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Science

Inside The Rain Room: Walking Through A Downpour Without Getting Wet

The first thing you notice about Rain Room, the sure blockbuster installation that opened at MoMA on Friday, is the tropical humidity. The second thing is the sound from hundreds of litres of water pouring from an artificial ceiling. Finally, after your eyes adjust to the darkness, you actually see it: Rain Room, a 1,000-square-foot space that’s in a state of perpetual downpour.

2 May 2013

Geek Out

Restoring A Pollock With X-Rays And Ultraviolet Light

In 1998, almost 50 years after Jackson Pollock painted “One: Number 31″, the curators at MoMA realised the painting was looking a little… grimy. As chief conservator James Coddington explains in a new video, the team at MoMA started wondering if something had gone terribly wrong in the painting’s past.

12 April 2013

Gadgets

These Tiny Electronic Blocks Can Make Huge, Moving Works Of Art

The smallest of chunks can become something much bigger with careful construction and a bit of planning. LittleBits — an awesome little building tool that sits somewhere on the spectrum between Lego and arduino, incorporating the best parts of both — is showing off that potential big time.

15 March 2013

Gadgets

Measuring Beakers Make Your Kitchen Into The Lab You Always Wanted

You’re no mad scientist, but you make a mean apple pie. Baking is pretty much basic science, so you might as well use some measuring beakers in the process. And they’re a lot more exciting than your run-of-the-mill measuring spoons and cups.

2 March 2013

Geek Out

MoMA Curator On Colbert: The Future Of Design Is Physics

Paola Antonelli stopped by the Colbert Report earlier this week to talk about Applied Design, an exhibition currently running at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where she is senior curator of the Design and Architecture department. In case you missed it, she has some great insight on the future.

22 January 2013

software

MoMA Art Lab: Turn Your Toddler Into A Contemporary Artist

MoMa Art Lab — a new app from New York City’s Museum of Modern Art — will teach a kid who Henri Matisse is at a very young age. And mum and dad might learn a little something too.

15 September 2012

Gadgets

Sometimes Watch: Awesome Accessory, Subpar At Telling Time

I don’t wear a watch. I never have. If I did it would be more or less as a bracelet, but I dig the Sometimes Watch because it’s just so simple and cool.

7 August 2012

Gadgets

Gernot Redecker Computer Brush Review: Pretend Your Laptop Has Beautiful Hair

If you’re anything like us, your computer is covered with disgusting heaps of lint, dust, dirt, chip crumbles and rainbow sprinkles. You could blow on it or use compressed air — or you could use this gorgeous bristly brush.

24 June 2012

Gadgets

Unbreakable Plates Inspired By Tropical Leaves

If you’re worried about broken plates at your next dinner party, but the festivities call for something a little more upscale than Chinet, MoMA’s food-safe silicone leaf plates are the perfect solution.

23 June 2012

Geek Out

All The Beautiful New Things From The MoMA Design Store

The words “modern” and “store” connote “s**t I can’t afford,” but the newest offerings from the Museum of Modern Art’s gift shop are within reach! Seriously. And they’re also the best way of injecting some super-class into your pad.

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