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Is there enough color in your life?
Someone is spraypainting these signs all over Jerusalem for some (still) unknown event in September. Does anybody have an idea?
Filed Under Art, Creativity, Design, Events
Persepolis 2.0
Persepolis re-imagined as a comment on Iran’s post-election uprising, spreadpersepolis.com
Filed Under Creativity, Design, Events, Human Rights, Modern Life, New Media, Politics
New Paper
Dentsu, Tokyo Design used old newspapers to design a package for a street vendor that sells farm-grown vegetables and fruits. The brief required somethig original, easy to use and low cost.
Filed Under Creativity, Environment, Food
Deep Inspection
“The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world’s most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale.”
Filed Under Art, Creativity, Events, New Media, Politics
A Nigerian Religion Blends Christianity with Islam
It’s not always that you hear the shouts of “Hallelujah!” and “Allah Akbar!” coming together in the same sermon. Yet this is exactly what his happening with this little cult in Nigeria, which has an almost 50-50 division of Muslims and Christians (not to mention a lot of indigenous religions) living in its borders. Is this the possible birth of a new religion that can unite the great divide in world faith? Or a local social curiosity brought about by the co-existence of two competing monotheistic religions in the same realm? The answer may not be clear, but the story of Chrislam is certainly interesting. Don’t miss!
Filed Under Diversity, History & traditions
Iran on Fire
Check this page and this page if you haven’t heard about this great event already, Iran is experiencing massive rioting, at a scale never before seen since the 1979 revolution, after the reformist politician Mousavi lost to the hardliner Ahmedinejad in what many people believe is a rigged election. Days of rioting have left the capital, Tehran, in a state of chaos, and a recount of the votes has been ordered. The pictures from the protests look like something big is happening indeed. Could it be that the Islamic Republic of Iran, one of the strongest regimes ruled by theocratic principles, is tethering on the brink of change?
Filed Under History & traditions, Human Rights, Media & Society, Politics
Food Inc.
After Fast Food Nation, Robert Kenner lifts again the veil on American nations food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of governments regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
Filed Under Environment, Food, Modern Life, Social Communication, Water, World Health