Episode 89: Headsets and Holograms

This week, Jessica about her recent experience exploring VR typography courtesy of information designer Lisa Strausfeld. Michael asks Jessica felt displaced or disconcerted moving through a timeline while wearing an Oculus headset.

Jessica says,

It’s no different than binge-watching something on TV. It’s no different than walking down the street being completely captivated by the think you’re listening to on your headphones — and most people walking down the street are on headphones listening to something, right?…
The difference is, unlike a podcast or unlike music or unlike something you can do while you’re doing something else, this does take you away from reality — Well, you could also argue that everything we do takes us away from the social reality of a physical interaction.

Also mentioned this week:

• The Observatory, Episode 68: Learning from Muriel Cooper
• The Design of Business | The Business of Design, Lisa Strausfeld
• Karen Bliss, Billboard, Classical Pianist Glenn Gould Is the Next Artist Prepping for Posthumous Hologram Tour
• Eyellusion
• Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor, Glenn Gould: Off the Record (1959)
• Wright auctions, Paul Rand: The Art of Design
• Miggs B, Interview with Paul Rand (1991)
• Steven Heller, Design Observer, Monkeys and Elephants
• Schaedler Precision Rules
• Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, American Architecture Now: Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown (1984)
• Robert Venturi obituaries in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Architectural Record
• Architects Newspaper, Jencks, Eisenman, FAT, and more remember Robert Venturi
• Rosamond Bernier, Philip Johnson, His Life and Work (1976)
• Mark Lamster, The Man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, Architect of the Modern Century
• Nicholas Rougeux, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colors

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