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BBC vs. MTV: Poetry Season
BBC vs. MTV: Poetry Season

Old rock, new roll, and why MTV has nothing on Lord Byron.

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Digital Choreography: Synchronous Objects
Digital Choreography: Synchronous Objects

Twenty desks, one python, and what the human body has to do with lines of code.

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Mapping Big Ideas: BIGVIZ
Mapping Big Ideas: BIGVIZ

200 pages of world-changing thinking, or what a sheep and a dog have to do with universal compassion.

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Revolutionary Fringe-Think: Sputnik Observatory
Revolutionary Fringe-Think: Sputnik Observatory

Why big minds play in small spaces, or what bacteria and architecture have in common.

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Clay Shirky on Social Media, News and the Democratic Process
Clay Shirky on Social Media, News and the Democratic Process

The news on news, or what Twitter has to do with democracy.

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Animation Spotlight: Peripetics
Animation Spotlight: Peripetics

Bursting hearts, crumbling houses, or why catastrophe never looked this good.

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Animation Spotlight: Invent
Animation Spotlight: Invent

The frontiers of creativity, the art of printing, and the beauty of not printing.

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Cinematic Enlightenment: The Auteurs Project
Cinematic Enlightenment: The Auteurs Project

The long tail of film culture, or why content curation really is the future of everything.

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Short Film Spotlight: Synesthesia
Short Film Spotlight: Synesthesia

Edible records, cookable books and a generous serving of delicious art direction.

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Wego Motel: Soap
Wego Motel: Soap

What a motel has to do with Taiwanese soap and the reputation of the ad industry.

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