“There has been a surge in applications for office-to-residential conversions since the lifting of an office space limit last March. However, architects say they can be daunting and costly with challenges around deep floorplates and a lack of natural light.” - The Guardian (UK)
Will it be banned? “That’s the pressing question keeping creators and small business owners in anxious limbo as they await a decision that could upend their livelihoods.” - Seattle Times (AP)
Turns out the improvisational process he goes through with his actors is similar for the set designers. "I discover the story as the characters are developed. It is a case of dipping in and out and learning as much as I can,” says designer Suzie Davies. - The Observer (UK)
Studios plan to use artists to create characters or looks - and then “fine-tune” them, owning them forever, using AI. As you might imagine, this “would seem to signal potential for talent exploitation and diminished future opportunities for artists and animators.” - Variety
"There is no room for revisionism concerning the regime’s cruelty, but the Casa del Fascio and other buildings by Terragni and his circle show how complicated it can be to pass judgments on the intentions and messages of the architects who served it.” - The New York Times
"Journalism is not a business that responds well to the usual American capitalist imperative to treat your customers as victims to be tricked and sucked dry. The overall health of the free press is therefore a handy barometer” to tell how things stand (they don’t look good). - How Things Work
Now we’re onto “digital smells,” or at least proposed one. But: “Why can we not yet send Stinkygrams? Why is the Cloud not scented? Why does 4D cinema suck so bad? As yet, nobody knows.” - Salon
Kidman, currently in the Oscars mix for Babygirl, says, “I’ve learned how to have a pretty stable, sensible life, which I know sounds boring, but my artistic life is anything but that.” - The Observer (UK)
This book has sold approximately a hundred zillion copies (conservative estimate), but let’s just say there might not be enough fact-checking going on. - Mother Jones
Maybe it’s The Outlander effect, but “tourism bosses hope successful productions can see Scotland follow the likes of New Zealand - where the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films were shot - and Northern Ireland, which saw a tourism upswing from Game of Thrones fans.” - BBC
Dancer Kelly Bartnik: “It changes you as a performer. … It changes you as a creator. It changes the quality of energetic exchange between performer and audience member.” - Dance Magazine
The Peruvian-American author made a deep dive, interviewing nearly 250 people for her latest book. Why? "The U.S. has the largest Spanish-speaking population in the world after Mexico. I needed to explain who we are.” - El Pais
