The Gesundheit Radio design gadgets rcashow vintage Developed in 1972 to protect early microprocessors from dust, the Gesundheit Radio featured a sneeze mechanism that expelled dust from inside the casing every six month. A bellows system extracted dust from inside the unit, blowing waste from two outlets located on the front continue East Side Stories. German Photography 1950s-1980s art in Berlin photography vintage 30 black and white pictures from photographers who portrayed life at the time of the GDR, mostly in a way that steered away from the official GDR iconography continue The worst condition is to pass under a sword which is not one's own art in London Michael Rakowitz explores the influence of science fiction genre imagery on the design of Iraqi monuments, military uniforms and weaponry under Saddam Hussein, while illuminating aspects of the US-Iraq conflict over the past few decades continue Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize art in London photography An award and exhibition that celebrate contemporary portrait photography, whether it's editorial, reportage or fine art. Not very rock 'n' roll but consistently good continue Lyon Biennale - The ex-sugar factory other reports Paintings on silos, a new capital of Asia, typographic wallpapers, replica of Shanghai hardware store, EU Green card lottery and porcelain human bones for a biennale that celebrated contemporary artists who believe that art has to offer more than a spectacle continue Manipulating Reality - How Images Redefine the World CCCS - Florence photography In today's mass-media society, only what becomes image is considered real. In a process of reversal, the representation of the world comes to replace the world itself, a world in which the user operates digitally continue Manipulating Reality - The Day Nobody Died CCCS - Florence video Broomberg and Chanarin's works questions the role of embedded reporters today. Their task is to take photographs of what happens in the war zones but in accordance with the rigid directives of military command. The images that do not comply are eliminated and only those that make it through the strict censorship process are published continue Lyon Biennale - Pedro Reyes activism latin america Two artworks i discovered at the Lyon's 10th Biennale for Contemporary Art. Both by the talented and socially-engaged Pedro Reyes continue Craftwerk 2.0: New Household Tactics for the Popular Crafts activism design events wearable The exhibition explores the new "updated" textile crafts that are developed by a new generation of serious amateurs, innovative craftsmen, engaged entrepreneurs and political practitioners. Once again the home is the workshop where economic and ecologic innovation happens - not only in the labs of the industrial expertise. After decades of outsourcing, the new modes of production are in the hands of the layperson continue more, more and more

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