The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2020 starts today – on-line
The Edinburgh International Book Festival starts today. Events are free and you can visit the very impressive festival web pages here – https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/ Taking place in your web browser from the 15th to the 31st August 2020. Book attendance at over 140 events – see more. Browse the very comprehensive Festival Bookshop – see more....
Streetview new? How they did it in the 1940’s…
Taken between 1939 and 1940, this is a really impressive historical, location referenced photo-archive of NYC – marking the point of emergence for a new world in the coming decades, but shaded with modernism even then. The Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York City Tax Department to collect photographs of every building in...
Smithsonian Open Access – we had to sit down…
In the U.S. the Smithsonian Institution has created an Open Access resource of staggering diversity. Update July 2020: If you are interested in furniture, specifically in growing your own furniture – check out this fabulous article on the BBC web pages – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-32977012 “Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the...
Ellen Lives On
A featured article from our current archive: Writing in The Guardian in late 2014 the author Rupert Wallis was minded to tell us that ‘…more and more not-so- young adults are reading YA fiction’ – which he declared was no bad thing. He went on… ‘The power of YA fiction to generate an emotional resonance...
Into the library vortex…
We have, with our new Libraries news-feed page, given our readers the opportunity to keep up with latest news from across the UK. We are rotating our topical feeds across University libraries, feminist collections and featuring, as we must, the go to public library resource, PLN. Library image by Jaredd Craig… Check our our Libraries...
Finnish art in the Public Domain
The Finnish National Gallery has made twelve thousand works of art available in the Public Domain. Free to use, they are licensed and distributed under the CC0 license. Not all of the Finnish national holdings have been released, but this substantial artistic trove can be deployed for teaching, as well as research and for commercial...
The rise of children’s literature in the 18th century.
Embed from Getty Images Featured article – from the archives… We round out our short theme on children’s literacy and literature, with a focus from the North of England, with a short consideration. Where did children’s book publishing come from? Matthew Grenby, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the School of English at Newcastle University,...
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Innovation in architecture
- studio de.materia clads twin apartment buildings in stone + wood in poland October 25, 2020the project's design draws from the area's wooden mountain shelters and houses from the turn of the 19th and 20th century. The post studio de.materia clads twin apartment buildings in stone + wood in poland appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.sofia lekka angelopoulou I designboom
- yves béhar designs sunglasses made from recovered plastic for the ocean cleanup October 24, 2020the sunglasses are a durable and useful product reminiscent of the beauty and importance of our oceans. The post yves béhar designs sunglasses made from recovered plastic for the ocean cleanup appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.nina azzarello I designboom
- yaneura design occupies ‘MOH’ house in kyoto with a steel grid for flexible living October 24, 2020a sequence of cube-like spaces can be divided using a variety of different partitions. The post yaneura design occupies ‘MOH’ house in kyoto with a steel grid for flexible living appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.philip stevens I designboom
- frank lloyd wright: timeless, a traveling pop-up art exhibition featuring limited edition prints October 24, 2020the frank lloyd wright foundation and spoke art gallery have announced the return of the frank lloyd wright: timeless exhibition, but in a new, virtual format. The post frank lloyd wright: timeless, a traveling pop-up art exhibition featuring limited edition prints appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.juliana neira I designboom
Women, reading and writing in Glasgow
- Green Learning October 23, 2020We’d like to share with you what has recently been shaping our thinking about climate justice, carbon reduction and our role in caring for our environment. In a climate of pain, uncertainty, deep and deepening inequalities and environmental crisis, we have been turning to feminist leadership and solutions to look to the future and imagine […]Emily Ilett
- NMRD Object of the Month: October October 13, 2020The players really put their blood, sweat, and tears into roller derby - and not just on the track. The publication showcases the very creative and artistic illustrations, photography, graphic designs, and articles from members of the roller derby community.Kerry
- October Book Picnic Recommendations -2020 October 9, 2020Happy Libraries Week to all! Need some inspiration for the next book to add to your reading list? We’ve got suggestions! On the first Wednesday of every month, GWL team members share what we’ve read recently at our Book Picnic…Jenna Haskins
- Themes of Isolation in our collection September 28, 2020Emilie, who was on placement with us last Spring, highlights how a selection of books she borrowed at the start of lockdown each look at different aspects of isolation.Gabrielle
- Autumn Programme: Events at a Glance September 17, 2020This Autumn, we have a host of free online events for you to get involved with, including creative writing workshops, reading groups, exhibitions and more!Emily Ilett
Hyper Allergic to the arts?
- Required Reading October 24, 2020This week, the rich and their distaste for real reporting, museums and racism, dispronouncing people's names, Mommalorians, and more.
- Four Genre-Bending Releases to Blast This Weekend October 24, 2020From political punk to a rapper-turned-rocker, the releases below are all riotous.
- A Woman Escapes the Grip of Men in Charlie Kaufman’s Latest Film October 24, 2020Director Charlie Kaufman’s men leech off women for validation, while women attempt to escape their parasitic grip.
- The Meanings of Minimalist Memorials October 24, 2020Monuments are built only when the political struggle they commemorate has been definitively won.
- Surrealism’s Unfinished Business October 24, 2020The art of the collagiste is essentially the art of the scavenger, the opportunistic thief.
Digital Art – the news
- Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with social media tools, more August 25, 2020New version 10.4.9 of Apple's video-editing software now available for download from the Mac App StoreMikael Markander
- Marco Oggian's Dreams and Nightmares explores our global anxiety in 2020 August 6, 2020Dreamlike visions come to life for real world exhibition.Giacomo Lee
- Ren & Stimpy returns in 'reimagined' format August 5, 2020The 1990s are well and truly back.Digital Arts Staff