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Architectural Edu > Brit

2012-02-04T01:52:00.000+02:00

Architecture Review EXCLUSIVE:

SCHUMACHER SLAMS BRITISH ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

The submissions to the current RIBA President’s Medals demonstrate once more that architectural education in Britain is operating in a parallel universe. The (best?) students of the current generation as well as their teachers seem to think that the ordinary life processes of contemporary society are too boring to merit the avant-garde’s attention. Instead we witness the invention of scenarios that are supposedly more interesting than the challenges actually posed by contemporary reality. The points of departure for the majority of projects are improbable narratives with intended symbolic message or poetic import.

Accordingly, the resultant works are statements or allegories rather than designs. This is evidenced by the emphasis on evocative, atmospheric imagery, with little or no demonstration of how the visualised spaces organise and articulate social life processes and institutions. For instance, the Bronze Medal (first prize in the Part 1 category) proposes to place ‘an acoustic lyrical mechanism’ into a quarry in Bangalore. ‘The building is played by the wind, acoustically transforming the abrasive sounds of quarrying.’ The Silver Medal (first prize in the Part 2 category) presents itself in the form of a dystopian science fiction movie in which Brixton is transformed into ‘a degenerated and disregarded area inhabited by a robot workforce’. The robots are supposed to symbolise immigrant labourers; they are meant to represent racist exploitation.
One of the runner-up projects presents itself with sarcasm as a ‘genetically engineered “nature factory” for luxury goods, masquerading as a revamped “eco-industry”’. Like the Robots of Brixton this ‘nature factory’ is not a design but an ironic allegory intended as critical commentary.
The other projects in this category that have been selected and highlighted by the RIBA Journal (by publishing them with a project description) ‘engage’ the following ‘topics’: an algae monitoring facility, a retreat for Echo from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and a storage building based on the fictional narrative that all citizens would deposit personal things into safety boxes throughout their lives in order to be later confronted by their past.

Although there is rather less explanation about the other entries, the project titles (eg, Pyrolytic Power Plant, Tsunami Alert Community, Hydrodynamic Landscape, Mushroom Farm, Guild of Tanners and Butchers) as well as the dominance of atmospheric (mostly dark, cloudy, poetic and dystopian) imagery suggests a similarly idiosyncratic, unreal understanding of what constitutes a worthy design brief. The last two years were also similar: the 2010 winner was a ‘shipwrecking yard’ and the 2009 winner proposed ‘motorised coastal defence towers acting as a warning device to mankind with respect to climate change’. Again, these are not designs of spaces intended to frame social life, these are narratives and messages pushed by evocative imagery.
There is no doubt that creative imagination and skills are in evidence here. However, it is difficult to see what such works achieve and contribute to the advancement of the discipline of architecture. The RIBA’s director of education, David Gloster, seems to endorse what I criticise here: ‘The ability of the best work to create its own world while still reflecting everything that has been going on around its authors was captivating.’ Gloster also welcomes what he considers to be ‘a pronounced political edge’ and he takes this as an indication that ‘students haven’t given up on architecture as catalyst for change’.
I believe that architecture co-evolves with other subsystems of society like the economy, politics, the mass media, science etc. In this co-evolution innovative architecture can be as much a catalyst for progress as innovations in science, the mass media, or in the political system. However, I doubt if the invention of other worlds as arenas for imaginative design is the way to achieve this. I also doubt that architecture could be a site of radical political activism. I believe that architecture is a sui generis discipline (discourse and practice) with its own, unique societal responsibility and competency. As such it should be sharply demarcated against other competencies like art, science/engineering and politics.

Architects are called upon to develop urban and architectural forms that are congenial to contemporary economic and political life. They are neither legitimised, nor competent to argue for a different politics or to ‘disagree with the consensus of global politics’ (as David Gloster suggests). ‘Critical architecture’ commits the fallacy of trying to substitute itself for the political process proper. The result might be a provocation at best, but often ends up as nothing but naive (if not pompous) posturing. Success in the world is not to be expected from such pursuits.
The demonstration of creative imagination and virtuoso visualisation skills is not enough to merit an award. Should we not expect the best students and teachers at the best architecture schools to make a serious contribution to the innovative upgrading of the discipline’s capacity to take on the challenges it might actually face via its future clients and commissions?
I consider the best schools to be a crucial part of the avant-garde segment of the discipline charged with the permanent innovation of the built environment. It is here that systematic research and serious design experiments can be conducted in ways that are more principled and more forward looking than would be possible within professional practice on the basis of real commissions. Academic design research allows designers to select and focus on specific aspects of the built environment, and abstract from other aspects.
Academic design research − and a Part 2 project could play this role − is not a full simulation of a real project with all its concerns. Thus neither the design brief, nor the design solution of an academic thesis project, have to be pragmatic in a straightforward way. The realism I mean is of a more subtle order. It calls for an optimistic probing of our contemporary world with respect to the opportunities it offers and considers the vogue of otherworldly narratives as counterproductive.

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http://www.architectural-review.com/view/overview/ar-exclusive-schumacher-slams-british-architectural-education/8625659.article

AUB > Understanding the Arab...Spring?

2012-01-31T13:48:00.002+02:00

AUB Questioning >

Understanding the Arab...Spring?

Uprising?

Revolution? Awakening? Citizen revolt?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF5nIE0aMDo&feature=g-user-u&context=G23c4959UCGXQYbcTJ33a2rhjn9qmgeBPFqjzZBPFKjTdAsgXjgrc

Design E2 : I

2012-01-16T05:13:00.000+02:00

It's an old series but never too old.

The Fifth

Design: e2: China: From Red to Green?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu1t5CtcbEU

Design: e2: e2 - The Green Apple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDnvY6xHOjw&feature=sh_e_top&list=SL

Design: e2: Gray to Green

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD-e98PHY0c&feature=sh_e_se&list=SL

Design: e2: The Green Machine

Design: e2: Green for All

Design: e2: Deeper Shade of Green

One playlist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJX7ejAKsTg&feature=bf_prev&list=PLC4408D1A96D09C2E&lf=results_main

Channel

http://www.youtube.com/show?p=dF9tP5oI9HY&tracker=show6

http://www.youtube.com/user/PBS

http://www.e2-series.com/

One could see all podcasts of Three seasons on the web site =)

http://www.pbs.org/e2/

A map

2012-01-12T00:29:00.003+02:00

nice new navigation into #architecture today.

http://www.archdaily.com/map/

2011-12-28T02:11:00.001+02:00

poet of Vertical music

2011-12-19T10:54:00.001+02:00

The Poet of Vertical Music

One definition of #Architecture by Chalie Rose.

http://www.architects-talk.com/2011/12/tadao-ando-talks-with-charlie-rose.html

List
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8186178287044605215&hl=en

M A D

2011-12-19T07:31:00.000+02:00

'ordos museum' by MAD

MAD architects: ordos museum completed from designboom on Vimeo.

dutch photographer iwan baan has documented the recently completed and opened 'ordos museum' in ordos, china by
beijing-based practice MAD architects. situated at the create of a dune-like hill, the building appears to have landed
from another world into the recently created urban center within the once gobi desert. the masterplan is mindful of the existing
cultural traditions of the area while addressing the progress and future of the city, allowing the community to congregate and lounge
within the surrounding plazas. surfaced with metal panels, the undulating exterior protects the interior from the region's harsh winters
and sand storms.

upon entering the museum, an atrium with characteristics of a cave and canyon become apparent, introducing swaths of daylight
from above along with shadowed passages leading towards galleries. a series of bridges traverse the chasm from one void to another
guided by the changes in illumination. residents of the area may circulate through the interior to efficiently cross from one side of
the site to the other without entering exhibitions. employees of the center are provided a natural work environment with office and research spaces which flank a south-facing internal garden.

to view the complete set of photographs, click here.
http://www.iwan.com/photo_Ordos_Museum_Mongolia_China_MAD_Architects_Ma_Yansong.php
see designboom's initial coverage of the museum during construction and substantial completion.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/18132/iwan-baan-photographs-ordos-museum-by-mad-architects.html

MVRDV . architecture Clouding

2011-12-14T01:09:00.004+02:00

MVRDV . architecture Clouding in an era of could computing

(who said media & computation cultures are mere conceptions)

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/35714/mvrdvs-cloud-will-be-built-as-is/?utm_source=Architizer+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e902f03ec0-Newsletter&utm_medium=email

www.archdaily.com

Fix it!

2011-12-12T12:24:00.001+02:00

Fix it! The Energetic Society as a New Perspective on Governance for a Clean Economy: Maarten Hajer

The ambitious goal of a clean economy and a high-quality society can be achieved.

It is "the existing powers of creativity and innovation within society that offer opportunities for green growth,” says Maarten Hajer in The Energetic Society, the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Trends Report. Yet in order to exploit the potential of this energetic society, Hajer says, governments need to adjust and act in a timely way, otherwise they will be exposed to the powers of the energetic society that may effectively obstruct government initiatives. We need a new partnership and a new division of responsibilities.

Innovation means planning for action and initiative, accepting the fact that mistakes will be made, and making certain that improvements are identified and implemented rapidly. Such innovation calls for a different type of government based on the notion of “radical incrementalism.” Putting the sustainable achievements of institutions and businesses in digital, shareable form is important for providing valuable examples and feedback.

The challenge is to do more with less – something for which there is no instant solution. New ideas will constantly be required and may be stimulated by a government that commits itself to clear objectives and engages in new forms of social engagement.

http://www.picnicnetwork.org/maarten-hajer-1

City 2.0

2011-12-07T22:38:00.001+02:00

At TED everything could happen. It's been a very enjoyable & inspiring platform ever since i learned about it in 2008.. it never fails one searching for an original, genuine words or an honest voice.

Thank You TED platform & people behind it for make it happen.

For the first time in history, the TED Prize winner is not an individual, but an idea that greatly impacts the future of planet Earth… and the winner is The City 2.0. The City 2.0 is the city of the future, a future in which more than ten billion people are dependent on. The idea is not a “sterile utopian dream” but rather a “real-world upgrade tapping into humanity’s collective wisdom.” More urban living space will be constructed over the next 90 years than all prior centuries combined, so it is time to get it right.

Continue reading for more information on The City 2.0 and details on how you can participate.
Provided by the TED Prize press release:

The City 2.0 promotes innovation, education, culture, and economic opportunity.
The City 2.0 reduces the carbon footprint of its occupants, facilitates smaller families, and eases the environmental pressure on the world’s rural areas.

The City 2.0 is a place of beauty, wonder, excitement, inclusion, diversity, life.
The City 2.0 is the city that works.

Each year, TED Prize is awarded to an “exceptional individual” who receives $100,000 and “One Wish to Change the World.” Visionaries from around the globe will be given the collective opportunity to craft one wish for The City 2.0.
Back in 2006, TIME’s person of the year was YOU. It became evident that we are in charge of shaping our own destiny and we are one collective whole. If you wish to contribute an idea for The City 2.0, write to tedprize@ted.com and join the conversation here.

The wish will be announced on February 29th, 2012 at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California.

“On a Leap Year date, we have the chance, collectively, to take a giant leap forward.”

Reference: TED Prize, TIME Magazine

TED Conversations

This conversation will close in 5 days, 15 hours and 43 minutes, on December 13, 2011 at 4:43:19 PM.

Today, TED announces the winner of the 2012 TED Prize: the City 2.0.
......

A range of visionaries around the world will be advocates on behalf of the City 2.0. We are listening to them -- and to you.

What is your wish for The City 2.0? A wish capable of igniting a massive collaborative project among the members of the global TED community, and indeed all who care about our planet's future.
http://www.ted.com/conversations/7683/if_you_could_make_a_wish_on_be.html

Links...
http://www.tedprize.org/
http://blog.ted.com/2011/12/06 /ted-prize-2012-goes-to-the-city-2-0/
http://www.tedprize.org/announcing-the-2012-ted-prize-winner/
http://www.archdaily.com/tag/the-city-2-0/
https://twitter.com/#!/ArchDaily

The last function of making a City That works bring back The words of Le Corbo to my mind... Ones he discussed =that cities exists as long as they function as ones, and they have to be replaced if they failed to... sure he was extreme.
But ever since his time; Making A City That works is what everyone's craving for...

Narrating The ArabSpring

2011-12-04T17:56:00.001+02:00

Call For Papers: Narrating The Arab Spring > AWID

Source: Translation Studies Portal

16/11/2011

The aim of this international conference is to consider and shed light on the new narratives emerging from and about the Arab Spring. It will bring together participants from the Arab world, the UK, and beyond to reflect on the momentous events of 2011 and exchange views and experiences. The conference organizers invite papers from different disciplines. Deadline for abstracts: December 15, 2011.

International conference organized by The Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) at the University of Manchester in cooperation with The Department of English at Cairo University and The Women and Memory Forum.

The Arab Spring continues to inspire and energize movements and peoples both inside and outside the region, despite the many setbacks, the challenges, and the loud trumpets of the prophets of doom and gloom. The success of the Tunisian people in forcing Ben Ali to flee the country in January 2011 sent powerful tremors of hope and empowerment to millions of Arabs. The rapid success of unarmed, peaceful Egyptian protesters in ousting a formidable dictator, Mubarak, in 18 days created an unprecedented sense of euphoria in the region and beyond. Uprisings erupted across the region, sending strong messages to old authoritarian rulers. The specificities of each country have chartered different trajectories and consequences for protesters and the regimes in power: what is shared is the regained belief in power of the Arab people, in the agency of Arabs and their ability to forge their futures.

Narratives of the Arab Spring are not uniform: they range from idealistic celebration to dark pessimism. This is understandable considering the vastness and magnitude of the events, the dominant paradigms that have traditionally been used to understand and predict events in the Arab world, as well as the mounting pressures and difficulties that continue to arise. Notwithstanding, the Arab Spring has also resulted in raising new questions and elaborating new narratives about the power and authority of modern states, initiating novel forms of resistance and new modes of activism; in connecting with global movements; in raising issues of gender and citizenship; in promoting the culture of revolutions; and in asserting people’s power.

The aim of this international conference is to consider and shed light on the new narratives emerging from and about the Arab Spring. It will bring together participants from the Arab world, the UK, and beyond to reflect on the momentous events of 2011 and exchange views and experiences. The conference is organized by The Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) at the University of Manchester in cooperation with The Department of English at Cairo University and The Women and Memory Forum. It will be held in Cairo on 18 -20 February 2012, marking the first anniversary of the ousting of Mubarak on the 11th of February 2011. It will run for three days, and will consist of panels, roundtable discussions, as well as invited testimonials by activists and artists.
We invite papers from different disciplines to address issues related to the following themes:

The Arab Spring as global inspiration.
Decentralizing Tahrir: Narratives of Egyptian “squares”.
Forms of resistance and modes of activism.
Cultures of revolution.
Arab revolutions: diverse narratives and contexts.
Challenges and prospects for state and society relations.
Discovering the power of the people.
Reclaiming public space.
Gender and citizenship in the aftermath of revolutions.
Visual and material representations of empowerment
Technologies of revolutions.
The role of media in social protests.

Please send an abstract (250 words) no later than 15 December 2011.

Organizing Committee:
Sahar Abdel Hakim, Omaima Abou Bakr, Marilyn Booth, Hoda Elsadda, Mostafa Kamel El-Sayed, Michelle Obeid, and Loubna Youssef
For enquiries contact:
Hoda Elsadda: hoda.elsadda@gmail.com
Michelle Obeid: Michelle.Obeid@manchester.ac.uk

Article License: Copyright - Article License Holder: Translation Studies Portal

http://www.awid.org/Get-Involved/Calls-for-Participation2/Call-for-papers-Narrating-the-Arab-Spring

salam mn ard salam

2011-12-04T16:31:00.001+02:00

a version of Antique Damascene peace...

Image of Mr. Nizar Alkak collection on #Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=312282035463124&set=o.2385708118&type=1&ref=nf

VR - #AkramKhan

2011-11-30T19:14:00.001+02:00

I must say Akram khan is simply Great!

مسابقة الشعر والقصة القصيرة للكتاب العرب الشباب

2011-11-30T17:42:00.001+02:00

مسابقة الشعر والقصة القصيرة للكتاب العرب الشباب

لقد شهد العالم العربي خلال السنة الماضية تغيرات هائلة - اخبرنا عنها باسلوبك الخاص-

يدعو المعهد الدانماركي بدمشق جميع الشبان العرب ذوي المواهب الادبية تحت سن الثلاثين للمشاركة في مسابقة ادبية .

الهدف منها إعطاء جيل الشباب فرصة و امكانية التجاوب بطريقة فنية

مع الوضع الراهن في العالم العربي.

تحميل تقديم طلب

Application

الجوائز

افضل 12 الى 20 عمل سيتم نشرهم في مجموعة نثرية باللغتين العربية والدانماركية .

اضافة الى ذلك سيتم دعوة ثلاثة رابحين في المسابقه للمشاركة في المهرجان الادبي الدولي ( CPH:LITT ) الذي سيتم عقده في كوبنهاغن الدانمارك في آيار, 2012.

لجنة التحكيم

ستضم لجنة التحكيم مجموعة من الكتاب والباحثين من العالم العربي .

الأعمال الادبية

يجب ان تتوافر في العمل الأدبي الشروط التالية:

- أن لا يزيد عن 20صفحة.

- أن يكتب باللغة العربية الفصحى.

- يجب أن يتجاوب بشكل ما مع الوضع الراهن ببلدك

لديك حرية الاختيار بين الاجناس الادبية التالية:

القصة القصيرة ,الشعر .

شروط المشاركين

- عليك كمشارك في المسابقة ان تتوافر بك الشروط التالية.

- ان تكون من مواليد 1982 فما فوق.

- ان تكون مواطنا عربيا .

كيف يمكنك المشاركة في المسابقة

عليك إرسال عملك الادبي بشكل ملف word أو PDF على بريدنا الالكتروني

Shortstory@damaskus.dk

http://www.damaskus.dk/index.php?id=2

DSS @stirling 2011

2011-11-28T23:28:00.001+02:00

This post been shared on #Facebook by a good friend
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I would like to repost it here believing in the importance of the subjects mentioned besides it's all my favorite topics in one place/space!

Isn't that great!

http://www.ads.org.uk/urbanism/features/design-skills-symposium-2011-presentations

Presentations from this year's Design Skills Symposium which was held in Stirling.

Sarah Longlands - The Role of Place and Diversity

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Stephen Hill - How to live more sustainably: Aligning Personal and Professional Values

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David Sim - People Oriented Development

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Communicate with Integrity

2011-11-17T19:48:00.001+02:00

Building Trust: How to Communicate with Integrity

There is little that’s more important in business than trust. Whether we’re talking about communication between a company and its customers, employees, suppliers, or the public at large, communicating with integrity is vital. Without it, relationships suffer, and business, ultimately, is all about relationships.
It’s not just the words that are used in communications that provide a sense of trust and integrity. The way things are said also plays a significant part in any communications. People learn from an early age that factors such as body language, tone of voice, and pitch are important in interpreting someone’s meaning in what they say. Similarly, other types of communication, such as print, video, and audio depend on more than words to convey their intended message.

3 Keys for Trustworthy Communication
So, how can a business ensure it is communicating in a way that expresses trust and integrity? It comes down to understanding how people interpret various forms of communication and then using that knowledge to construct you message the right way. Here are 3 keys to keep in mind when planning any form of communications:

1. Know your heart from your head. When we communicate “from our head,” we tend to use logic, facts, and figures. Head-centered communication can come across as cold and even uncaring. This doesn’t necessarily translate into a lack of integrity, but it can be a barrier to communicating trust, because people tend to trust communication they are comfortable with, not the type that is “standoffish.”
Sometimes it’s necessary to communicate facts and figures. So, when creating web or marketing copy, scripts, or speeches, find ways to make facts and figures more heart-centered and personal. What do the numbers really mean to your audience? In sales, we talk about the importance of communicating the benefit of a product or service. This is a great way to turn cold facts into heartfelt concern for what your offerings will mean to your customers.

2. Know what you’re talking about. People trust companies and individuals who they feel know their stuff. Communicating your knowledge can be tricky, because people don’t tend to trust those who brag or have inflated egos. So be sure to communicate your expertise through helping people to solve problems. That’s one of the best ways to build trust in a relationship.
When it comes to marketing and other forms of non-verbal communication, demonstrate your company’s knowledge and expertise in your communications. If you’re not the industry leader, don’t claim to be, but act as if you are by knowing your field inside and out and displaying your expert status in a non-gloating way, and you may soon find yourself in that position.

3. Be truthful. It should go without saying that actually having integrity and being honest are the best way to communicate trust and integrity, but you’re probably aware that not everyone gets that. Every day we see the results of people and companies in the limelight that chose not to be completely honest and suffered the consequences.
The clearest way to communicate integrity, whether in face-to-face conversation or in your marketing and internal communications, is to actually tell the truth. Know what you want to say before you say it, and have no doubts that it’s the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. If you don’t know, admit you don’t know, and commit to finding the answer. If you make something up instead, it’s likely to come back to bite you.
What experience have you had with companies not communicating honestly? Share your stories in the comments and on our Facebook page – and now on Google+ too!
Adam Toren is an Award Winning Author, Serial Entrepreneur and Investor. He Co-Founded YoungEntrepreneur.com along with his brother Matthew. Adam is co-author of the newly released book: Small Business, Big Vision: “Lessons on How to Dominate Your Market from Self-Made Entrepreneurs Who Did it Right” and also co-author of Kidpreneurs.

http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/building-trust-how-to-communicate-with-integrity/

2011-10-07T08:16:00.001+03:00

X Inventions

2011-10-07T07:35:00.000+03:00

Originally Published

http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/10-things-that-women-invented.htm

Top 10 Things That Women Invented

At the end of the 20th century, only 10 percent of all patents were awarded to female inventors [source: Bedi]. When you compile a list of the most famous inventions of the past few centuries, few women will show up as the creators of those items.

It's not that women lack ingenuity or a creative spirit, though; it's just that women have faced many hurdles in receiving credit for their ideas.

Take the case of Sybilla Masters, a woman who lived in the American colonies. After observing Native American women, she came up with a new way to turn corn into cornmeal. She went to England to obtain a patent for her work, but laws at the time stipulated that women couldn't own property, which included intellectual property like a patent. Such property was considered to be owned by the woman's father or husband. In 1715, a patent for Sybilla Masters' product was issued, but the name on the document is that of her husband, Thomas.

Such property laws prevented many women from acquiring patents for inventions several centuries ago.

Women were also less likely to receive a technical education that would help them turn an ingenious idea into an actual product.

Many women faced prejudice and ridicule when they sought help from men in actualizing their idea.

And some women came up with ideas that would improve life in their households, only to see their inventions treated with scorn for being too domestic and thus unworthy of praise..
Mary Kies was the first American woman to earn a patent in her own name. In 1809, she developed a way of weaving straw into hats that was an economic boon for New England. By receiving that piece of paper with her name on it, Kies led the way for other female inventors to take credit for their ideas. In this article, we'll salute 10 things invented by women.

10: Circular Saw

In the late 18th century, a religious sect known as the Shakers emerged. Shakers valued living communally (albeit celibately), equality between the sexes and hard work. Tabitha Babbitt lived in a Shaker community in Massachusetts and worked as a weaver, but in 1810, she came up with a way to lighten the load of her brethren. She observed men cutting wood with a pit saw, which is a two-handled saw that requires two men to pull it back and forth. Though the saw is pulled both ways, it only cuts wood when it's pulled forward; the return stroke is useless. To Babbitt, that was wasted energy, so she created a prototype of the circular saw that would go on to be used in saw mills. She attached a circular blade to her spinning wheel so that every movement of the saw produced results. Because of Shaker precepts, Babbitt didn't apply for a patent for the circular saw she created.

9: Chocolate Chip Cookies

There is no doubt that many treasured recipes came about through accidental invention in the kitchen, but we must single out one of the most enduring -- and delicious -- of these recipes: the chocolate chip cookie.
Ruth Wakefield had worked as a dietitian and food lecturer before buying an old toll house outside of Boston with her husband. Traditionally, toll houses were places weary travelers paid their road tolls, grabbed a quick bite and fed their horses. Wakefield and her husband converted the toll house into an inn with a restaurant. One day in 1930, Wakefield was baking up a batch of Butter Drop Do cookies for her guests. The recipe called for melted chocolate, but Wakefield had run out of baker's chocolate. She took a Nestle chocolate bar, crumbled it into pieces and threw it into her batter, expecting the chocolate pieces to melt during baking. Instead, the chocolate held its shape, and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
Nestle noticed that sales of its chocolate bars jumped in Mrs. Wakefield's corner of Massachusetts, so they met with her about the cookie, which was fast gaining a reputation among travelers. At Wakefield's suggestion, they began scoring their chocolate (cutting lines into the bar that allow for easier breaking) and then, in 1939, they began selling Nestle Toll House Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels. The Wakefield cookie recipe was printed on the back of the package; in exchange, Ruth Wakefield received free chocolate for life.

8: Liquid Paper

Bette Nesmith Graham was not a very good typist. Still, the high school dropout worked her way through the secretarial pool to become the executive secretary for the chairman of the board of the Texas Bank and Trust. It was the 1950s, and the electric typewriter had just been introduced. Secretaries often found themselves retyping entire pages because of one tiny mistake, as the new model's carbon ribbon made it difficult to correct errors.
One day, Graham watched workers painting a holiday display on a bank window. She noticed that when they made mistakes, they simply added another layer of paint to cover them up, and she thought she could apply that idea to her typing blunders. Using her blender, Graham mixed up a water-based tempera paint with dye that matched her company's stationary. She took it to work and, using a fine watercolor brush, she was able to quickly correct her errors. Soon, the other secretaries were clamoring for the product, which Graham continued to produce in her kitchen. Graham was fired from her job for spending so much time distributing what she called "Mistake Out," but in her unemployment she was able to tweak her mixture, rename the product Liquid Paper and receive a patent in 1958. Even though typewriters have been replaced by computers in many offices, many people still have a bottle or two of that white correction fluid on hand.

7: The Compiler and COBOL Computer Language

When we think about advancements in computers, we tend to think about men like Charles Babbage, Alan Turing and Bill Gates. But Admiral Grace Murray Hopper deserves credit for her role in the computer industry. Admiral Hopper joined the military in 1943 and was stationed at Harvard University, where she worked on IBM's Harvard Mark I computer, the first large-scale computer in the United States. She was the third person to program this computer, and she wrote a manual of operations that lit the path for those that followed her. In the 1950s, Admiral Hopper invented the compiler, which translates English commands into computer code. This device meant that programmers could create code more easily and with fewer errors. Hopper's second compiler, the Flow-Matic, was used to program UNIVAC I and II, which were the first computers available commercially. Admiral Hopper also oversaw the development of the Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL), one of the first computer programming languages. Admiral Hopper received numerous awards for her work, including the honor of having a U.S. warship named after her.

6: Colored Flare System

When Martha Coston was widowed in 1847, she was only 21 years old. She had four children to support, but she hadn't a clue about how to do so. She was flipping through her dead husband's notebooks when she found plans for a flare system that ships could use to communicate at night. Coston requested the system be tested, but it failed.
Coston was undeterred. She spent the next 10 years revising and perfecting her husband's design for a colored flare system. She consulted with scientists and military officers, but she couldn't figure out how to produce flares that were bright and long-lasting while remaining easy to use at the spur of the moment. One night she took her children to see a fireworks display, and that's when she hit upon the idea of applying some pyrotechnic technology to her flare system. The flare system finally worked, and the U.S. Navy bought the rights. The Coston colored flare system was used extensively during the Civil War.
Unfortunately, the flare system wasn't the best way for Coston to support her family. According to military documents, Coston produced 1,200,000 flares for the Navy during the Civil War, which she provided at cost. She was owed $120,000, of which she was only paid $15,000; in her autobiography, Coston attributed the Navy's refusal to pay to the fact that she was a woman [source: Pilato].

5: The Square-bottomed Paper Bag

Margaret Knight didn't invent the paper bag, but those first paper bags weren't all that useful for carrying things. They were more like envelopes, so there was no way they'd become the grocery store staple that they are today. For that, we have to thank Knight. Knight realized that paper bags should have a square bottom; when weight was distributed across the base in this way, the bags could carry more things.
In 1870, she created a wooden machine that would cut, fold and glue the square bottoms to paper bags. While she was working on an iron prototype of the machine to use for her patent application, she discovered that her design had been stolen by a man named Charles Annan, who had seen her wooden machine a few months earlier. She filed a patent interference suit against Annan, who claimed that there was no way that a woman could have developed such a complex machine. Knight used her notes and sketches to prove otherwise, and she was granted the patent for the device in 1871.
That was hardly Knight's first patent, though. At the age of 12, Knight had developed a stop-motion device that would automatically bring industrial machines to a halt if something was caught on them, which prevented many injuries; all told, Knight was awarded more than 20 patents.

4: Dishwasher

You might think that the first dishwasher was invented by someone who spent years washing dishes, bemoaning the wasted time and the dishpan hands. Actually, Josephine Cochrane, who received the patent for the first working dishwasher, didn't spend that much time washing dishes. The real impetus for her invention was frustration over her servants breaking her heirloom china after fancy dinners.
Cochrane was a socialite who loved to entertain, but after her husband died in 1883, she was left with massive debt. Rather than selling off that beloved china, she focused on building a machine that would wash it properly. Her machine relied upon strong water pressure aimed at a wire rack of dishes, and she received a patent for the device in 1886. Cochrane claimed that inventing the machine was nowhere near as hard as promoting it [source: Lienhard]. At first, the Cochrane dishwasher tanked with individual consumers, as many households lacked the hot water heaters necessary to run it, and those that had the capacity balked at paying for something that housewives did for free. Undaunted, Cochrane sought appointments with large hotels and restaurants, selling them on the fact that the dishwasher could do the job they were paying several dozen employees to do. In time, however, more households acquired the device as greater numbers of women entered the workplace.

3: Windshield Wiper

At the dawn of the 20th century, Mary Anderson went to New York City for the first time. She saw a much different New York City than the one tourists see today. There were no cabs honking, nor were there thousands of cars vying for position in afternoon traffic. Cars had not yet captured the American imagination and were quite rare when Anderson took that trip, but the woman from Alabama would end up inventing something that has become standard on every automobile. During her trip, Anderson took a tram through the snow-covered city.
She noticed that the driver had to stop the tram every few minutes to wipe the snow off his front window. At the time, all drivers had to do so; rain and snow were thought to be things drivers had to deal with, even though they resulted in poor visibility. When she returned home, Anderson developed a squeegee on a spindle that was attached to a handle on the inside of the vehicle. When the driver needed to clear the glass, he simply pulled on the handle and the squeegee wiped the precipitation from the windshield. Anderson received the patent for her device in 1903; just 10 years later, thousands of Americans owned a car with her invention.

2: Nystatin

Long-distance romantic relationships are often troubled, but Rachel Fuller Brown and Elizabeth Lee Hazen proved that long-distance professional relationships can yield productive results. Both Brown and Hazen worked for the New York State Department of Health in the 1940s, but Hazen was stationed in New York City and Brown was in Albany. Despite the miles, Brown and Hazen collaborated on the first successful fungus-fighting drug.
In New York City, Hazen would test soil samples to see if any of the organisms within would respond to fungi. If there was activity, Hazen would mail the jar of soil to Brown, who would work to extract the agent in the soil that was causing the reaction. Once Brown had found the active ingredient, it went back in the mail to Hazen, who'd check it against the fungi again. If the organism killed the fungi, it would be evaluated for toxicity. Most of the samples proved too toxic for human use, but finally Brown and Hazen happened upon an effective fungus-killing drug in 1950. They named it Nystatin, after New York state. The medication, now sold under a variety of trade names, cures fungal infections that affect the skin, vagina and intestinal system. It's also been used on trees with Dutch elm disease and on artwork affected by mold.

1: Kevlar

It was just supposed to be a temporary job. Stephanie Kwolek took a position at DuPont in 1946 so she could save enough money to go to medical school. In 1964, she was still there, researching how to turn polymers into extra strong synthetic fibers. Kwolek was working with polymers that had rod-like molecules that all lined up in one direction.
Compared to the molecules that formed jumbled bundles, Kwolek thought the uniform lines would make the resulting material stronger, though these polymers were very difficult to dissolve into a solution that could be tested. She finally prepared such a solution with the rod-like molecules, but it looked unlike all the other molecular solutions she'd ever made. Her next step was to run it through the spinneret, a machine that would produce the fibers. However, the spinneret operator almost refused to let Kwolek use the machine, so different was this solution from all the others before; he was convinced it would ruin the spinneret.
Kwolek persisted, and after the spinneret had done its work, Kwolek had a fiber that was ounce-for-ounce as strong as steel. This material was dubbed Kevlar, and it's been used to manufacture skis, radial tires and brake pads, suspension bridge cables, helmets, and hiking and camping gear. Most notably, Kevlar is used to make bulletproof vests, so even though Kwolek didn't make it to medical school, she still saved plenty of lives.

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2011-10-05T01:46:00.001+03:00

شهد العام ٢٠١١ مظاهرات وثورات أفضت إلى إنتخابات حرة في عدة بلدان عربية.

وكانت تلك ولادة أول موجة من الدول الديمقراطية العربية.

عقب الإنتخابات بدء بعض النشطاء والسياسيين والأحزاب في هذه البلدان بالمطالبة بخطوات تعزز التعاون بينها. وقد كانت مطالب فتح الحدود وإلغاء الجمارك واستحداث عملة موحدة وحرية حركة العمالة من أبرز تلك المطالبات.

واجتمع وزراء الخارجية العرب في تلك البلدان عام ٢٠١٢ نزولا عند رغبة وضغوط مجموعات الناشطين المختلفة. وخرج الوزراء بإعلان يدعم التعاون بين الديمقراطيات العربية.

لحق اجتماع وزراء الخارجية إجتماع لقادة الدول العربية الديمقراطية في القاهرة أعلنوا فيه عن ولادة (الإتحاد العربي الحر) وهو إتحاد عربي جديد يقوم على مبادئ التعاون الاقتصادي والثقافي والسياسي وفتح الحدود بين الدول الأعضاء.

أعد الإتحاد ميثاق يحفظ لكل دولة سيادتها واستقلاليتها وبنفس الوقت يحقق توافقا عربيا وحدويا ويحدد إطار تعاون على المستوى الإقتصادي والاجتماعي والثقافي وسياسة الحدود المفتوحة بين الديمقراطيات

الجديدة.

المبادئ العامة

يقوم الإتحاد العربي الحر على مبادئ الحرية والديمقراطية والإستقلالية والتقبل لأطياف المجتمعات العربية المختلفة دون تمييز أو تفضيل لشعب على آخر أو إقليم على آخر. ويرحب الإتحاد بعضوية أية دولة عربية يحكمها نظام ديمقراطي يرضى عنه الشعب.

وقد نص البيان الذي صدر عن الإتحاد في أكتوبر ٢٠١٣ على مبادئ كانت الشعوب تطالب فيها السنة الفائتة. والمقتطافات التالية هي من بنوده:

١- تعزيز الديمقراطية في دول الإتحاد عن طريق إطلاق نظام إنتخابي موحد للمجالس البرلمانية يقوم على مبدأ توسيع رقعة التمثيل الشعبي.

٢- حرية التنقل بين بلدان الإتحاد دون الحاجة الى تأشيرات سفر.

٣- إيجاد عملة موحدة.

٤- توحيد التعرفات العامة ونظام الضرائب.

٥- إحترام الحرية الفردية في التعبير العام سواء أكان سياسيا أم اجتماعيا أم اقتصاديا.

٦- تشجيع المشاركة الشعبية في الحياة المدنية والسياسية وخلق أماكن تجمعات حيوية في المدن الرئيسية لتكون منابر حرة للشعب.

تفاصيل المسابقة

يحتاج الإتحاد الآن إلى هوية بصرية مؤسسية.

لغاية ترسيخ فكر ومبادئ الإتحاد في وجدان الناس وإضافة رمز بصري جديد، قرر الإتحاد تطوير إستراتيجية كاملة للهوية البصرية المؤسسية له. تأتي أهمية هذه الهوية في توفير وسائل الاتصال الأساسية بما في ذلك العلم والشعار والألوان، ومواد العرض لإستخدامها في مجالات عدة من مؤتمرات الإتحاد إلى ترويج الثقافة والسياحة في الدول الأعضاء. لقد قام مكتب الاتصال بإعداد موجز لمهمة تصميم الهوية البصرية المؤسسية للإتحاد ليجد الفريق التصميمي المناسب.

هل أنت المصمم الذي يجب أن يستعين به الإتحاد؟

يدعوكم موقع تصميم عربي إلى الاستجابة لهذا التحدي الذي يهدف إلى تشجيع التفكير بقضايا العالم العربي الجديدة من منطلق تصميمي وإبداعي.

يمكنك المساعدة في تطوير هوية فعالة وعلامة جديدة وحيوية تتصل بالعالم العربي عن طريق إعداد متطلبات التصميم المذكورة في الموجز التصميمي على النحو التالي:

متطلبات اجبارية

١- تصميم علم الاتحاد بحيث يعبر عن هوية ومبادئ شعوب الدول الاعضاء. أطلق العنان لخيالك وارنا هذا العلم يرفرف على سارية في شوارع أحد العواصم للدول المشاركة – صورة مونتاج.

٢- تصميم شعار حفل إطلاق الاتحاد والحملة الاعلانية.

٣- عملة موحدة (ورقية ومعدنية) أو طوابع بريدية موحدة.

٤- الصفحة الرئيسية للموقع الالكتروني للاتحاد وتطبيق للهواتف الذكية

متطلبات اختيارية

ابتدأ الاتحاد بالعمل على ثلاثة مشاريع هامة وعليكم كمصممين إختيار واحداً منها على الأقل للعمل عليه (مع المتطلبات العامة المذكورة أعلاه):

١- شعار إتحاد النقل الذي يخدم جميع هذه الدول بباصات وقطارات سريعة بالاضافة لتطبيقات إستعماله على لوحات الاستعلام عن مواعيد المغادرة والوصول والبطاقات الذكية.

٢- شعار المهرجان السنوي الثقافي.

٣- كتيب ترويج سياحي.

يترك المجال للمشاركين لإقتراح أية مواد أخرى لتقديمها للمشاركة.

تعليمات التقديم

- هذه المسابقة مفتوحة للمصممين الأفراد ولمكاتب الدعايات والاعلان ولدور التصميم من كافة أنحاء العالم.

- يحقق للمشاركين أن يتقدموا بأكثر من تصميم على أن يلبوا جميع المتطلبات.

- تقدم التصاميم المشاركة على شكل ملف PDF واحد لا يتجاوز حجمه MB 20. إذا اقتضت الحاجة إلى إرسال ملف أكبر من هذا الحجم، فيجب إرساله على أجزاء.

- ورقة تشرح الفلسفة التصميمية في ٥٠٠ كلمة كحد اقصى.

- ترسل المشاركات على العنوان التالي challenge [at] redesignarabia

[dot] com

الموعد النهائي للتقديم

٥ أكتوبر٢٠١١

التحكيم

سيتم الاعلان لاحقاً عن لجنة التحكيم. سيتم عرض المشاركات على موقعنا الالكتروني وسيفتح المجال للتعليق عليها. ستوخذ نوعية التعليقات الدائرة حاول المشاركات بعين الاعتبار في التحكيم. لن يكون هنالك تصويت على المشاركات.

وسيحكم على المشاركات دون التعريف باصحابها خلال عملية التحكيم. ينبغي عدم ذكر إسم الفرد أو المجموعات المشاركة إلى على صفحة الغلاف ويجب أن ترفق بشكل منفصل عن الطلب.

حقوق الطبع والنشر

سيتم عرض المشاركات الفائزة ومشاركات أخرى منتقاة في أحد المساحات والمعارض الفنية في العاصمة الاردنية، عمان.

يحتفظ تصميم عربي بحقه في نشر جميع المشاركات على الموقع الالكتروني وفي أية وسائل إعلامية أخرى.

كما يحتفظ تصميم العرب بحق إقامة معرض حول المشاركات المقدمة

In 2011, revolutions and protests led to free elections in several Arab countries. It was the birth of the first wave of new Arab democracies.
After the elections, activists, politicians and political parties in these countries started demanding various measures of cooperation between the new Arab democracies. The opening of their borders, the cancellation of import tariffs between them, a unified currency and the freedom of labor movement where some of the strongest demands put forward.
In 2012, the demands intensified and cross border cooperation between activists emerged. Responding to that, the foreign ministers of the new Arab democracies held a meeting in Cairo to discuss implementing such requests. They came out with a declaration supporting closer cooperation between their countries.
Then, the leaders of the Arab democracies met on the 2nd of March 2013, and announced the birth of the Free Arab Union, a new cooperation body of democratic Arab states based on the principles of freedom, economic and cultural cooperation and open borders.
The Free Arab Union charter was announced. While it kept the independence and sovereignty of its members intact, it aimed at achieving a unified framework for political, economic, social and cultural cooperation among the newly formed democracies.

General Principles
The Free Arab Union is established on the premise of freedom, democracy and independence. It accepts the diversity of Arab societies without discrimination or favoritism for one society over another, or one region over another.
The Union welcomes the membership of any Arab country governed by democratic rule that has gained popular acceptance.
The Union issued the following statement on October 2013, which reflects the principles the citizens were calling for the previous year. The following represents a summary of its main points:
1- Strengthening democracy among members of the Union by launching a unified electoral system for Arab parliaments that expands popular representation of various societal groups.
2- Freedom of movement between member countries without visa requirements.
3- Creation of a single currency.
4- Unification of the general tariffs and taxes.
5- Respect of the right of expression whether on political, social or economic subjects.
6- Encouragement of popular participation in civic and political life and the establishment of vital public spaces in major cities for free public expression.

Challenge Details
The Free Arab Union now needs a visual identity.
In order to embody the principles and philosophy of the Union, it has been decided that a full branding strategy will be developed. The brand will provide the principle communication tools for the Union, including the flag, logo, color schemes, presentation materials for conferences and festivals, and for the promotion of culture and tourism in its member countries. The communications office at the Union has already prepared a design brief and is now scouting for the perfect team to participate in the competition.
Are you the designer they should turn to?
Redesign Arabia invites you to participate in a competition that aims to encourage thinking about the Arab World’s contemporary issues from a design and creative perspective.
You can help develop a vibrant, dynamic and relevant new brand for the Arab World by preparing the design requirements in the following brief:

Mandatory Requirements
1. Design the Union’s flag so that it represents the identity and principles that member countries have adopted. (Set your imagination free, and show us the flag in a photo montage flying on a pole in one of the capitals of a member country)
2. Design the logo of the Union as seen at the launching ceremony and its advertisement campaign.
3. Design its unified currency (paper and coin) or unified postal stamps.
4. Design the homepage of the website of the Union and a smartphone e-government application.

Optional Requirements
The Union has started to work on three major projects. As a designer, you have to choose one of them at least to work on (in addition to the mandatory requirements above).
1. Logo of the Regional Transport Authority (which serves all of the countries by rapid bus and train services) in addition to applications of the logo on information billboards at terminals and smart payment cards.
2. Logo of the annual cultural festival.
3. A tourism handbook.
The floor is open for participants to suggest any other design items they would like to submit.

Submission Instructions
- This competition is open to individual designers, advertisement agencies, media and design firms from all around the world.
- Participants can send multiple entries as long as each fulfills all requirements.
- All entries should be submitted in a single PDF file with a maximum size of 20MB. If the need arises to send an entry with a larger file size, you can split it into multiple files.
- A 500-word (maximum) concept paper must also be attached.
- All entries should be sent to challenge [at] redesignarabia [dot] com

Deadline
October 5 2011

Jury
The jury will be announced at a later stage. Entries will be shared on our website and open to comments. The quality of discussion generated around them will be taken into consideration by the jury. There will be no voting system on entries.
All entries will be judged anonymously. The name of participant(s) should be mentioned on a separate cover letter only.

Printing & Publishing Rights
Winning and select entries will be exhibited in one of the gallery spaces in Amman, Jordan.
Redesign Arabia reserves its right to publish all entries on its website and any other media outlet. Redesign Arabia also reserves its right to exhibit entries.

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2011-09-28T18:25:00.001+03:00

Gunilla Carlsson > She Entrepreneurs

2011-09-20T20:08:00.000+03:00

Gunilla Carlsson Minister for International Development Cooperation

http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/7517/a/70410

#Sheent11
www.si.se.se/sheentrepreneurs

She Entrepreneurs is a program for dialogue, mutual understanding and knowledge sharing between young women social entrepreneurs from the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden.

Design competition 2011

2011-09-12T00:47:00.000+03:00

People Want is A new International Design competition inspired by the Third World peaceful movements taking place in 2011 is Launched.

:::Information Copied via Face Book Group

We represent a group of young designers who have decided to be part of the uprising freedom movement by using Art Powers to support it. Therefore, we have started this project (People Want) to make sure we are taking a role in such movements.

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نحن نمثل مجموعة من المصممين الشباب قررنا البدء بمشروع يدعم الحراك الشعبي القائم لنسخر طاقات الفن لخدمه وتوثيق هذا الحراك كي تكون إعمالنا وأعمال المشاركين جزء لا يتجزأ من الشعوب

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الشروط

يحق للمصمم أن يشترك بثلاثة ملصقات كحد اقصى , يمكن أن يكون الملصق المشارك منفرد أو عبارة عن سلسلة متواصلة .1

ينطوي موضوع الأعمال تحت عنوان ) الشعب يريد( .2

3. (RGB) jpg بلاحقة dpi 200 حجم الملصق يجب أن يكون 50سم بـ 70سم , سواء كان أفقي أم عامودي , و الدقة

المشاركة التي لا تحتوي على هذه الصفات سيتم استبعادها , للمصمم الحرية في اختيار التقنية الفنية

يجب تحميل الملفات من خلال موقع المسابقة، كل مصمم سوف يقوم بإنشاء حساب خاص به ثم إضافة المعلومات الشخصية .4 ,

و الموافقة على قواعد المسابقة www.peoplewantcontest.org

شرح الملصق بما لا يزيد عن ١٠٠ كلمة .5

6. (RGB) jpg بلاحقة dpi يجب على المصمم إرفاق صورة شخصية بقياس 6سم بـ 8 سم بدقة 200

لجنة التحكيم مسؤله عن تقييم الملصقات المتقدمه للمسابقه واختيارالـ 100 عمل الافضل .7

ستقام معارض في عده مدن للاعمال الرابحه .8

سوف يتم طباعة كتاب خاص بالمعرض ونشره، أصحاب الملصقات الفائزة سوف يحصلون على نسخة مجانية من هذا الكتاب .9

ولا يشمل ذلك أجور الشحن

تاريخ بدء استقبال المشاركات من 25 ايلول 2011 وحتى 4 كانون التاني 2012 .10

أي استفسار أو تعليق يرجى مراسلتنا على الايميل التالي .11 : info@peoplewantcontest.org

12. نود التأكيد على أنه يحظر نشر أي ملصق مشارك على الانترنت ضمن مسابقات منافسة (في الفيسبوك، الخ) حتى أعلان لجنة التحكيم اختيارها للـ 100 ملصق النهائي. أي عمل فني نشر على الانترنت قبل اعلان لجنة التحكيم النتيجه سيتم استبعاده

لا يجوز الانحياز لاي شعار ديني أو سياسي أو طائفي .13

الملخص

نحن الشعوب .. نحن كل انسان يبحث عن الحياة..

نحن العامل والمعلم والفلاح والطبيب والأديب والفنان .. نحن المستقبل

نحن جميع الشرائح والأديان والطوائف والمعتقدات .. نحن الايمان

نحن التراب والشجر والجبل والشمس والظل .. نحن الهواء

نحن مصدر سلطة الحكومات

لنبدأ بالحقائق

- إن إرادة الشعب هي مصدر سلطة الحكومة، ويعبر عن هذه الإرادة بانتخابات نزيهة دورية تجري على أساس الإقتراع السري وعلى قدم المساواة بين الجميع أو حسب أي إجراء مماثل يضمن حرية التصويت. من (الماده 21 حسب الاعلان العام لحقوق الانسان)

في حين اذا القينا نظره الى واقع الحكومات في الشرق الأوسط لوجدناها أنظمة استبدادية يغلب عليها الطابع العائلي .

-نسبة الأمية في الشرق الأوسط هي نحو 30 % أي ما يعادل 100 مليون فرد حسب إحصائيات منظمة اليونسكو لسنة 2009 م هذه النسبة تدل على وجود عائق أمام نهوض الشرق الأوسط وتحرره من التخلف والفقر والمرض .

-و في ما يخص فرص العمل فإرتفاع معدل البطالة إلى 25,6 % وهي النسبة الأعلى بالعالم كافي ليخبر بحالنا .

- ( حريه التعبير ) من اهم بنود الاعلان العالمي لحقوق الانسان و السبب الاساسي في نهوض الأمم فكريا..

(لكل شخص الحق في حرية الرأي والتعبير، ويشمل هذا الحق حرية إعتناق الآراء دون أي تدخل، واستقاء الأنباء والأفكار وتلقيها وإذاعتها بأية وسيلة كانت دون تقيد بالحدود الجغرافية ، ( الماده 19 ) و لا يسعنا هنا إحصاء نسبة معتقلي الرأى دون محاكمة في سجون الأنظمه المتسلطة.

لا حقوق لا تعليم لا حريه رأي لا فرص عمل متاحه ..و جميعها حقوق مشروعه وواجبه للشعوب.

أكثر من خمسون عاماً و شعوبنا محكومه بالصمت بالرغم من الظلم والانتهاكات غير الشرعية ... الى ان جاء عام الـ 2011 .. خرجت الشعوب غاضبة مطالبة بالتغيير كاسرةً بخروجها قيود الخوف ، ومطالبة بالحقوق بالرغم من القتل والترهيب من قِبل الحكومات القمعية .

سقط الآلاف من الضحايا الى الآن و السبب الوحيد مطالبتها الشرعيه بحريتها وبالعداله الاجتماعيه .

الهدف

- دعم الحراك الشعبي عبر توثيق هذه المرحله التاريخيه للشعوب حين خرجت تعبيرا عن ارادتها بالتغيير .

- التأكيد على شرعيه مطالبها و حراكها السلمي .

- تصوير طاقات الشعوب حين خرجت منتفضة

:::Contact

info@peoplewantcontest.org

Website

http://www.peoplewantcontest.org

Twitter

https://twitter.com/#!/peoplewant

FaceBook

https://www.facebook.com/PeopleWantContest?sk=info

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2011-08-01T23:06:00.004+03:00

حداد لمدة اسبوع ..لارواح شهداء ليلة وقفة رمضان

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2224834030407&set=o.227347443967247&type=1&ref=nf

https://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/event.php?eid=227347443967247

A7rar

2011-08-01T23:06:00.003+03:00

Ai Weiwei

2011-07-12T20:38:00.008+03:00

Freed Chinese Artist Reported to Be Back at Work, Though Barred From Talking to Press

By EDWARD WONG

Published: July 6, 2011

BEIJING — A Swiss gallery owner who represents Ai Weiwei, the dissident artist and international celebrity recently let out of detention, said Wednesday that Mr. Ai was working on his art again, even though he could not do interviews or meet with journalists because of the conditions of his release.
The gallery owner, Urs Meile, said in an e-mail that he had visited Mr. Ai at his home from June 30 to July 3 and that Mr. Ai was in good health.
“The detention could not break his incomparable presence and vigor, his humor and his alertness!” Mr. Meile said in the e-mail. “He is full of energy and again intensively dedicating himself to his artistic creation.”
Mr. Meile added that Mr. Ai “is able to work without interruption, to make plans and to realize projects together with his team.”
Mr. Meile did not give details on what kinds of projects Mr. Ai might be pursuing. Before he was detained, Mr. Ai, 54, was seeking to expose the use of paid commentators on the Internet by the Communist Party, according to a report in late June by Information, a Danish news organization. Mr. Ai had spoken about the project with a journalist for Information. The commentators referred to by Mr. Ai are believed to be paid each time they post something that bolsters or repeats the government position on a certain issue.
Mr. Ai’s projects have been increasingly political in recent years. Perhaps the most controversial was an exhibition involving school backpacks meant to evoke the thousands of children who died in school collapses in the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province. Parents of the dead children have been lobbying the central government to look into the role of corruption in the shoddy construction of schools, but the government has tried to silence the parents by paying them off or detaining them.
Mr. Ai was beaten by police officers in a hotel room in Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, when he traveled to the province to look further into the school collapses and support the parents.
Mr. Ai was detained by the police in April at the international airport in Beijing as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong. He was let go 81 days later, his normally expansive girth considerably diminished. Family members and supporters said he had been detained because of his political candor, but Chinese officials said the Beijing police were looking into accusations of tax evasion. Mr. Ai was released only after he “confessed” to tax fraud, according to Xinhua, the state news agency. Mr. Ai has been allowed to travel around Beijing, but he is barred from leaving the city.
Mr. Meile’s gallery is in Beijing’s arts neighborhood of Caochangdi, where Mr. Ai has his studio and home.
“He’s contriving, discussing, debating, reflecting, as we know him,” Mr. Meile wrote. “With the support of his wife Lu Qing, his team and his friends he is about to review and digest the past two and a half months.”

A version of this article appeared in print on July 7, 2011, on page A9 of the New York edition with the headline: Freed Chinese Artist Reported to Be Back at Work, Though Barred From Talking to Press.

China artist Ai Weiwei released on bail
Mr Ai said he could not speak to the media about his case

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has returned home having been freed after more than two months' detention.
He was bailed late on Wednesday after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion, Xinhua news agency said.
An outspoken critic of China's human rights record, his arrest in April prompted a global campaign for his release.
The 54-year-old said he was back home and in good health in a phone interview with the BBC.
"I am already home, released on bail, I can't talk to media but I am well, thanks for all the media attention," he said.
Mr Ai was detained as he boarded a Beijing flight bound for Hong Kong.
Perhaps most famous for helping design the Bird's Nest stadium that became the centre-piece for Beijing's 2008 Olympics, he was held at a secret location without access to a lawyer.
Beijing alleged the artist had evaded taxes and destroyed evidence; his supporters said the charges were motivated by his activism.
'I'm out'

Xinhua reported that Mr Ai had offered to repay the taxes and would be released because of "his good attitude in confessing his crimes".
The agency quoted police as saying the company that handles business aspects of Mr Ai's career, Beijing Fake Cultural Development, had evaded "a huge amount of taxes and intentionally destroyed accounting documents".
Xinhua also reported that Mr Ai was suffering from a "chronic illness".
China's foreign ministry previously said that Mr Ai was under investigation for "economic crimes".
It insisted that his arrest - which came amid one of China's biggest clampdowns on activists in years and was condemned by Western governments - had "nothing to do with human rights or freedom of expression".
But the release coincides with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit this week to Germany and the UK, two countries with which Mr Ai has strong professional ties and public support.
Beijing has been under enormous pressure to free the artist, says the BBC's Damian Grammaticas in Beijing.
The case had generated criticism from the international community that China was breaking its own laws by holding Mr Ai in secret without access to a lawyer, adds our correspondent.
A message from the Twitter account of Mr Ai's lawyer, Liu Xiaoyuan, said he had received a text message from his client's phone which simply read: "I'm out!"
Chinese human rights activist Wen Kejian welcomed the release, saying Mr Ai's arrest had been political.
Artist's appeal

The US state department welcomed Mr Ai's release, adding: "But there's obviously more individuals who are being held, so we want to see the release of all these people."
Baroness Ashton, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, said Mr Ai's case had been "the subject of widespread concern" and featured in recent EU-Chinese discussions on human rights in Beijing.
She said she welcomed the news "while regretting the circumstances of his detention".
In a statement, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said his release "can only be a first step" and that China must now fully explain to Mr Ai the accusations against him.
The German director of Human Rights Watch said it was "not by accident" that Mr Ai had been released shortly before Mr Wen's European visit, but warned he could now be facing further restriction on his movements.
"Examples from the past of other dissidents that were released have shown that released opponents of the system face strict restrictions and many have been silenced," said Wenzel Michalski.

Rights group Amnesty International said Mr Ai's long detention without charge had violated China's own legal process.

"It is vital that the international outcry over Ai Weiwei be extended to those activists still languishing in secret detention or charged with inciting subversion," said Amnesty's Catherine Baber.

The circumstances of one of Ai Weiwei's relatives, his accountant and driver, who were detained at the same time as him, remain unknown.
British sculptor Anish Kapoor, who had led criticism of Beijing over the detention, called for the artist to be given a fair trial.
"While I am thankful that he has been released, I do not think that artists should present their work in China until the situation has been resolved," said Mr Kapoor.
The Indian-born sculptor had dedicated his monumental Leviathan art installation in Paris, unveiled last month, to Mr Ai.
Ai Weiwei gained international recognition in the early 1980s for his monolithic brick sculptures.
Last October, he unveiled a carpet of 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds at London's Tate Modern, which he said questioned the role of an individual in society.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13878859
.. more on Ai Wei wei on BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12997324   Profile: Ai Weiwei
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13475398   Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's company 'evaded taxes'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12174873   China artist Ai Weiwei's Shanghai studio demolished
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ai_Weiwei
Ai Weiwei (born 18 May 1957)

is a Chinese artist and political activist, who is also active in architecture, curating, photography, film, and social and cultural criticism.^[1]^[2]

Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics.^[3]

As a political activist, he has been highly and openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He has investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of so-called "tofu-skin schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.^[4]

In 2011, following his arrest at Beijing airport on 3 April, he was held for over two months without any official charges being filed; officials alluded to their allegations of "economic crimes" (tax evasion).
^ "Ai Weiwei". Wolseley Media. 2008. http://www.wolseleymedia.com.au/AP-Ai-Weiwei.html. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b Cooper, Rafi (6 July 2008). "Cultural revolutionary". The Observer (UK). http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/visualart/story/0,,2289411,00.html. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
^ "China's New Faces: Ai Weiwei". BBC News. 3 March 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4298689.stm. Retrieved 26 April 2010.^ Osnos, Evan, "It's Not Beautiful", The New Yorker, 24 May 2010 pp.54–63.

http://freeaiweiwei.org/
http://www.aiweiwei.com/index.htm
http://aiweiwei.tate.org.uk/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2010/oct/11/aiwewei-sunflower-seeds-tate-modern
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/oct/11/tate-modern-sunflower-seeds-review

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/83598_Aiweiwei

83598 Aiweiwei (provisional designation: 2001 SP₂₆₅) is a main-belt minor planet. It was discovered by William Kwong Yu Yeung at the Desert Eagle Observatory near Benson, Arizona, on September 25, 2001. It is named after Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artist.

Template (2007) after collapse
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Ai_Weiwei_documenta_12.jpg

POETIC MORPHOLOGY BY THE CLOUD COLLECTIVE

2011-07-06T20:41:00.001+03:00

GALLERY: TOWARDS A POETIC MORPHOLOGY BY THE CLOUD COLLECTIVE

A temporary installation for the 22nd international poster and graphic design festival of Chaumont.

http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2011/06/16/gallery-towards-a-poetic-morphology-by-the-cloud-collective.php

http://mocoloco.com/galleries/gallery/towards-a-poetic-morphology-by-the-cloud-collective/

INFINITI Digital Art Competition

2011-07-05T22:04:00.001+03:00

INFINITI Digital Art Competition

C A L L - F O R - E N T R I E S

Designboom in collaboration with INFINITI announces an international competition in digital art. participation is open to to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, vjs, students, and design-enthusiasts.

C A L L - F O R - E N T R I E S
designboom in collaboration with INFINITI announces an international competition in digital art. participation is open to to applicants from every country in the world, to professionals, vjs, students, and design-enthusiasts.

more details here:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/13768/infiniti-digital-art-competition.html

more details here:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/13768/infiniti-digital-art-competition.html

| rAndom International |

2011-07-05T02:04:00.047+03:00

::: rAndom International ::: swarm study/iii at the V&A

'swarm study / iii' by random international (2011), at london's victoria and albert museum
image courtesy of V&A images

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/15475/random-international-swarm-studyiii-at-the-va.html

some r a n d o m works

Carpenters Workshop Gallery

Halle 5 / Stand G31

daily from 11AM -8PM

rAndom's 'Study of Time # 1' is based on the studio's recent scenography for the contemporary dance piece FAR by Wayne McGregor | Random Dance.

To be premiered at Design Miami Basel 2011, the installation takes light, it's presence and it's absence, as a medium for the representation of time. A vividly illuminated autonomous algorithm magically reveals the time of the day, re-imagining the principle of telling time from falling shadows as a contemporary light installation.

For more information, please contact

gallery@carpentersworkshopgallery.com

Audience, February 2010 from rAndom International on Vimeo.
Audience by rAndom International with Chris O'Shea
Installation in the US for private art collector
Filmed 28/02/2010

People walking along Euston Road will encounter an unusually arresting reflection of themselves in a new light installation, Reflex, created by rAndom International. The work inhabits the windows of the Wellcome Trust as though it were a living organism. Reacting to viewers, passers-by and traffic on the Euston Road, Reflex produces mesmerising flows of light, inviting a physical response to the building.

The installation's swarming behaviour is based on an algorithm developed to emulate the collective decision making that we see in large groups of creatures such as birds or ants.

The work is constructed from hundreds of brass rods and thousands of LEDs arranged on small custom chips. Their movement is based on programmes that aim to simulate complex natural phenomenon. Reflex recreates "stigmergy" whereby traces left by random actions stimulate further actions that build on one another, leading to the spontaneous emergence of apparently patterned activity.

James Peto, Senior Curator at Wellcome Collection, the Wellcome Trusts' public venue says: "An estimated 5,000 people walk past the Wellcome Trust's windows every day. rAndom International's Reflex is the seventh in a series of annual design commissions for this prominent site. The window designs have always provoked interesting reactions from passers-by. With Reflex the passers-by can provoke a reaction from the windows."

Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. It supports the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities; its breadth of support including public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. The Trust is independent of both political and commercial interests.
www.wellcome.ac.uk

rAndom International was founded by Stuart Wood, Flo Ortkrass and Hannes Koch in 2002. The studio was set up to extend the perspective of contemporary artistic practice. Working from the fringes of art, design, science and architecture, rAndom develop projects and installations that re-interpret the 'cold' nature of digital-based work and emphasise the interaction between the animate (audience) and the inanimate (object), bringing the two into a powerful relationship of performance. The studio's work has won many awards in the fields art, architecture and design. rAndom are represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London.
www.random-international.com

By rAndom International

Shown at Spazio Fendi during Milan 2010

Photography by www.jamesharris.co.uk
"Let's Go" by the Shoes

SELF PORTRAIT
by rAndom International 2010

‘Self Portrait’ is the archetypal blank canvas that engages the spectator, with a large-scale, ephemeral representation of himself. All evidence of the encounter exists only in the moment of interaction between the viewer and the work. Gradually, moment and image fade away, never to be repeated.

‘Self Portrait‘ / rAndom International 2010 (S.Wood, F. Ortkrass, H. Koch)

Light reactive screen print on canvas, Corian frame, custom rail system, motor, electronic UV Glass LED print head, rapid prototyped components, proprietary software, proprietary tracking software, camera, lens, Computer

Dim: 270cm by 120 cm

by rAndom International for REGUS, Berkley Square London. Curated by Artwise Curators

by rAndom International 2004-2009

About rAndom

rAndom International was founded by Stuart Wood, Flo Ortkrass and Hannes Koch in 2002. The studio was set up to extend the perspective of contemporary artistic practice. Working from the fringes of art, design, science and architecture, rAndom develop projects and installations that re-interpret the 'cold' nature of digital-based work and emphasise the interaction between the animate (audience) and the inanimate (object), bringing the two into a powerful relationship of performance. The studio's work has won many awards in the fields art, architecture and design. rAndom are represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London.

http://random-international.com

http://www.random-international.com/

"How on earth can we live together - how can we agree to agree?"

2011-06-30T03:00:00.002+03:00

"How on earth can we live together - how can we agree to agree?"

Tällberg Forum 2011 in Sigtuna would be Live broadcast for the 1st time

The Tällberg Forum 2011 takes place on 29 June to 3 July 2011 in Sigtuna, Sweden with the theme
“How on earth can we live together – How can we agree to agree?”.
500 leaders from all over the world and from different sectors of society will gather for a conversation about the whole – and in the interests of the whole.

http://www.tallbergfoundation.org

http://www.tallbergfoundation.org/T%C4LLBERGFORUM/T%E4llbergForum2011inSigtuna/tabid/1024/Default.aspx

Forum

http://bit.ly/kSq1L8
http://webbtv.compodium.se/tallberg11/

http://bit.ly/mdniz9

Enjoy ;)

AUB panel .. some Reflections

2011-06-18T01:33:00.001+03:00

AUB panel

Reflections on Citizen Revolt in the Middle East

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ32BWCkkR4&feature=channel_video_title

OMA (IM)PURE, (IN)FORMAL, (UN)BUILT

2011-06-17T04:13:00.000+03:00

(IM)PURE, (IN)FORMAL, (UN)BUILT

exhibition opens today in Paris

(IM)PURE, (IN)FORMAL, (UN)BUILT reflects on the importance of theoretical work in the history of the OMA. Until now, OMA's work in France has been a case study in the unbuilt: only four out of 45 French projects since the 1970s have been completed, but this incomplete work has built a framework with a massive impact both within and beyond the architectural domain. The exhibition explores the phases of architecture, from conceptualization to (attempted) realization, and questions the nature of the work, which has often been, in France, very controversial.

Copied of http://www.oma.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=404&Itemid=6

Robot Competition

2011-06-10T17:45:00.001+03:00

Bambuser Robot Competition
Bambuser Robot Competition

Calling all Bambuser users with a bit of imagination! We were inspired by our friends at Sortedam Ventures who built a "crowd-sourcing" Bambuser robot that can receive remote orders. It looks like they're not the only ones. Check also Give Away Candy that lets you participate from your twitter account.

Do you think you can even do better and want a challenge
Build a Bambuser robot and get the chance to WIN a professional media campaign, and be featured in some of the world's biggest newspapers and TV shows.

To launch the competition Michael from Sortedam Ventures gives us an interview explaining how they built their robot and what you would need. Watch it embedded below, or at Bambuser.

How to participate

Build a Bambuser robot based on Bambuser broadcasting technology (using a smartphone or webcam/DV cam) with crowd-sourced functionality built-in to enable interaction with the audience. To enter the competition a team or individual should:

Create a Bambuser account (if they haven't got one yet)

Broadcast the construction phase and finalized version of the robot using the hashtag #robot. (You can broadcast as many videos as you like)

Competition run time

The competition is running from the 24th of May until the 14th of June 2011.

Prize

The video generating the most views and the most appreciation from the Bambuser Crew (based on creativity, engagement and fun) all together, will win a professional media campaign and will be featured in some of the world's biggest newspapers and TV shows.

Competition Terms and Conditions

The competition is running from the 24th of May to the 14th of June 2011 (12:00am GMT). The winners must be aged 18 years or over. This promotion may be conducted over several different websites simultaneously. The broadcast of the robot needs to be publicly available on bambuser.com until at least the 30th of June 2011. Participants can broadcast as many videos as they like to participate, using the hashtag #robot in the broadcast title.

An email will be sent to the winner informing them of their win. Only persons registered with Bambuser are eligible. Prizes must be claimed within 14 days. Unclaimed prizes will be void. Bambuser reserves the right to withdraw this competition at any time. Winner must have a smartphone or web/DV-cam that is capable of live broadcasting.

http://blog.bambuser.com/2011/05/enter-bambuser-robot-competition-and.html

2011-06-02T23:57:00.003+03:00

...although my blog's becoming associated with what's going on in #Siria [spanish] I will break that Valid [connectivity] a bit.

I got a message from Architter a free tool for Architects and product designers that I've been following for a while on twitter.

Architter is now in Beta and offering designers and architects a chance of Cyber exposure ..

making a design portfolio with Architter would be a nice experience in a growing community of designers and architects..

Best Luck +)

http://www.architter.com/index
http://www.architter.com/news
http://www.facebook.com/architter
http://www.architter.com/faqs.php

Dart Center.org

2011-06-02T18:26:00.000+03:00

2011-05-25T14:50:00.000+03:00

May?

2011-05-22T07:11:00.000+03:00

so may i? Just say how awful the social-media space is becoming.. one is cornered there & is forced to feel...

it's becoming a routine hearing bad news.. first you'd be surprised but now it's totally ordinary to read the news while eating and drinking.. you may even ...

Laugh.

i Just want all this to end.

Dates are running fast & i can't stop feeling tired.

. stop .

2011-05-11T20:33:00.001+03:00

a lost art?

2011-05-08T19:46:00.000+03:00

The Lost Art of Democratic Debate:

http://www.justiceharvard.org/

a communicative Corpse

2011-04-24T18:39:00.008+03:00

an old work never progressed

who said one can't feel death before Dying.. you could feel it in these silent moments of Cold dead social encounters..

in these empty rooms between you and another body that you have to Live with ...

Death is there

Living with you everyday

Death is there.. in the news..

at the sight of the corpses.. and the flesh you see them till you could smell..

smell the odor of Death..

Japanese Immigration memorial

2011-04-11T17:36:00.003+03:00

Japanese Immigration memorial > Gustavo Penna

https://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150153097544296&id=87970829295&aid=285497

Barbaric Humans

2011-04-11T17:22:00.000+03:00

Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?

2011-04-09T21:08:00.001+03:00

Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do?
Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER"

M Gray

2011-04-06T18:10:00.000+03:00

mourning gray

http://souriyat

2011-03-23T19:43:00.001+02:00

.

2011-03-19T16:34:00.001+02:00

mourning wisdom

DE sign

Architectural Edu > Brit

SCHUMACHER SLAMS BRITISH ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

AUB > Understanding the Arab...Spring?

Understanding the Arab...Spring?

Uprising?

Revolution? Awakening? Citizen revolt?

Design E2 : I

Design: e2: China: From Red to Green?

Design: e2: e2 - The Green Apple

Design: e2: Gray to Green

Design: e2: The Green Machine

Design: e2: Green for All

Design: e2: Deeper Shade of Green

A map

poet of Vertical music

M A D

MVRDV . architecture Clouding

Fix it!

Fix it! The Energetic Society as a New Perspective on Governance for a Clean Economy: Maarten Hajer

City 2.0

TED Conversations

Narrating The ArabSpring

Call For Papers: Narrating The Arab Spring > AWID

salam mn ard salam

VR - #AkramKhan

مسابقة الشعر والقصة القصيرة للكتاب العرب الشباب

DSS @stirling 2011

Steven Tolson - Investment Inputs: Citizens, Developers and the State

Max Hislop - Liveable Places: Green Networks

Tom Steele - Making the most out of Property and Assets

Ben Hamilton-Baillie - Streets, Networks and Public Space

Stephen Hill - How to live more sustainably: Aligning Personal and Professional Values

David Sim - People Oriented Development

Communicate with Integrity

Building Trust: How to Communicate with Integrity

X Inventions

Top 10 Things That Women Invented

Many women faced prejudice and ridicule when they sought help from men in actualizing their idea.

10: Circular Saw

9: Chocolate Chip Cookies

8: Liquid Paper

7: The Compiler and COBOL Computer Language

6: Colored Flare System

5: The Square-bottomed Paper Bag

4: Dishwasher

3: Windshield Wiper

1: Kevlar

redesignarabia.com

re-act?

Gunilla Carlsson > She Entrepreneurs

Design competition 2011

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حداد لمدة اسبوع ..لارواح شهداء ليلة وقفة رمضان

A7rar

Ai Weiwei

Freed Chinese Artist Reported to Be Back at Work, Though Barred From Talking to Press

By EDWARD WONG

Published: July 6, 2011

A version of this article appeared in print on July 7, 2011, on page A9 of the New York edition with the headline: Freed Chinese Artist Reported to Be Back at Work, Though Barred From Talking to Press.

China artist Ai Weiwei released on bail

POETIC MORPHOLOGY BY THE CLOUD COLLECTIVE

INFINITI Digital Art Competition

| rAndom International |

"How on earth can we live together - how can we agree to agree?"

AUB panel .. some Reflections

AUB panel

Reflections on Citizen Revolt in the Middle East

OMA (IM)PURE, (IN)FORMAL, (UN)BUILT

Robot Competition

How to participate

Competition run time

Prize

Competition Terms and Conditions

Dart Center.org

May?

. stop .

a lost art?

a communicative Corpse

Japanese Immigration memorial