Prices are quite strange things. In the mind of some people, they are supposed to crystallize the result of an encounter: the one of supply and demand (strange things too, but this is another story). The fact that prices are […]
When it comes to wine, supermarkets organize fairs with hundreds of references at an unbeatable price every fall. One can prefer small specialized wineshops, which provide tailored advice to customers demand for a product which value depends nowadays more and […]
Libraries have been constituting crucial repositories of information since centuries. After being locations reserved to particular powerful elites (clergy or royal courts) that restricted the circulation of certain books or even censured the content of others, libraries have been progressively […]
We were having a pretty passionate discussion, though I can’t remember the matter. We were walking at a good pace: we were supposed to meet with another guy in a restaurant a few blocks away and we were a bit […]
Hong-Kong, july 2010. For the traveler, taking the escalator is not always a means of transportation, it can also be some sightseeing experience: there is a real monument in Hong Kong, the Central to Mid-Level escalator , the world’s longest […]
Amongst the objects that display writing, we often insisted on the crucial role of doors. There are of course a lot more. Windshields, for exemple, are not only transparent surfaces that protect the car driver and the other passengers from […]
This is not the first time we do this, here. There is nothing like the observation of children practices to understand what writing does to the world. It is a very good exercise to avoid any temptation of functionalism. Not […]
It all started with a few notes written on loose sheets. Maybe a notebook. There were, before and after that, conversations. Comments, advices, face to face or on the phone. Choices were made, a strategy was planned. And then she […]
« We have more urgent problems to solve than Gypsies social integration, in which I hardly believe. File away. 06-29-1956. »
Capbreton, avril 2010. La télécommande est un objet merveilleux qui a alimenté, lors de son apparition, la frayeur des directeurs de programmes comme le bonheur des chercheurs. Avec ce petit dispositif, c’est le rapport même à la télévision qui s’est […]