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Logue Internet Services. Iconic Designer Massimo Vignelli on Intellectual Elegance, Education, and Love. By Maria Popova “Intellectual elegance [is] a mind that is continually refining itself with education and knowledge. Intellectual elegance is the opposite of intellectual vulgarity.” Besides the iconic New York City subway map, for which he remains best-known, the great Massimo Vignelli has worked on some of the twentieth century’s most memorable packaging, identity, and public signage for clients like IBM, American Airlines, and Bloomingdale’s, and has earned some of the creative industry’s most prestigious awards, including the AIGA Gold Medal (1983), the New York State Governor’s Award for Excellence (1993), the National Arts Club Gold Medal for Design (2004), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (2005).
A champion of “intellectual elegance,” Vignelli explains his lifelong crusade against vulgarity: MV: When I talk about elegance, I mean intellectual elegance. Elegance of the mind. DM: How would you define elegance of the mind? Estevan Vega Gives His Input Why We Love Fear | Lytherus. A week or so ago I posted an article by Sylvia Soska about why she loves horror. Now, we have another entry into this theme, but this one is Estevan Vega’s take on why we as humans love horror!
So, sit back, kick up your feet, and take a peak at why we as humans are enthralled with having our pants scared off. Vega is the author of Arson, Ashes, Winter Sparrow, and The Forsaken. He has also released several short stories (Vanilla Red, Baby Blue, and The Man in the Colored Room). I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Mr.
Vega, and he is an awesome person on top of being an amazing author. I think humans like being terrified. Angus T. Jones: 'Stop watching 'Two and a Half Men" Is Angus T. Jones the new Charlie Sheen? The 19-year-old actor isn’t spewing nonsense about tiger blood and winning. But Jones is biting the hand that feeds him in a very public way by urging Two and a Half Men viewers to stop watching the CBS comedy hit that he’s appeared on for ten years — and calling the program “filth.” A video in which Jones laments his involvement in the sitcom appeared on YouTube today.
The clip is the second part of a religious testimony Jones gave to Chris “The Forerunner” Hudson, a conspiracy theorist who believes President Obama’s reelection is a sign that the End of Days is near. After describing his religious awakening, Jones takes aim at the series that made him famous. GET EW ON YOUR TABLET: Subscribe today and get instant access! “Jake from Two and a Half Men means nothing,” Angus says. The former child star, whose Men character recently romanced Miley Cyrus onscreen, then sighs and brings his forehead to his hand.
Warner Bros. Study finds that 85% quit social games after one day. I just learned the term churn from our recent article on social game makers and how they track players. The term came up again today in a Gamasutra article on a new report from social game analysis firm Playnomics. This firm found that, during their study period this summer, 85 percent of all new players quit social games after only one day of play. Sounds about right to me! The study also found that 95 percent of players that started at the beginning of the quarter were out forever by the end of that quarter. Those left were the most likely to stick around for a bit longer. Non-churners (those that don't quit) were found to play about twice as long on that first day. On average, players churn after about four days. The full results of the study are a fun read. The Humble Indie Bundle 7 (pay what you want and help charity)
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