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From Conspicuous Consumption to Conspicuous Frugality

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home

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Maggie Van Ostrand

Humans are ingenious inventors, which may be what got us into this mess in the first place. Now we must invent alternative products that we can enjoy as much as what they replace.

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Robert Graham and the Homies

Tom Hayden | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

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Tom Hayden

Robert Graham's fear has come true; LA leads California, California leads America, and America leads the world, in the population of the incarcerated, most of them young men of color.

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Publish or Perish v. Publish and Perish

Aimee Liu | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

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Aimee Liu

Here's the central paradox: there's more opportunity for all to publish, but more than ever, only the mega-sellers profit at all. It's like a rapidly expanding casino with a shrinking winner's circle.

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Frieze Art Fair: The Agony and the Ecstasy

Charlotte Appleyard | Posted 11.16.2008 | Business

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Charlotte Appleyard

At the Frieze private view on Wednesday one big question kept being asked -- how were sales going?

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Ai Weiwei: Artist as Diffident Olympics Hero

Monroe Price | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment

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Monroe Price

The search is on for the unique encapsulation, the stroke that conveys China, the Olympics and change all in one go -- Weiwei is a cornucopia of the complexity of China.

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How Art School Reveals Human Nature

Seth Roberts | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment

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Seth Roberts

Sure, we can learn about human nature by looking at art. What's less obvious, at least to me, is how much can be learned about human nature by observing art students.

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Whitney Biennial Jumps the Shark

Carolyn Castiglia | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business

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Carolyn Castiglia

If working class people can get t-shirts with prints created by artists, why should we complain that we don't have health care? Got an open wound? Take that Jeff Koons t-shirt, shred it up and use it as a tourniquet.

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Life in Flight Takes Flight

Tracey Hecht | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment

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Tracey Hecht

The really amazing thing about making Life in Flight was watching it go from a private experience of conceptualization to a hugely collaborative experience.

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Obama Website Design Inspires Young Artists Support and Votes

Kristin Gorski | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

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Kristin Gorski

"By placing such an emphasis on building a visually appealing brand, Obama is validating the importance of design in communication. This in turn builds support from the design community, who might feel that a design-conscious candidate best represents their personal beliefs," Aw says.

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