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You can learn good design through these books. Most of which is avoiding bad design.
It’s much more than an art form.
If you’re getting into the creative arts to get a big paycheck or ego boost: don’t.
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How does humanity arrive at great ideas? Simple: we take already great ideas and just arrive at even greater ideas.
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We all love the art, but we often forget the difficulty of being an artist. Here are some of the most famous, greatest writers of all time who never could quite make a living doing it.
The Germans have a lovely saying for the benefits of keeping an idle mind: ‘die Seele baumeln lassen’, meaning ‘let the soul dangle’.
Artificial Intelligence has come a long way in a short time. So at what point will it be able to emulate the great artists and writers of our time?
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Designed by two MIT professors, this build-it-yourself kit teaches kids to “think with their hands” in an effort to bolster STEM skills early on.
“Shut up and take my money” isn’t just a meme anymore, it’s the way people are increasingly choosing to access art, news, and culture.
Director Ezra Edelman just won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for ‘O.J. Simpson: Made in America’. By deconstructing one scene, he gives insight into how truth and art must co-exist in documentary filmmaking.
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American painter David Salle explains that to observe and appreciate art better, we need to refresh a basic skill we’ve all left in the dust: how to see.
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Researchers found what all viruses have in common and created a therapy that should work on any kind, and will outsmart viral mutation.
Every field has its revolutionaries – dance is no different.
By comparing signatures in auction house transactions of over 400,000 paintings, researchers found that works by narcissistic artists sold for higher prices.
Sarah Lewis, curator and the author of The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery, on art as a galvanic force.
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