Out beyond the farthest stars,
Where the cold of space spreads thin,
We endeavor to look out,
While they are looking in.
– adapted from Isaac Asimov. …(more)
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Science Poems
Science Poem Manifesto
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Making Places
Strategies of Participation
OK Talk – Design dialogues between Helsinki and London
Projects Series: Making Places Series: Strategies of Participation / 12-06-2010OK Talk brings together designers, artists and theorists operating in Finland and Britain to talk about emerging questions in design philosophy and strategic design. The series of events starts at Helsinki Design Week in late August, and travels to London in September 2010. …(more)
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Making Places
Sounds like Helsinki
Diary Series: Making Places / 26-07-2010What comes to your mind when thinking about the sounds in Helsinki? Trams, seagulls, the wind… 4’33″ by John Cage? Helsinki is quite minimal in its sounds – a quality that makes it special but also reflects what’s not happening in the city, leaving you longing for more variety, volume and spontaneous noise. On the occasion of We Are Helsinki magazine‘s music issue, we thought about redesigning Helsinki from a sonic point of view. …(more)
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Science Poems
Bell-jarring nature
By: Anni PuolakkaArticles Series: Science Poems / 21-07-2010The Siamese calf twins stared me down
And I imagined the wobble in the legs
They were standing in a glass box of science …(more)