Word: designators
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...dozen in a display drawer; the next might hold one or two of those specimens, captured with a macro lens at 10 or 20 times their size. If the artist on show here is Nature, the close-ups only increase one's awe. How many ways can you design the jaws of a beetle? How many possible patterns are there on a moth's wings? How can there be so many kinds of scales, from butterfly fuzzy to fish-sharp? "It's so finely tuned and so fantastic and so beautiful," says Stacey. "It's better than anyone could design...
...with certainties, has little room for aesthetics. Yet for the Macleays and their contemporaries, beauty was more than half the point. The specimens were prizes, to be sure, shown off to friends and rival collectors, but they were also, in their mysterious affinities and variations, clues to the overarching design of Nature, "the plan of the creation itself, the work of an all-wise, all-powerful deity," wrote William the son, who knew and influenced Charles Darwin but disagreed with him about God. Stacey's own long contemplation of the collections made her "constantly think how fantastic Nature...
Frank O. Gehry graduated from the Design School in 1957 and was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts in 2000 by the University. His architectural masterpieces include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles...
...Gehry was chosen to help plan Harvard’s Allston expansion. At the time, he told The Boston Globe he would “add some design DNA to the overall project...
...news article "MIT Sues Architect Gehry Over Faulty Building" incorrectly stated that architect Frank O. Gehry graduated from Harvard's Graduate School of Design. Gehry attended the school but he did not graduate from it. In addition, a photo caption accompanying the story incorrectly stated that MIT officials estimate that it will cost $1.5 million to fix the problems. In fact, the damages MIT is seeking have not been disclosed...