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My recent discovery of kanyewesanderson inspired me to make this little GIF.

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Brooklyn exists in Iowa as well.

from my flickr

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Rather Flatware

by me (James Ian Killinger)

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Soundmachines by The Product

Three units resembling standard record players translate concentric visual patterns into control signals for further processing in any music software.

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When I have finished my Master's Thesis

I am going to make some art and music. 

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Biggie in Brooklyn

from my flickr

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[Sidenote: I had an amazing lunch with Massimo Vignelli a couple of weeks ago.  Kind and wise, he is a true gentleman.]

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I was on national news discussing Apple, design, and the future.

(you'll see me towards the end)

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“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” — Steve Jobs, The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1993

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 Tristan Perich - 1-Bit Symphony

"1-Bit Symphony utilizes on and off electrical pulses, synthesized by assembly code and routed from microchip to speaker, to manifest data as sound. The device treats electricity as a sonic medium, making an intimate connection between the materiality of hardware and the abstract logic of software."

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Flow

NYC at night - a pic from my flickr 

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The art of Viktor Timofeev.

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Stellar project by Ignacio Torres

"This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a star’s death."

Torres achieved the cosmic effect by tossing dust and reflective confetti in the scene as he shot the subject from four different angles with a synchronized flash. 

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Astronomers discover planet made of diamond

"The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon -- i.e. a massive diamond orbiting a neutron star every two hours in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own Sun," said Matthew Bailes of Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.

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15 Best Hurricane Tweets compiled by Gothamist

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People who are thinking only of making money, they make a dangerous world. Or those who are only thinking about design. You need conjunction between the two, its very rare but you need someone who thinks about both, to get the right answer, to make a better life in the future.

Naoto Fukasawa