Ideas, events, and publications from our library collections
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Maker Minds event Friday!
Hi, all, The Art Resources Lab brings you the second of 5 events this spring. This one will demonstrate how positive/negative designs can go from drawings, to Adobe Illustrator files, to cut objects, stamps, or staples. See you on the 6th floor of the FIT Library on Friday, March 22, at 12 noon!
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Textiles in Transit
Hi, all, I just found this cool article about the fabrics used in the London Underground. NYC uses all hard plastic surfaces and has for decades. But what if we did use fabrics for the subway seat cushions? What would they need to be to withstand the wear and tear of a given month of…
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, everyone! Garage is published 2 times a year, in Brooklyn. When it was founded, in London, in 2011, the title was named for the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia. The magazine’s creator, Dasha Zhukova, was also a founding director of this museum, opened in 2008. Zhukova is a well known and…