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Maya Lin on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

2008-11-19T02:47:41Z

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Artist Maya Lin discusses the meaning behind her once-controversial design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes is a major exhibition of new sculptures, drawings, and installations by renowned artist Maya Lin.

In 1981, Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial dramatically changed the language and form of commemorative sculpture by infusing minimalist design with the emotional charge of memory.

Her subsequent work, whether monument, sculpture, design object, or building is equally characterized by its harmony of message and material. In recent years, Lin has focused on a reconsideration of landscape in a time of ecological tension and change.

This new body of work engages the issue of our fragile connection to the environment in timely and poetic ways - De Young Museum

Born in 1959 in Athens, Ohio, Maya Lin catapulted into the public eye when, as a senior at Yale University, she submitted the winning design in a national competition for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial to be built in Washington, D.C. She was trained as an artist and architect, and her sculptures, parks, monuments, and architectural projects are linked by her ideal of making a place for individuals within the landscape. Lin, a Chinese-American, came from a cultivated and artistic home. Her father was the dean of fine arts at Ohio University; her mother is a professor of literature at Ohio University. She draws inspiration for her sculpture and architecture from culturally diverse sources, including Japanese gardens, Hopewell Indian earthen mounds, and works by American earthworks artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Her most recognizable work, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, allows the names of those lost in combat to speak for themselves. Lin lives in New York and Colorado.

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Designer McSame

2008-11-01T03:31:06Z

No matter how you dress him up, he supported Bush 95% of the time. He's still McSame.

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Travel to Beverly Hills, Rodeo Dr - See a video tour now

2008-11-19T04:19:43Z

A travel and tourist video of the famous Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California. See the famous hotels, restaurants, and designer stores such as: Bally, Bvgari, Cartier, Celine, Giorgio of Beverly Hills, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Rodeo Collection, Valentino. Many famous celebrities, and movie stars have beautiful homes in the Beverly Hills mountains and surrounding areas such as Brentwood, Westwood, Hollywood, and Santa Monica.

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Physicist Leonard Susskind Rejects Intelligent Design

2008-10-30T03:29:59Z

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Stanford University theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind rejects the idea of "intelligent design" as a theory for the origins of the universe.

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Recognizing a contradiction in Stephen Hawking's claim that things disappear in black holes, Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft offered a counterargument aimed at disproving this controversial theory.

Susskind discusses the story behind the black hole conflict and how it has led to a better idea of how our universe works - The Commonwealth Club of California

Leonard Susskind is a theoretical physics professor at Stanford University in the field of string theory and quantum field theory. Susskind is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory for his early contributions to the String Theory model of particle physics.

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Chinese design for the 'Cloud of Promise' -- 06 August 2008

2008-10-28T15:30:53Z

The Olympic torch relay around the world has been a magnet for protests against China but for its chief designer it remains a symbol of people coming together.

Yao Yingjia headed the team that came up with the concept, called the Cloud of Promise, based on elements of traditional Chinese design.

He shares with Al Jazeera his one-in-a-billion story.

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One on One- Ozwald Boateng- 16 Feb 08- Part 2

2008-10-20T15:29:44Z

This week on One on One, Riz meets fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

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One on One- Ozwald Boateng- 16 Feb 08- Part 1

2008-10-20T15:29:43Z

This week on One on One, Riz meets fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.

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Pure Gold -- Ad for new legal designer entactogenic drug C-2

2008-11-19T04:31:22Z

Zero X Industries brings you C-2-U-2, a synthetic psychoactive art product. This is a new and completely legal designer entactogenic drug which is being marketed as GOLD. Art Industry pioneer, Zero X, powers the latest in non-substantive psychoactive information products: hallucination by suggestion. Our ultimate goal is to undermine the sensible symantic essence of consumer marketing by breaking free from the assumption that a consumer product needs to be real in order to be sold. Join us and have YOURself a golden moment you'll never forget!

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Riz Khan- Street Talk- 24 Sept 07

2008-10-24T03:31:15Z

Riz Khan's Street Talk looks at the on-going war over Muslim women and their headscarves in Turkey, designer clothes for women in wheelchairs, A Norwegian inventor who is behind the 'Get There' vehicle, and an Indian man who designs miniature leather shoes.

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"Portrait #2: Bob Heft"

2008-11-19T04:18:52Z

A trailer for a longer, documentary film about Bob Heft -- the designer of the current flag of the United States. Bob talks about his life, how his high school history teacher didn't appreciate the design and the day the selection call came.

Information on how to get a copy of this full documentary is available at www.knowsaint.com, click on "Past".

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Riz Khan - Gavin Rajah African-fashion - 13 August 07

2008-10-25T15:30:46Z

Riz speaks with S. African fashion designer and humanitarian activist Gavin Rajah.

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