Augmented Reality at the Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Free Press - The two collide at the Detroit Institute of Arts, which is the first museum in the world to provide a mobile tour using augmented reality. Called Lumin, a name derived from the Latin wo...
Scotland Explores Avenues in Textile Design
Th Hindu - A collaborative training programme in garment design between India and Scotland is opening up new vistas in contemporary fashion design.
The programme, a joint project of the All India Council fo...
Why Hasso Plattner opened an art museum in Potsdam
DW - Hasso Plattner: I've been collecting art for many years. I bought by first oil painting in 1972. I've never sold a painting, so the collection has continued to grow. With the growth of SAP, my stock, which...
Designing the Urban Farm
The Architects Newspaper - While urban farming has become a great catchphrase, it has yet to take hold in a significant way in most American cities and suburbs. However, an excellent model for its progression i...
OBJET D’ART: OFF-KILTER
Interview - Rather than fight the spirit of today's topsy-turvy times, why not embrace it with this statement bookcase from multi-hyphenate Czech designer Jiři Pelcl? Erratic Boulder Bookcase—which was made in ...
Drain The Art World Swamp With Outsider Art
The Observer - Today, large swaths of America wince as a racist insult-comic ascends to the highest office in the land. President-elect Donald Trump ran on a platform of ignorance — turning his complete lack of...
Why the ‘Uber effect’ is proving elusive for online platforms
The Art Newspaper - Barely a month goes by without the launch of an online initiative that aims to disrupt the art market and bring the “Uber and Airbnb effect” to art transactions. But witness the crowds pacin...