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Fake License
Via bbc.co.uk
Oct 2012
Chinese authorities have revoked the license for Ai Weiwei’s design firm, Fake Cultural Development, claiming he failed to re-register. Ai says he can’t re-register, as China has confiscated key documents related to his application.
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Field Trip!
Via architizer.com
Oct 2012
Architizer and Google have teamed up to bring architecture fact maps to select cities around the country, including Minneapolis. The Field Trip app uses map technology to share interesting tidbits about buildings, food, and obscure locations near you.
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Tracing 2.0
Via architizer.com
Sep 2012
Trace, a new cloud-based design app, allows architects to trace objects directly on an iPad. The project intends to streamline everything from data collection to collaboration, which the creators say is like “plugging yourself into a recursive feedback loop.”
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Making More Space
Via architizer.com
Sep 2012
This week, Dutch design firm DUS unveiled the world’s first mobile 3D printer, KamerMaker (RoomBuilder). It can create “rooms” that are up to 11. ft high and 7 ft. wide, furthering DUS’s desire for “on demand architecture that responds to local needs.”
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The Source
Via tate.org.uk
Sep 2012
For his new project at Tate Liverpool, Chris Aitken ponders the source of creativity: where ideas come from and how they’re realized. In video interviews, he tackles the topic with Tilda Swinton, David Adjaye, Lucky Dragons, Philippe Parreno, and others.
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Maker Revolution
Via guardian.co.uk
Sep 2012
The Maker movement—”harnessing the internet and the latest manufacturing technologies to make things”—could breathe new life into manufacturing, albeit a new kind of “bottom-up, broadly distributed, and highly entrepreneurial” production.
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eBook Avalanche
Via artinfo.com
Sep 2012
NY Art Book Fair founder AA Bronson says Paul Chan—who launched our Lowercase P: Artists & Politics series—is the “future of art publishing.” Chan’s Badlands Unlimited “is the tip of the iceberg and there’s an avalanche coming of eBook publishing.”
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Stedelijk Reopens
Via theartnewspaper.com
Sep 2012
After eight years of renovation, Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum reopens September 23. Designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects, a new facility (nicknamed “The Bathtub”) will accompany the fully refurbished 1895 original building.
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Droog Hotel
Via fastcodesign.com
Sep 2012
“Hotel Droog brings all of our activities under one roof—from curation to product design, exhibitions and lectures—and invites people to plug in as they choose,” says Droog Design’s Renny Ramakers of the firm’s first hotel, opening this week in Amsterdam.