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...this time, Kandinsky was on his own, artistically. The train of followers that he predicted in his book failed to materialise. And that new age he had been so sure of never did dawn. But after his death in 1944, his spirit lived on in the postwar design explosion that sprayed color onto a grey and battered world. And today, his work perfectly illustrates progress toward an ideal - a rarity in a world consumed with art for art's sake...
There is clearly a big appetite for all kinds of online lectures, as shown by the popularity of sites like TED.com which broadcasts talks given by innovators in the fields of technology, entertainment and design. But one of the most interesting consequences of open courseware may be its impact on teachers, who have a new way to get feedback--and exposure...
...would be to have a guidebook on a cell phone instead of in paperback form,” Bick said. Bick and Yan, engineering and physics concentrators, respectively, used the programming knowledge they learned in Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” to design the application. Rover won the Campus Services Ventures category of HSA’s I3 Harvard College Innovation Challenge last year and was subsequently picked up to be a subdivision of the agency. The I3 Competition selects Harvard’s most innovative business ventures and inventions, created by undergraduates...
...wall in the set also turns rhythmically on and off to further demarcate transitions. As if to the drums of war, the play marches to an internal beat, and its fury of personal devastation crescendos to the climactic shattering of the play’s illusions. The set design under the direction of David Reynoso is precise and meticulous in its details, and most importantly, it works. A string of mutilated doll parts hangs ominously over the milieu of the stage. The rubble of the setting is a constant reminder of war’s devastation. Significantly, this scene...
...That's the thing about Cirque du Soleil: the gasps of admiration its individual routines elicit, and the grand or simple design of each show, obliterate the cynicism of coolest, most derisive dudes. (Even Joel Stein has admitted to liking Cirque.) So Kooza can be recommended without reservation, even to those who can't stand clowns. And yes, the three in this show engage in a brief mime routine, but that's just to taunt you. Clowns do that...