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parislemon:

Speaking of the Steve Jobs biography, its author, Walter Isaacson, has written a piece for Time on Jobs’ passing, titled simply: American Icon. 

Writes Isaacson of his last meeting with Jobs for the book, just weeks ago:

As a writer, I was used to being detached, but I was hit by a wave of sadness as I tried to say goodbye. In order to mask my emotion, I asked the one question that was still puzzling me: Why had he been so eager, during close to 50 interviews and conversations over the course of two years, to open up so much for a book when he was usually so private? “I wanted my kids to know me,” he said. “I wasn’t always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.”

You can find the article online here, but it’s only for Time subscribers right now. Otherwise, it will be available in a special commemorative issue with one last Steve Jobs cover (above).

And here’s the story behind the cover.

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nevver:

Design Advice Posters

nevver:

1. Respect “the genius of a place.”
2. Subordinate details to the whole.
3. The art is to conceal art.
4. Aim for the unconscious.
5. Avoid fashion for fashion’s sake.
6. Formal training isn’t required.
7. Words matter.
8. Stand for something.
9. Utility trumps ornament.
10. Never too much, hardly enough.

from Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture.

nevver:

The Modernist

jenbekmanprojects:

Animal Locomotion; Plate 197 (Couple Dancing) by Eadweard Muybridge 
10”x8” ($20) | 14”x11” ($50) | 20”x16” ($200) 

Animal Locomotion; Plate 197 (Couple Dancing) comes with Bay Area roots and an excellent back story. Its creator is the legendary Eadweard Muybridge. English by birth, Muybridge made a name for himself in San Francisco with his pioneering work on animal locomotion, unraveling its mysteries through stop-motion photography and the earliest projections of motion pictures—the series dates back to 1887.

Releasing vintage images has always figured into the broader vision of 20x200, but like many (so! many!) of the other ideas we’ve got about what the site can and should be, it’s remained on the back burner for a long time. A Valentine’s Day blog post by my friend and fellow art dealer James Danziger proved to be just the thing to make the idea a reality. I was utterly charmed by James’ tale of his pursuit of this image, its subsequent disappearance and resurfacing, and was especially intrigued by his alluding to the idea of printing reproductions of it. Being the type of person who will ask anyone anything, and having long wanted to collaborate with James on something or other, I immediately fired off an email to him with the subject line: “We should do an edition with the Muybridge!” The rest, my friends, is about to be history.

3rdofmay:

The art: Richard Avedon, Elizabeth Taylor, 1964.

The news: RIP Elizabeth Taylor. The Los Angeles Times obituary by Elaine Woo.

The source: National Portrait Gallery, UK.

langer:

If you’ve been around for a while you already know what’s coming, but if you’re new here, well, get ready! Because a spectacle is about to take place here on the internet as thousands upon thousands of enthusiasts descend on a small hamlet in the American south to trade business cards and compare…

Anti-Social SxSW - Laughing Meme on technology and SXSW. (via thegongshow)

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dpstyles:

startupquote:

You have to solve a problem that people actually have. But it’s not always a problem that they know they have, so that’s tricky.

- Joshua Schachter

Smart dude.

The artworld descends upon NYC this week for art fairs & various other art related events. Love 20x200 idea of “Art Fair Survival Kits.” Plan on picking one up at Pulse Art Fair and spend the next five days geeking out on art.

Next week I’l be heading to SXSW.  Yay!

Really excited for SXSW next week. Can’t wait!

bajillionhits:

How To Be South By South Best: A Video Guide

I put together this little viral vid with IFC to help you understand some of my insider secrets to taking SXSW next-lev and leveraging the digitools you need to dominate your time in down in Stratlandia. So take a gander and get ready for some serious South By South Strat.

Follow A Bajillion Hits on Twitter and Facebook and YouTube.

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nevver:

The Last Iceberg

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