Architect Zaha Hadid has her undergraduate degree in Mathematics.

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HOUSE OF RADON

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.  But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out?

(Hosted by Vimeo – 01:21:00)

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Interview with Vladimir Horowitz (Audio)

94.1 CBCFM TORONTO | ENCORE

In 1915, at the age of 12, Vladimir Horowitz played for Alexander Scriabin in Kiev.  “He told my mother—he gave her very good advice—he said to her, ‘Your son will always be a pianist.  Do not forget, give him general cultural education.  This is the most important thing—that he knows everything; that he knows all kinds of music, all kinds of literature and all phases of art and things like that.’  And, that is what it is. …”

(Hosted on YouTube – Pt. 1  00:14:57)

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MythBusters’ Adam Savage on Problem Solving: How I do it. (Video)

MAKER FAIRE BAY AREA 2010

Best known as co-host of Discovery Channel’s MythBusters, Adam Savage also wears hats as an artist, actor, special effects wizard and industrial designer. In this presentation at the Maker Faire Bay Area 2010, he outlines his strategies for tackling complex problems.
(Hosted on RTBot.com – 00:23:23)
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The Sheriff of Cyber City

STANFORD MAGAZINE | BY ANN MARSH

The year was 1997. Microprocessor “smart cards” with those little gold, rectangular chips were becoming ubiquitous. The idea was that information, such as bank account details or medical records, could be stored on the card itself, protected by security codes. Multinational corporations were using them to transfer billions of dollars and sensitive data all around the globe.

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Re: Projection Before Analysis

PHD-DESIGN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK | POSTED BY RANJAN MP

This thread intrigues me and it is quite clear that the participants come to the field of design and design research from very different perspectives and in this I include the irreverent manner in which design practitioners treat research methods and traditions that have been established in the sciences.

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