Weekly Links | June 24th, 2016 | Cursive and Cognition | Conference Room Riffing | Human-Focused Innovation by Teens | Samsung and a Human-Focused IoT | Corporations Seeking Heart
Weekly Links | June 17th, 2016 | The Necessity of Offline Artist Space | Empathy Empowers Consumer Goods Design | Art and Women in Innovation
Weekly Links - June 10th, 2016 | Jane Jacobs' Influence | Refugee Architects | Rethinking Failure
Weekly Links - May 27th, 2016 | The Digital Humanities | Emotion and Experience Design | Enriching Language Through the Untranslatable | Maintaining Creativity | STEAM Power
Weekly Links - May 20th, 2016 | Participatory Culture | Empathetic Urban Planning | A Call-to-Action for Artists | Theatre for People with Autism
Weekly Links - May 13th, 2016 | Art + Medicine | Human-Centric Insights | A Poetic Renaissance
Weekly Links - May 6th, 2016
“We need imagination to create new, improved and more equitable cities, cities rich with opportunities for all their residents. ”
Our favorite stories and posts expose how art improves the everyday – by encouraging us to look at our worlds in new ways.
We’re especially interested in:
An exploration of pop culture’s influence cycle and the multi-layered nature of human innovation, through the lens of David Bowie’s art.
Where many of Toronto’s makers will make their mark: in the city’s Design and Typography Market (opening later this year).
How arts integration is transforming how students grasp math and the sciences in New England.
The importance of making space for creative placemaking in urban planning and development policy.
Weekly Links - April 29th, 2016
This week, we were inspired by articles that highlight the conviviality that the arts bring to the public and private sectors:
The New York Times introduced us to the ways in which art helps police officers to perceive the world from a variety of perspectives.
An Australian Op-Ed reinforced the communal links between the arts and the sciences.
Time Out London featured an artist-led UK campaign to bring the arts to the political forefront.
We were also inspired by boutique fashion business Emerson Fry. Its founders bravely announced a business model transformation designed to bring balance to their professional and personal lives, while keeping the brand's promises to their customers.
Photo by PongsakornJun/iStock / Getty Images
Weekly Links - April 22nd, 2016
“Love is forever
that’s all your life
love is heaven sent
it’s glamorous”
This week, reeling from the loss of a musical genius, we’re sharing articles that reveal the transformative power of art in every aspect of life.
Vox on why we mourn artists we’ve never met so deeply.
An ArtPlace study on how the arts and culture intersect with public safety.
A National Foundation for the Arts blog post on the art (and necessity) of failure.
How Rick Lowe’s experiment in livable art continues to transform the everyday for ordinary people.