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Thinking about taking the Design Gym weekend intensive on May 31, but not quite sure what you're in for? Read on for a recap of September's session and sign up for the new one here.
From The Design Gym's blog:
Twenty-one students last weekend were pushed to the max over two and a half days, all in the name of better understanding and, more importantly, executing on the design thinking process. Throw in a session with an improv...
Our next MSG lecture is on May 28, and we're talking about the future; read on for details.
Banning pasta in Italy, pre-WW2 molecular gastronomy and high-concept dinner parties: Welcome to The Futurist Cookbook!
Published in 1932 by F.T. Marinetti, it aimed to transform everyday meals from stodgy, sleep-inducing traditions into multi-sensory, scientific experiences appropriate for the modern world.
Join us as we abandon...
Hey everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that we're winding things down at the Carroll Gardens location at the end of May. After that, we hope to see you up in Propsect Heights from here to eternity!
If you're looking to take a class there for old times' sake, check out Typography for Beginners this Saturday, May 25th.
When you learn that the Peace of Westphalia ended both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War, you start to think, what other wars are only named after their length? You might also wonder why historians couldn't get a little more creative, but I'm only here to help you answer the first one.
A few were short enough to be named after the number of days - the Six Day War (there were two!), the Ten Day War, and the Thirty Days' War....
After watching the 1974 Great Gatsby movie and reading this great blog post by The Bowery Boys on the real "Valley of Ashes," I decided to throw together a quick map of locations from the book. Still a work in progress!
