Sciart
-
Full Steam Ahead on CS-STEM
May 24, 2011
By imagining, drawing, and building original videogames, Globaloria students have been boldly demonstrating how art and design and creative cognition can re-ignite STEM learning.
-
The Art of Science Learning
April 06, 2011
It's no secret: American children are behind in math and science, and falling faster by the year. For a group of innovative thinkers gathering in Washington DC, restoring "STEM" in America must go beyond multiplication drills, beyond the latest in computer apps. It's time to re-imagine science learning altogether, they say: it's time for wood and clay, watercolor and chalk.
-
On Governing by Design
February 01, 2011
We have only begun to tap into design’s real potential to serve as a tool for policymaking, governance, and social agendas. When used correctly, it can integrate innovation into people’s lives.
-
On Meaningful Observation
December 27, 2010
Adding art and design to science education would put a bit of humanity back into the innovation engine and lead to the most meaningful kind of progress.
-
Seed Salon: Paola Antonelli + Benoit Mandelbrot
October 18, 2010
In 2008, the late mathematician and founder of fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot, met MoMA's senior design curator, Paola Antonelli for a conversation about geometry, architecture, and nature. Here are excerpts from their discussion.
-
Saved by Science
August 20, 2010
Artist Justine Cooper's large-format photographs document the intersection of science, curation, and the endurance of human curiosity.
-
The Paintbrush and the Plant
March 11, 2010
Thinking spring? Ramble through the lush floral landscapes of The Art of Plant Evolution, where modern science and the tradition of botanical painting meet.
-
The Ancient, Distant, and Dead
March 04, 2010
Inspired by scientific research, Katie Paterson creates art based on data from faraway melting glaciers, long-dead stars, and the initial moments of the universe.
-
The Pre-Electric Slide
February 25, 2010
In the mid-1800s, hobbyists’ microscopes and slides took up a place beside the piano in the parlor. Explore a selection of antique slides of remarkable precision and beauty.
-
A Battle at Midway
February 18, 2010
We talk with photographer Chris Jordan, who recently traveled to a remote part of the Pacific Ocean to document effects of the world’s largest known mass of garbage.
-
Appetite for Destruction
February 18, 2010
Chris Jordan traveled to a remote area of the Pacific and returned with snapshots of a burgeoning ecological crisis, from the belly of the world’s largest garbage pile.
-
Life Imitating Life
January 28, 2010
Life, as the expression goes, isn’t always pretty. But with a few tricks of the lab, life in its simplest, single-celled forms can be manipulated into a thing of preternatural beauty.
-
The Exquisite Corpse of Science
December 10, 2009
Drawings from science communicator Tim Jones' worldwide art mosaic that asks scientists, journalists, students, and others what science means to them.
-
Surreal Science
December 10, 2009
Tiles in a worldwide sci-art mosaic explore what science means to writers, scientists, school children, and others.
-
At the Edge of Perception
October 15, 2009
Artist Luke Jerram's work explores the limits of science and art, challenging the boundaries of both.
-
Awkward Beauty
October 15, 2009
The Science Creative Quarterly editor on the complicated relationship between science and art.
-
Luke Jerram: Objectively Inspired
October 15, 2009
The stunning work of an enigmatic artist. "We’re imposing our culture on scientific data whether we like it or not."
-
Faith and the Scientific Image
May 30, 2009
A new book on the history of scientific imagery explores the promises and pitfalls of the easily-manipulated medium.
-
Once Out of Nature
April 23, 2009
Isabella Kirkland’s life-size paintings of exotic, recently discovered species capture a world caught between the joys of discovery and the threat of imminent loss.
-
Ear to the Ground
April 22, 2009
Natural quiet is a rapidly disappearing resource. But if you travel far enough, and listen carefully, you can still find it.
-
After the Fall
April 02, 2009
Alexis Rockman’s latest exhibit portrays a psychedelic, posthuman natural world where our failings horrify but ultimately inspire us.
-
The Sleep of Reason
March 01, 2009
Bruce Sterling reflects on artist Alexis Rockman's psychedelic, posthuman exhibit Half-life.
-
Seeing Antlers, Feeling Dendrites
February 27, 2009
Christopher Reiger’s Synesthesia #1, the fluidity of perception, and how art can express phenomena in a way data alone cannot.
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
-
Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
-
Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
-
Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
