The Marginalian
The Marginalian

Reads tagged with “culture”

Blooper Troopers
Blooper Troopers

Droops, bloopers and what geeks, babies and whales have in common.

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Geek Mondays: Dating Data Art
Geek Mondays: Dating Data Art

Why 1.7 million people yearn to have their balloons popped every day and what the MoMA has to do with matchmaking.

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Pepsi: Can It?
Pepsi: Can It?

How Tim Burton could’ve made $1 million today and why the road to social media is paved with good intentions.

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Starving Artist No More
Starving Artist No More

Why da Vinci is rolling in his grave and thinking about peperoni pizza.

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Nomadic Living 2.0
Nomadic Living 2.0

What European gypsies have to teach us about sustainability and the housing market.

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Best of Election Season Innovation
Best of Election Season Innovation

Private confessions, citizen voyeurism, a shot at redemption, why it pays to have famous friends, and how graphic design changed politics forever.

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Don’t Click It
Don’t Click It

Why hover is the new click and how to undo 30 years of habituation.

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Chris Jordan’s Photographic Visualizations of Excess
Chris Jordan’s Photographic Visualizations of Excess

What Van Gogh has to do with Big Tobacco and how piles of folded laundry put the prison system in perspective.

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Photography Spotlight: Blue Planet Run
Photography Spotlight: Blue Planet Run

World-changing photography, or why the oil crisis is the least of our liquid worries.

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Creative Clockwork
Creative Clockwork

What Flavor Flav, wildlife preservation and Dali have in common.

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