Five Things That Caught our Eye
Every three weeks, we round up a list of five articles that caught our eye. Here’s our team's top 5 of the week.
Setting the Record Straight: Why Design is Not Art
Graphic design legend Milton Glaser is on a mission to dispel a universal misunderstanding that design and art are one and the same. In a recent talk at the Guggenheim in NYC, the 87-year-old shared some serious food for thought.
Source: www.qz.com
A Night at the Museum (in the nude)
We’ve all had dreams (or nightmares) of being naked in public. But what about in a museum? For the first time ever, The Montreal Fine Arts Museum recently hosted a nude visit, welcoming in 100 naked visitors for an evening to appreciate the photographic work of Robert Mapplethorpe.
Source: www.cbc.ca
Masters of Disguise
Four contemporary photographers have mastered the art of make-believe with fascinating self-portraits masking their true identities.
Source: www.artsy.net
Emojis Make Their Debut at the MoMA
The permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art just got a little bigger thanks to the very first set of emojis released in 1999. Let’s take a moment to celebrate the original glyphs that gave birth to the current day emoji.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Where Halloween Trump Masks are Made
And finally, because the US elections are fast approaching and Halloween is only a few days behind us, we decided to conclude with a little treat: A behind-the-scenes look at the factory producing spooky Donald Trump masks.
Source: www.wired.com