Information Landscapes

Information Landscapes. Visible Language Workshop. (c) MIT Media Lab. July 1994.

In 1994 Muriel Cooper presented work at the TED5 conference in Monterey, CA that changed the way designers thought of the possibilities of electronic media. The work, from her group at the MIT Media Lab’s Visible Language Workshop (or VLW), took typography, literally, into three dimensions — and gave it dynamics and interactivity that had never been seen before. Tragically it was just after this that she passed away. (…)

Project Credits:

TYPOGRAPHIC SPACE
Muriel Cooper
David Small
Suguru Ishizaki

NYNEX SHUTTLE
Rob SIlvers

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
Ron MacNeil
Jeffrey Ventrella

FINANCIAL VIEWPOINTS
Lisa Strausfeld

BROWSING THE NET
Earl Rennison

FILTERING THE NEWS
Yin Yin Wong

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Freddy Fender Gold

Freddy Fender (June 4, 1937 – October 14, 2006), born Baldemar Huerta in San Benito, Texas, USA, was a Tejano country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” and the subsequent remake of his own “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” (…)

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