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a review of the recent new identity for the dutch opera & ballet, plus another one here, despite the apparent lack of unity in style and some rather oddball rationales for certain parts of the identity both reviews seem to be very positive about the whole thing…

but just exactly what this snide comment is supposed to mean is a mystery to me:
…the previous three logos had that weird Dutch vibe that only Dutch cultural institutions can get away with but, let’s face it, none of them you would want to take home to meet your parents…

m / 12-03-2014 09:39 - tags: , ,  

last season

more info here

m / 11-03-2014 11:16 - tags: , , ,  

new stuff this week

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m / 11-03-2014 09:52 - tags:  

spotted around town

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new posters for amsterdam sinfonietta (studio dumbar) and holland festival 2014 (i missed the credits but at a guess: maureen mooren & photographer johannes schwartz)

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m / 10-03-2014 11:09 - tags: , ,  

90 minutes

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a new app due to launch soon under the moniker ‘spritz’ claims to enable reading an entire novel in around (or under) 90 minutes

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the idea is pretty revolutionary-sounding: it places words in front of your eyes one by one; instead of the traditional line-for-line or page-for-page method:

…in every word you read, there is an “Optimal Recognition Point” or ORP. This is also called a “fixation point.” The “fixation point” in every word is generally immediately to the left of the middle of a word, explains Kevin Larson, of Microsoft’s Advanced Reading Technologies team. As you read, your eyes hop from fixation point to fixation point, often skipping significantly shorter words…

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m / 10-03-2014 10:39 - tags: , , ,