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No Axe to Grind: Manny Farber, Art and Movies

November 17th, 2008

“If you have this really big plan about what your writing should be, then, basically, you’re interested in power,” said New York Times critic Roberta Smith during a 2007 panel discussion. “You cannot write more than what you believe and what you see. And if you do, if you start projecting or if you start deciding you have an agenda … (More…)


 

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Consciously Designed: Amnesty Sets New Standards for Social Advertising

November 10th, 2008

Amnesty International originally known for its fierce human rights work has produced an equally aggressive media strategy that is changing th (Read...)

What Leading Women Look Like

November 03rd, 2008

“I’m a big believer in recycling, even carpets,” Hillary Clinton said in a February issue of US Weekly, joking about a heavy, tapestry- (Read...)

The Architecture of Eternity

October 27th, 2008

Ancient burial grounds have turned up artifacts of history, skeletons of pre-historic men and monuments erected to those civilizations. The p (Read...)

Taco Nation

October 20th, 2008

With all the gloom and doom financial news going on in the world, it was amazingly refreshing to experience the positive feelings at the Lati (Read...)

Reach for the Skies. Again.

October 13th, 2008

Let’s get twisted. The Chicago Spire (formerly known as the Fordham Spire of Chicago) promises to be a spiraling plume of smoke, fossilized (Read...)

Fashion Divorces Elitism

October 06th, 2008

When Steven Klein turned Brad Pitt’s paparazzi-infested romantic life into a disquieting fine art fashion shoot, the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jol (Read...)

Stand by Your Brand: How Cohesive Design Turned Obama Into America’s Leading Man

September 29th, 2008

As the confetti settled and the RNC wrapped up their convention with members of the Reds and Blues coalescing around their selections, Americ (Read...)

Marilyn Monroe Forever Young

September 22nd, 2008

Marilyn Monroe is the symbol of the eternal feminine. She represents an era when sex was not openly discussed or depicted but was suggested i (Read...)

The Trash Man: A Profile of Eco-Furniture Designer Nick DeMarco

September 15th, 2008

Green is everywhere, literally. These days, you can’t turn on the television, radio, open a magazine or surf the web without seeing ads of (Read...)

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