Link to article here. “Synthetic-biology-based approaches to design practices, which have a material engagement with design and engineering practices, propose a new set of conditions in which architectures can alter their characteristics to suit changing environmental conditions. Living materials raise the possibility that buildings can make a positive impact on their local surroundings by performing […]
The film by Leni Riefenstahl documents the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It was split into two parts: “Festival of Nations” and “Festival of Beauty”. It was the first documentary film on the Olympics and introduced new techniques of how to film sports. Unusual camera angles, extreme close-ups and camera tracks in the stadium to view the […]
The number of domestic sponsorships sold throughout the years very similarly to that of the ticketing. There again seems to be a correlation between the number of domestic sponsors and with the size of the hosting country, with the Atlanta games in the US having the highest number of domestic sponsorship. Unlike the ticketing revenue […]
A series of articles on The Economist journal regarding the assessment of economic impact on the London 2012 Olympics. http://www.economist.com/topics/2012-olympics and http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/15/london-2012-olympics-the-economist
Daniel Piker has a few interesting experiments in Grasshopper that deal with self-organization of geometries and forms. One in particular is his sketch of surface tension. Link to his blog post
Conduction
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http://sustainablecities.dk/en/city-projects/cases/rio-de-janeiro-the-gondola-opens-up-the-favela In terms of public transportation, Rio de Janeiro is facing the same problems as many other Latin-American metropolises. The city is served by a comprehensive public transit system, including a modern metro, suburban trains and a large bus fleet. But transportation services are sometimes unable to keep pace with rampant urbanization, especially […]
http://img.ezinemark.com/imagemanager2/files/30004252/2011/05/2011-05-27-16-35-56-10-tiger-woods-choked-up-after-winning-the-2006-briti.jpeg Sports journalism seems to be the journalism which accepts its story-telling roles and partnerships with advertising and entertainment. Yet it still suggest that cultural and moral values are alluded in sports reporting. The implication that sports reporting emphasizes storytelling and plot over impartial truth telling isparticularly interesting in contrast to other forms of journalistic endeavors . For sports […]
Shape-Shifting
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