But so many of them were similar, whether in Brooklyn, Osaka, Rio de Janeiro, Seoul, or Santiago.” “The Airbnb experience is supposed to be about real people and authenticity. The blog became an ever-expanding gallery of interior design inspiration. Schwulst began sharing images to her Tumblr, “ Modern Life Space”. She could travel the world, and view hundreds of rooms, without leaving her chair. From the comfort of her home the app gave her a window into thousands of others. In 2011, Laurel Schwulst was planning to redecorate her New York apartment when she began searching the internet for interior design inspiration.īefore long, the designer had stumbled on the perfect research tool: AirBnB. In every field we look at, we find that everything looks the same. This article argues that from film to fashion and architecture to advertising, creative fields have become dominated and defined by convention and cliché. We like to think that we are individuals, but we are much more alike that we wish to admit.ģ0 years after People’s Choice, it seems the landscapes which Komar and Melamid painted have become the landscapes in which we live. The art was not the paintings themselves, but the comment they made. “We have been travelling to different countries, engaging in dull negotiations with representatives of polling companies, raising money for further polls, receiving more or less the same results, and painting more or less the same blue landscapes. “In nearly every country all people really wanted was a landscape with a few figures around, animals in the foreground, mainly blue.”ĭespite soliciting the opinions of over 11,000 people, from 11 different countries, each of the paintings looked almost exactly the same.Īfter completing the work, Komar quipped: The pair repeated this process in a number of countries including Russia, China, France and Kenya.Įach piece in the series, titled “People’s Choice”, was intended to be a unique a collaboration with the people of a different country and culture.ĭescribing the work in his book Playing to the Gallery, the artist Grayson Perry said: Komar and Melamid then set about painting a piece that reflected the results. What’s your favourite colour? Do you prefer sharp angles or soft curves? Do you like smooth canvases or thick brushstrokes? Would you rather figures that are nude or clothed? Should they be at leisure or working? Indoors or outside? In what kind of landscape? asked 1,001 US citizens a series of survey questions. Over 11 days the researchers at Marttila & Kiley Inc. Understand what Americans desire most in a work of art. Let’s slow down, not miss what is happening around us – and save some lives at the same time.In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid took the unusual step of hiring a market research firm. For additional information and background, please explore MAPC’s Public Health Department webpage, where you can find the Speed Limit Reduction on Local Roads Health Impact Assessment (HIA), among other resources. MAPC looks forward to learning from the City of Boston and finding ways we can expand such efforts as part of Vision Zero planning for other cities and towns in Massachusetts. Source: AAA (original citation and interactive version here: ) Average risk across all ages with the dotted line representing 95% confidence intervals (left). Risk of death for pedestrians struck by a car or light truck. Less familiar is this information from the AAA, which shows how speed has greater consequences for older pedestrians – an important factor given increases in our aging population. Familiar to many is the fact that if you’re involved in a crash as a pedestrian or cyclist, your odds of surviving a crash are much lower if speeds are higher. The new default speed limit in Boston is part of the city’s Vision Zero action plan that aims to eliminate traffic crashes that result in death and serious injuries. Cities and towns will be able to set default speed limits of 25 mph on local, non-state roadways in thickly settled areas and designate Safety Zones, which are specific roadways with a posted speed limit of 20 mph. This past session the state passed a new law that allows municipalities to reduce speed limits on specified roadways in the interest of public safety. This is a lead other cities and towns will be able to follow, thanks to new state legislation. 9, 2017, the City of Boston’s new default speed limit will be 25 mph (from 30 mph). “Life moves pretty fast,” goes the quote from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” “If you don’t slow down and look around, you might miss it.” What Ferris doesn’t say, though, is that if you slow down, you can also save lives.
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