This is Sir Ken Robinson’s view on what is going on with the current state of “Education” and subtly pokes at ways to consider new models. For one, the education model we have now is modeled on Enlightenment & Industrial Age mentalities, and not those of the current, so-called “Information Age.” For one, change in the current world happen a lot faster than they did in previous years. We’ve never had so much access to so many streams of information in so many media as quickly as we do today. And the “more-recently-borns” (*cough* younger people) understand how to function and make decisions within this new environment because they don’t know about all the previous societal expectations, and prefer instead to pick through all this new data and choose what’s useful and ignore the rest.
The old model would look at all the non-useful data and write essays on everything that’s wrong with the non-useful data (“This will not work because {insert some contrary proof},” “So and so has all the wrong ideas because {insert logical fallacy here}” etc). And that’s part of the old model’s MO. They focus on what they don’t want and try to use logical methods to convince their opposition and others to join their bandwagon.
The new model looks around, sees a bunch of stuff that’s not wanted (non-useful data), but instead of focusing on it and breaking it apart into all the reasons why it’s not useful, chooses instead to focus on what IS wanted, and all the reasons that this NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
[The example here is exemplified by the past two elections. In the election of George Bush JR, there was considerable focus on what IS NOT wanted: war(s), GB re-elected, fear, "security", "enemies," "punishment" etc. Four years later, there was incredible focus on what IS wanted, which ended up being incredibly popular among a lot of people, especially the younger people. Those concepts were equality, freedom to choose what pursuits make an individual happy, non-judgement / "no one is an enemy."
In both cases, the focus made the result happen. ]
I put together a compilation of melodic IDM / deep techno called Robohustlin for my label, subVariant. I put out an open call for submissions in July and got an amazing collection of submissions. I decided to go with minimal techno / melodic IDM since that was submitted the most. Hope you enjoy!
Chaircrusher’s “Crow Beat” and Milipede’s “30,000″ take a somewhat dark, harder approach, while tracks like Diarmo’s “Details” and Matt Wolfe’s “4:09am” hover somewhere between hopefulness and melancholy, held together with intricate rhythmic programming.
In keeping with subVariant’s tongue-in-cheek, music-as-consumer-product design aesthetic (see Subvaritrax, Exception AM), Robohustlin‘s digital cover lists the individual artists as separate “cures” in a packaging style based on the popular cough & cold medication, Robitussin.
Last Thursday was beset by technical difficulties, so I’m re-doing the virtual release party tonight. Watch the post on the subVariant page in case I need to switch back to Stickam again: Robohustlin Virtual Release Party
Pursuitist did a nice feature on my Zelle 1337 line.
We’re a bit taken with Liz McLean Knight’s Zelle Jewelry. It’s a mixture of all things beautiful, techie and geeky — and highly original. That integration between technology and fashion is truly an embodiment of Liz and her Zelle creations. The jewelry is hand crafted in Chicago — watch the vid above to see the wine intoxicating process
Check out some new jewelry pieces I’ve designed for Zelle.
Zelle (zellestyle.com), the elegantly minimal tech jewelry brand that has elevated electronic components into wearable works of art has expanded its vision to celebrate the inherent beauty of technology in its haute couture take on the art form with their 1337 collection. As the original line is restrained, keeping the focus on the components and their relationship to each other and avoiding the use of traditional precious metals to convey value and refinement, 1337 pieces highlight the elegance of the components and the design itself–remaining the purist’s first choice.
Current 1337 designs are one of a kind, truly works of art, complete with a Certificate of Authenticity resembling the Microsoft’s Windows 95 Certificate of Authenticity.
Among the fails: LED belt buckles that visually scream GEEK; god-awful so-called “utilikilts;” NES Controller belt buckles; LED / electroluminescent t-shirts that either interact with sound or announce the presence of a WiFi signal by blinking / lighting up; bad haircuts; doing it wrong
Among the wins: G-Star’s men’s line featuring a futuristic Poindexter nod with their signature crazy-stich detailing; “nerd glasses;” intentionally-tousled hair and deliberately disheveled, dressed-down suit ensembles on Doctor Who’s Tenth Doctor (David Tennant); microcontroller cufflinks; J.Lindeberg; cool ties; Converse All-Star
So what do you think? Did I nail the WINs wholeheartedly or come down too hard on the geeks who are trying their darndest to be proud of who they are?
I put together a compilation of melodic IDM / deep techno called Robohustlin for my label, subVariant. I put out an open call for submissions in July and got an amazing collection of submissions. I decided to go with minimal techno / melodic IDM since that was submitted the most. Hope you enjoy!
