Tag Archives: Duchamp

Leonardo da Vinci: Philosopher and scientist? #1

Posted on 15 November 2012 by

Benvenuto Cellini was a virtuoso Renaissance goldsmith, sculptor and wildly indiscreet autobiographer. Yet he soberly recorded King François I of France as saying ‘there had never been born another man in the world who knew as much as Leonardo, not so … Continue reading →

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Bicycles, beds, chairs, doors – the use of modern art

Posted on 21 June 2012 by

‘Mr. Beckett’s patient concern with bicycles, amputees, battered hats, and the letter M’ starts Hugh Kenner’s still impressive Samuel Beckett: A Critical Study (New York: Grove Press, 1961, p. 1). My previous post tried to talk about the same things, respectively a … Continue reading →

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Spoons, bricks, modern art – towards a design for design

Posted on 15 June 2012 by

The user experience (UX) of a spoon: the mouth end has to be the shape it is. It can’t be too deep because we couldn’t take all the food off it with our lips or tongue. It can’t be too … Continue reading →

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‘A page of good prose remains invincible’ 2

Posted on 8 December 2011 by

Craig Raine’s title poem ‘A Martian Sends a Postcard Home’ (Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 1) is an attempt at ‘making strange’ the old-known so it becomes the new-known. We look at the world through the eyes of an alien. If … Continue reading →

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