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Archive for the ‘Instruments’ Category
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Names/Numbers
Paris, may 2014. A group of international experts meet in a workshop about research assessment. Their discussions are at a very advanced stage, in particular regarding the traditional bibliometrics indicators based on citation in peer-reviewed journals compared to the challenging […]
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Augmented virtuality
I don’t know if you’ve heard about Skylanders, but you must admit it’s quite a good idea. It’s pretty simple. The characters of your video game are linked to figurines, which are « recognized » when you put them upon […]
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Strike, well almost
With protests and strikes comes writing. Banners, signs, flyers. If you have something to say when you are on the streets or in front of a factory, you better write it down somewhere. Make sure the words remain, stand besides […]
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Units
New York, March 2014. It seems the world we’re living in is largely driven by the fusion between measure, calculation and anticipation. The role indexes and scores do play in sectors such as insurance, banks, stock exchanges, but also sciences […]
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Old Bottles
Paris, july 2013. I regularly pay a visit to this dude. Back in the days, we used to belong together and he always has a story to tell. This time he told me that he planned to go to southern […]
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The wart
Tickets buying and selling have known quite a revolution with the development of online reservations. Nowadays, not only can you order one ticket for a movie or a show directly from your bedroom, but you can (and sometimes have to) […]
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Morning lights
Museums are not very different from laboratories. A lot of things have to be controlled within their environment to make these venues fully functional. Of course, each exhibition has its specificities, regarding the kind of artworks they are dealing with, […]
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Wine list
Montpellier, november 2013. Wine lists usually appear in the form of a text included in a cardboard or a plastic support. It includes the name of the wines, their vintage varieties or their classification and of course, their price. For […]
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Colors
Roanne, august 2013. There’s no accounting for taste. For some, it’s teal blue. Others prefer orange, green or red. That’s just the way it is. Colors seem to belong with peculiar emotions, intimately connected with personal tastes. Yet, colors are […]
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Copy
Boulogne, june 2013. Mandatory signs are powerful devices. They fix an acute flaw of Law, though written and reproduced in few documents, still is supposed to be known by everyone. Even if the Web changed things in potentially giving access […]