Design and Architecture
Border wall builders, private art museums, Stamen Design
An LA city councilman wants companies who want to do business with LA to disclose if they're also working on the US-Mexico border wall. Forget old-school bar graphs and pie charts -- depicting data has become an art form. And another private art museum opens soon in Los Angeles, but this one takes you into the fascinating world of freemasonry.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: NASDAQ, a visualization of a single day of trading on the NASDAQ, illustrating the difference between normal and anomalous data (2012). (Stamen Design)
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3 storiesAn LA Councilman wants companies to disclose border wall bids
Photo by Scott L LA City Councilman Gil Cedillo has introduced a motion that would require companies seeking contracts with the City to publically disclose if they are also submitting contracting bids to build President Trump's border wall. He joins similar efforts in the city of San Francisco and in the state legislature. He cites past…
Read the story6 minMarciano Art Foundation mixes contemporary art with freemasonry
Private museums showcasing contemporary art are booming. Over 300 have been built since 2000, mostly in South Korea and China.
Read the story12 minStamen uses maps to bring data to life
Atlas Of Emotions, an interactive tool designed to build emotional awareness, inviting users to visualize, identify and explore five primary emotions in order to gain a better understanding of how they influence daily life (2016). Project partner: Paul Ekman and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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