MIT Media Lab’s new logo, created by Pentagram, draws on a decades-old design.

Source: MIT Media Lab Gets a Transforming Logo, Courtesy of Pentagram | WIRED

 

 

Only kidding

Haven’t heard of Banksy? Check out more here. Kidding again. Read this.

London, England — The elusive graffiti artist, political activist, film director, painter and long time fugitive that for years has gone by the pseudonymous name of Banksy, was arrested early this morning by London's Metropolitan Police. After hours of questioning and a raid of his London art studio, his true name and identity have finally been revealed. The City of London Police say Banksy's real name is Paul Horner, a 35-year old male born in Liverpool, England. The BBC has confirmed this information with Banky's PR agent Jo Brooks along with Pest Control, a website that acts as a handling service on behalf of the artist.

Source: Graffiti Artist Banksy Arrested In London; Identity Revealed – National Report | National Report

 

An article in the Times this week, The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum, is an interesting meditation on how we look at art. We are so accustomed to clicking through images at a feverish pace or walking past ads and billboards without really noticing them that we’ve also lost the skill of looking. This can also be applied to any kind of looking. This week experiment with really seeing the world, whether it be while cooking, walking around, shopping or going to a museum. See what you notice and remember. Maybe it will make it into your own art.

 

Scientists in China use an ultra high res camera to capture things like the movement of smoke, crystallization and precipitation. If you’ve never though of chemistry in an aesthetic way before, this should change your mind.