The Histomap by John Sparks, 1931, depicts the ebb and flow of world powers from antiquity to today, part of a visual history of the timeline.
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Canada to Introduce Glow-in-the-Dark Quarter
“When Canada introduced polymer bills last year to replace their paper ones, we thought – cool! Then just a few weeks ago, the Canadian government announced it was doing away with pennies as a cost-cutting measure, and we thought – seems drastic, but ok! Now they’ve announced that a new quarter to be released next week will glow in the dark. Alright – Canada’s completely lost it.”
It glows in the dark AND it has a dinosaur on it. I think it’s possible that the Royal Canadian Mint is being run by an 11-year-old boy. And, you know what? I think we should hire one for the United States Mint too, because that quarter is awesome.
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Why yes, that is a book on the Birds of East Asia! Another caffeinated night at the studio, in good company.
Top: vertical section of our site in Tianjin
Bottom: typologies of canal embankments and integration with the vehicular and pedestrian grids
There were more names from MIT on Nixon’s enemy list than from any other institution.
He was mad at me over matters relating to my opposition to the anti-ballistic missiles system, my opposition to the Vietnam War, and my defense of students … I was once told that he wanted to cut 30% from our total budget of $200 million to teach us a lesson. […] Nothing was done, although a number of memos went down from the White House saying the President wants to know why nothing was done.
I think it demonstrated a level of incompetence at the White House that nothing was done.
Anyway, it helped me get on the enemies list. I would have been embarrassed if I hadn’t.
Former MIT President Jerome B. Weisner
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The architecture department has a laser cutter AND a 3D printer AND a woodshop. And I am technically IN the School of Architecture.
They live across the hall from my studio. I can see the laser cutting room right now, in fact.
AND
MIT has a letterpress.
!!!!! I forgot that the best thing about being a student is access to lots of equipment for free.
Wood type sets from my letterpress workshop! I made a small edition of posters, to be unveiled shortly.