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How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, to discover what the fate of our planet and our universe may ultimately be.
United by the belief that imagination can heal, regenerate, and uplift, the Louis Vuitton Men’s Studio presents the Spring-Summer 2023 Collection.
Writers including Jill Lepore, Charles Bethea, and Astra Taylor examine challenges to American democracy in the current age.
“We are human. We know this because we can look down on almost anything.” In this video animated by Andrés Fernández Cordón, Meghann Plunkett reads her poem “Human”.
Creative Direction by Virgil Alboh. The video has been removed from LV’s official page since the passing of Virgil Abloh.
Not everything that is true can be proven. This discovery transformed infinity, changed the course of a world war and led to the modern computer.
Arrival is a 2016 American science fiction drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and adapted by Eric Heisserer, based on the 1998 short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang.
It’s hard to define what makes something beautiful, but we seem to know beauty when we see it. Why is that and how does beauty affect our subconscious?
Oki Sato, known for working on up to 400 projects at any one time as well as his playful approach to design. "An object has to be talkative,” he says. “It has to tell an interesting story."
"A Dream Within a Dream" is a poem written by American poet Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849.
I.B.M. taught a machine to debate policy questions. What can it teach us about the limits of rhetorical persuasion?
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. George Lucas himself used it as an inspiration for Star Wars.
Halden Prison in Norway looks sort of like a fancy dorm room or a hotel — much different than the barbed wire and cramped cells we often associate with prison design. Its look is all part of a plan to create a more humane prison, one where the architecture isn’t part of the punishment.
Author, Emily Anthes in conversation with Roman Mars about her book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health and Happiness.
This video by Vsauce was created in partnership with Bill Gates and was inspired by his book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster.”
Creative Direction by Matthew M. Williams. Set Design by Villa Eugenie.
"The Egg" is a short story by American writer Andy Weir, follows a nameless 48-year-old man who discovers the "meaning of life" after he dies.
At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a palliative care physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. Take the time to savour this moving talk, which asks big questions about how we think about death and honor life.
In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece.
There are symbols all around us that we take for granted, like the lightning strike icon, which indicates that something is high voltage. Or a little campfire to indicate that something is flammable. Those icons are pretty obvious, but there are others that aren't so straightforward.
When it comes to people—and policy—numbers are both powerful and perilous.
Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, a space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
It is proposed that all final singularities 'bounce' or tunnel to initial singularities of new universes at which point the dimensionless parameters of the standard models of particle physics and cosmology undergo small random changes.
Mumbai has one of the best public transportation systems in the world. It’s local train network is considered the lifeline of the city.
Renowned artist Zima reflects on his mysterious past and rise into the spotlight before revealing his final piece.
Religion for Atheists suggests that rather than mocking religions, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from them – because they’re packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies.
A “literally accidental” designer who has turned his hand to furniture, lighting and other interior accessories, to see the design principles he adheres to and what he thinks the future holds for the field.
“If spring is the eager season, then you are the late bloomer of autumn. You are definitely orange.” - Andrew Warner
Roman Mars with Joe Posner of Vox, interview Don Norman to talk about terrible doors. This peculiar design problem is part of what motivated Don Norman to write his now-classic book The Design of Everyday Things.
Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
ELIZA was a simple computer program. It would look for the keyword in a user’s statement and then reflect it back in the form of a simple phrase or question.
In basing Kind of Blue entirely on modality, Miles gave each performer a set of scales that encompassed the parameters of their improvisation and style, and consequently more creative freedom with melodies.
Back in the early 20th century, there was an urgent need for a new kind of warning symbol, but how do you design a symbol that lasts across generations and languages?
Fascinated by Italo Calvino’s novel The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Maria Grazia Chiuri chose to design her collection using the wonderful Visconti-Sforza tarot cards for exceptional creations symbolizing the major arcana. A tale celebrating the magical beauty of the divinatory arts.