A familiar historical touchpoint for US scholars of the Web is Vannevar Bush’s Memex. Perhaps less well-known is the Mundaneum, in Belgium—a “paper Google.” Otlet and La Fontaine published their scheme in 1904 as the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). It divides all
Sara Hendren, Abler
Hear the DB|BD interview with Sara Hendren. Hendren teaches a course called “Investigating Normal.”
Climate change infographic
A mural on climate change, by illustrator Brian Rea. Debbie Millman interviews Rea on Design Matters.
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists
Thanks to a friend, I recently had the chance to see the Hearts of Our People exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The exhibit includes pieces that stretch from hundreds of years ago to the present. The art on