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Tag Archives: Duchamp
Bicycles, beds, chairs, doors – the use of modern art
‘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
Posted in Art criticism, Media analysis
Tagged Bibliochaise, Bicycles, Chair, Conceptual art, Duchamp, Hugh Kenner, Joseph Kosuth, Media studies, Modern art, Readymades, Samuel Beckett, Tracey Emin
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Spoons, bricks, modern art – towards a design for design
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
Posted in Media analysis
Tagged Design, Duchamp, Friedrich Kittler, Gustave Courbet, Jacques Lacan, Meaning, Product design, User experience
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‘A page of good prose remains invincible’ 2
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
Posted in Business, Publishing
Tagged Books, Bridget Riley, Codex, Communication, Duchamp, E-books, Publishing, Theory of publishing, Typography
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