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November 08 2012
An Underground Museum Extension That Doubles As Above-Ground Land Art

An Underground Museum Extension That Doubles As Above-Ground Land Art

The most striking sight at the Städel Museum’s recently opened extension might be the sloping, skylight-dotted garden that serves as its roof.

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Rotten Bananas and Moldy Bread: Food Porn At Its Dirtiest

Rotten Bananas and Moldy Bread: Food Porn At Its Dirtiest

Joe Buglewicz takes gorgeous studio shots of decomposing foodstuffs.

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An Artistic Late Bloomer Gets A Career-Long Retrospective In New York

An Artistic Late Bloomer Gets A Career-Long Retrospective In New York

89-year-old scientist-turned-artist Richard Artschwager’s sculpture, drawing, and painting is on display at the Whitney museum.

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Faux-Artisanal Popcorn, Popped One Kernel At A Time

Faux-Artisanal Popcorn, Popped One Kernel At A Time

These intentionally absurd production machines poke fun at our small-batch-obsessed consumer culture.

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A Unique E-Book Concept Merges Dead Tree Pulp With The Web

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A Unique E-Book Concept Merges Dead Tree Pulp With The Web

Waldek Węgrzyn’s innovative take on the electronic book turns the book itself into a new digital interface, without eliminating the joys of ink on paper.

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Video: How To Take Amazing Photos In Outerspace

Video: How To Take Amazing Photos In Outerspace

NASA astronaut Don Pettit discusses being the ISS’s resident photographer.

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Xbox SmartGlass Review: Microsoft Invades The Second Screen

Xbox SmartGlass Review: Microsoft Invades The Second Screen

An ambitious free app for Windows 8, Android, and iOS phones and tablets supplements the console experience with touch screens. Groundbreaking? Yes. Finished? Not nearly.

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Need Branding That Transcends Cultures? Invent Your Own Language

Need Branding That Transcends Cultures? Invent Your Own Language

A thoughtful identity gives a multinational disease research network a new way to communicate.

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At 4 Feet Wide, This Is The World’s Thinnest House

At 4 Feet Wide, This Is The World’s Thinnest House

The Keret House in Poland is just 4 feet wide. So pace yourself at Costco, buddy.

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3 Ways Improv Training Can Improve Customer Service

3 Ways Improv Training Can Improve Customer Service

Written by: Daniel Sobol and Toby Bottorf

Taking a cue from the Russian theater director Konstantin Stanislavsky, Continuum’s Daniel Sobol and Toby Bottorf argue that frontline employees shouldn’t feel tied to a script.

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