The Center for Laser Research and Development
June 2011
13 posts
“I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them—with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.”
—Eudora Welty.
Actual Breakthroughs in Laser Technology →
bbc.co.uk
They’ve apparently created a single living cell that emits laser light. I want cells that do that.
AIGA | Reflections of a Design MFA Student →
aiga.org
Well informed and thought out commentary on how younger designers can approach the art of design criticism.
It is easy to say that a critic is simply a person with an opinion and a medium with which to broadcast their judgment, but criticism is more than that. Good critics, valuable critics, critics who have something to say that is of significant interest, are far more than just people with egos and big mouths. A good critic has a depth of knowledge and an understanding of context that makes what they say not just a personal opinion, but more of a researched, scrutinized thesis about that which they critique.
