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Monday, October 29, 2007

SKEUMORPH

N. Katherine Hayles - Boundary Disputes: Homeostasis, Reflexivity, and the Foundations of Cybernetics - Configurations 2:3
A skeuomorph is a design feature, no longer functional in itself, that refers back to an avatar that was functional at an earlier time. The dashboard of my Toyota Camry, for example, is covered by vinyl molded to simulate stitching; the simulated stitching alludes back to a fabric that was in fact stitched, although it no longer serves that function in my car. Skeuomorphs visibly testify to the social or psychological necessity for innovation to be tempered by replication.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Forget the Film - Watch the Titles
1620 Danny Yount -- ad-typo-et
News Flows, Consciousness Streams: The Headwaters of a River of Words - New York Times

Ben Rubin, left, and Mark Hansen with part of “Moveable Type,” their installation in the lobby of The New York Times Building.

Sunday, October 21, 2007