp://cargocollective.com/alejandroceron/One-by-One-Craft-meets-Mass-Productionhttp://cargocollective.com/alejandroceron/One-by-One-Craft-meets-Mass-Productionhttps://www.facebook.com/alejandro.ceron.58

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London

A (Smart) Manifesto

Here above the fantastic Manifesto by Toni Dunne

and Fiona Raby. Very cool and very smart. I love

it!

More about their works at: http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/content/home

Some of their work I love the most: http://www.

facebook.com/media/set/

Here is their definition of "critical design": "Critical

Design uses speculative design proposals to

challenge narrow assumptions, preconceptions and

givens about the role products play in everyday

life. It is more of an attitude than anything else, aposition rather than a method. There are many

people doing this who have never heard of the

term critical design and who have their own way

of describing what they do. Naming it Critical

Design is simply a useful way of
http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/content/homehttp://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/content/homehttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.376087079116891.83148.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.376087079116891.83148.268422276550039&type=1http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/content/homehttp://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/content/homehttps://www.facebook.com/pages/London/203970906294348?ref=stream

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Benedetto Marcello

Nice Lunch

Today I had a great lunch at Fbr Leenee Ballini

Richards. Remo Ricchettiwas also there. AntonioPiccirilliand Fabio Chirulli cooked nice things,

conversation was pleasant and interesting. Very

nice.

Thanxthanx

http://www.fbreurope.com/intro.asp + http:

//www.antoniopiccirilli.com/home.htmhave a lot

of interesting and cool ideas & projects taking

shape...Very nice to follow their thoughts...

making this activity more visible and subject to

discussion and debate."

(via @brainpicker, Twitter)
http://www.fbreurope.com/intro.asphttp://www.antoniopiccirilli.com/home.htmhttp://www.fbreurope.com/intro.asphttp://www.antoniopiccirilli.com/home.htmhttp://www.antoniopiccirilli.com/home.htmhttp://www.fbreurope.com/intro.asphttps://www.facebook.com/antonio.piccirillihttps://www.facebook.com/antonio.piccirillihttps://www.facebook.com/remo.ricchetti.RRhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Benedetto-Marcello/254055431366511?ref=stream

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

This is a gorgeous link (thanx to Molly Molly Wright

Steensonfor sharing it): a fantastic list with the

main entries of the history of wereable computing(by Bradley Rhodes): http://www.media.mit.

edu/wearables/lizzy/timeline.html#1268

From 1268 (earliest recorded mention of

eyeglasses), all the way to 1997. Lots of super-interesting links

In the picture above: "The earliest depiction of

spectacles [eyeglasses] in a painted work of art

occurs in a series of frescoes dated 1352 byTommasoda Modena in the Chapter House of the

Seminario attached to the Basilica San Nicolo in

Treviso, north of Venice".

A Brief History of Wearable

Computing
http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/lizzy/timeline.html#1268https://www.facebook.com/maximollyhttp://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/lizzy/timeline.html#1268http://www.media.mit.edu/wearables/lizzy/timeline.html#1268https://www.facebook.com/maximollyhttps://www.facebook.com/maximollyhttps://www.facebook.com/MITnews?ref=stream

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Serpentine Pavillion

Iwan Baan's Photographs of

the New Serpentine Pavilion

by Herzog & de Meuron + Ai

Weiwei

A special photographer, for an ok pavillion.

Here the link where you can see all the images:

http://www.iwan.

com/photo_Serpentine_Gallery_Pavilion

(via @alicerawsthorn, Twitter)

(also this one is another great link: http://www.

historyofinformation.com/index.php?era=1300)
http://www.iwan.com/photo_Serpentine_Gallery_Pavilion_2012_Herzog_de_Meuron_Ai_Weiwei.php?plaat=30HdM-Serpentine-7124.jpghttp://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?era=1300http://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?era=1300http://www.iwan.com/photo_Serpentine_Gallery_Pavilion_2012_Herzog_de_Meuron_Ai_Weiwei.php?plaat=30HdM-Serpentine-7124.jpghttp://www.iwan.com/photo_Serpentine_Gallery_Pavilion_2012_Herzog_de_Meuron_Ai_Weiwei.php?plaat=30HdM-Serpentine-7124.jpghttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Serpentine-Pavillion/154890211195601?ref=stream

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New York, NY, United States

Cloud Scan

Golan Levin (@golan) tweets:

This might be a first. @atduskgreg created 3D

scans of clouds from his airplane window, using

123D Catch: http://www.flickr.com/.../unavo.../7159023839/in/photostream

More about Greg Borenstein (aka @atduskgre):

http://gregborenstein.com/
http://gregborenstein.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/unavoidablegrain/7159023839/in/photostreamhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/unavoidablegrain/7159023839/in/photostreamhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-New-York/108424279189115?ref=stream

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Minneapolis, MN, United States

Very interesting article on Wired magazine: http:

//www.wired.co.uk/.../2012-05/31/3d-printing-

copyright

Via Zoe Romano(@zoescope on Twitter).

Illustration by Andrew B. Myers

3D Printing's Forthcoming

Legal Morass
https://www.facebook.com/zoeromanohttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/31/3d-printing-copyrighthttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/31/3d-printing-copyrighthttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-05/31/3d-printing-copyrighthttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Minneapolis-Minnesota/106300959405546?ref=stream

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Los Angeles discoverLA.com

"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a

love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd

never go into business, because we'd be cynical.Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs

all the time and build your wings on the way

down."

Ray Bradbury 1920/2012

Here the link to the original (digital) version of the

above image: http://www.lolbrary.com/...

/18546/ray-bradbury-like-a-champ/

If you don't like what you're

doing, then don't do it.
http://www.lolbrary.com/post/18546/ray-bradbury-like-a-champ/http://www.lolbrary.com/post/18546/ray-bradbury-like-a-champ/http://www.lolbrary.com/post/18546/ray-bradbury-like-a-champ/https://www.facebook.com/losangelesfan?ref=stream

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La Biennale di Venezia

Non scrivere mai cazzate

Non scrivere mai cazzate (Never write bullshit).

Alighiero Boetti on Jenny Holzer poster at Venice

Biennale, 1990.

This poster was a present of Boetti to Cattelan.

To see the original (digital) image, here is the link:

http://exhibitiondesignlab.tumblr.com/.../non-

scrivere...
http://exhibitiondesignlab.tumblr.com/post/13515620506/non-scrivere-mai-cazzate-truism-written-on-jennyhttp://exhibitiondesignlab.tumblr.com/post/13515620506/non-scrivere-mai-cazzate-truism-written-on-jennyhttps://www.facebook.com/Labiennaledivenezia?ref=stream

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dOCUMENTA (13)

This is the work by Haegue Yang. Very special, I

would say. Here the link to the original (digital)

picture: http://www.ilpost.it/.../le-foto-di.../documenta-13-18/

Choreography Engineered in

Never-Fast Tense
http://www.ilpost.it/2012/06/07/le-foto-di-documenta-13/documenta-13-18/http://www.ilpost.it/2012/06/07/le-foto-di-documenta-13/documenta-13-18/https://www.facebook.com/pages/dOCUMENTA-13/105426976878?ref=stream

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Tokyo

Ishigami on Skyscrapers...

Here is the link to the (digital) original version of

the illustration above: http://relationalthought.

files.wordpress.com/.../junya

Here a little collection of some of the mostinteresting works by Junya Ishigami: http://www.

facebook.com/media/set/

And here you have the link to a very nice interview

to him: http://www.designboom.com/.../junya-ishigami-interview.html

Thanx to @fabjez and @scarponio (Twitter).
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/12187/junya-ishigami-interview.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.378113158914283.83545.268422276550039&type=1http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/12187/junya-ishigami-interview.htmlhttp://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/12187/junya-ishigami-interview.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.378113158914283.83545.268422276550039&type=1https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.378113158914283.83545.268422276550039&type=1http://relationalthought.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/junya-ishigami-the-potentility-of-towers-study-2010-ja79-autumn-2010-p18.jpghttp://relationalthought.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/junya-ishigami-the-potentility-of-towers-study-2010-ja79-autumn-2010-p18.jpghttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Tokyo/168426049875538?ref=stream

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From their website:

"Function is a platform that provides the

conference experience online. Participate in an

online class where you will simultaneously see theteacher, connect with other attendees, see the

slideshow and ask questions in real time."

And here is the link: http://worldfunction.com/

Function (a Nice Idea to

Share Knowledge)
http://worldfunction.com/

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Ebstorf, Germany

This is a fantastic link! How the World was

Imagined: Early Maps and Atlases (by Fosco

Lucarelli). Or: illustrations, information graphics,literature, maps, past futures,politics,

technology, visions

Depictions of the world from the Iron Age to the

Age of Discovery and the emergence ofmoderngeography during the early modern period.

Here the link: http://socks-studio.com/.../how-

the-world-was-imagine.../

In the image above, a detail of Gervase of Tilbury,the Ebstorf Map (ca. XIII century). More at: http:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebstorf_Map

Thanx to Fosco Lucarelli

via @doctorcrowd (Twitter)

How the world was imagined

(lots of different takes).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebstorf_Maphttp://socks-studio.com/2012/06/10/how-the-world-was-imagine-early-maps-and-atlases/http://socks-studio.com/2012/06/10/how-the-world-was-imagine-early-maps-and-atlases/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebstorf_Maphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebstorf_Maphttp://socks-studio.com/2012/06/10/how-the-world-was-imagine-early-maps-and-atlases/http://socks-studio.com/2012/06/10/how-the-world-was-imagine-early-maps-and-atlases/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ebstorf-Germany/108125595888843?ref=stream

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