December 2011
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A 7-Mile Rainbow for Kim Jong-il →
One of the many outcomes of that trip was Ben’s diploma project, part of which proposed a farcical realization of a 7-mile rainbow reportedly seen on the occasion of Kim Jong-il’s birth.
A Travel Guide to Prehistoric Places in North... →
Kim Jong Il Communication →
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“And that was when I realised the depth that the lulz was willing to go. How it...”
– Nevolution: Kim Jong Il Communication
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Much as the trend for vintage posters of soviet memorabillia seemed odd and somewhat offensive to survivors of communism, Kim Jong Il dropping the base would be downright weird if any North Koreans ever get a hold of it. Not because it’s offensive to their beloved leader, or because of all the atrocities that they’ve gone through. No, it’s because they simply wouldn’t get...
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A Hybrid Machine Joins 3-D Printing And Human... →
John Titor A Time Traveler's Tale [Paperback]
Perhaps one of the most amazing tales ever told, there is still debate online over this compilation of Internet posts made by a man claiming to be a real time traveler from our future. Is John Titor science fiction or science fact? After a world war in our future, John Titor claimed to have used a military time machine to travel from the year 2036. His story spans from 1975 where his mission was...
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“But my point is this: when design fiction creates things without context and...”
– Design Culture Lab | Think. Do. Make.
Digital Creativity Special Issue on Design... →
Design Fictions might also be sensed as a ‘speculative turn’ in design practice, founding a new engagement in ‘prototyping’ conjectural projections of designed futures. In the context of ever-present near futures, projected as scenarios that threaten radical ruptures of the real, digital creativity expands into a post-digital cybernetics. Design Fictions speculative design methodologies take their...
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Icarus 13
In Icarus 13, Kiluanji Kia Henda (Luanda, Angola 1979) shows us the landscape of African post-colonialism through a series of photographs and a mock-up. A team of Angolan astrophysicist is preparing man’s first expedition to the sun. Photographs of ruins from the colonial era – the space monument that was the Russian Government’s gift to the city of Luanda – are displayed with images of Angolan...
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Experimental Station (Lost in Space) →
Kiluanji Kia Henda’s project Icarus13 documents with photos, a model and a text the preparation for the first ever expedition to the sun led by the Angola government. The photos of the space station buildings and astronomy center are pretty impressive:
Kiluanji Kia Henda, Icarus 13, 2006
Only bummer is that everything about the Angolan sun mission is fiction and irony. The...
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“Human beings make the future every day. Making the future — setting in motion...”
– Alex Steffen » Putting the Future Back in the Room
“Zink’s team has now examined its contents, which include plenty of...”
– Ötzi the iceman’s stomach throws up a surprise - life - 11 December 2011 - New Scientist
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“Is periodizing network culture not a contradiction? Of course it is, in the...”
– Kazys Varnelis What is the Future of Network Culture? | varnelis.net
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“Sometimes the stories are the science…” – Blog –... →
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“This ‘communications gravity’ – the sheer weight of the ‘microfuture’ portrayed...”
– Matt Jones “Sometimes the stories are the science…” – Blog – BERG
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“In our Been There Done That Mashup Age, nothing is obsolete, and nothing is...”
– Kurt Anderson You Say You Want a Devolution? | Style | Vanity Fair
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“Apple stores are like back-on-earth sets for 2001: A Space Odyssey, the early...”
– Kurt Anderson You Say You Want a Devolution? | Style | Vanity Fair
“The modern sensibility has been defined by brief stylistic shelf lives, our...”
– You Say You Want a Devolution? | Style | Vanity Fair
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“There’s a photo of a guy who got tattoos to match those found on Otzi, aka...”
– Boing Boing
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“Better hand-selected than foot-selected, or algorithm-selected I guess.”
– Unsolicited Venice Super Colossal