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Ian Besler
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Dec 11, 2015

Click on Your Guy

Interface Vernacular and the Aspirational Performance of Software Tutorials Online The obnoxiously intrusive whine of the computer fan gives them away. The tool of production always finds a way, no matter how bluntly, to assert its presence. But the delicate touches that truly convey…

Design

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Click on Your Guy
Click on Your Guy
Design

7 min read


May 22, 2015

A Taxonomy of Synthetic Turf Patent Drawings

As the drought in Southern California carries on in its fourth punishing year, depleting groundwater reserves and demanding large scale restrictions on usage, Californians are regularly forced to confront and appraise the more unsustainable aspects of contemporary American life. …

Design

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A Taxonomy of Synthetic Turf Patent Drawings
A Taxonomy of Synthetic Turf Patent Drawings
Design

8 min read


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·Mar 18, 2015

June Gloom Gray

Who chooses the paint color for graffiti abatement in Los Angeles? — by Ian Besler i. Two Square Miles of Paint Last year the Office of Community Beautification in Los Angeles oversaw enough painting in its efforts at graffiti removal to have covered each letter of the Hollywood Sign with roughly nine inches of solid paint — about 1,800 variously colored coats rolled out across the face of…

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June Gloom Gray
June Gloom Gray

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Jan 31, 2015

Rote Recall

Promotional Campaigns and Infrastructural Props In an effort to promote the retrospective “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star,” which was on exhibit between February and May, 2013, The New Museum in New York commissioned Manhattan-based creative agency Droga5, known in the advertising industry for its forward-thinking marketing approaches, to create a campaign…

Art

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Rote Recall
Rote Recall
Art

9 min read


Nov 20, 2014

Along the Frontier of Resolution

Panoramic Vision, Earth Browsing, and Model Making The city of Google Los Angeles is bursting with palm trees, edged by sparkling beaches, and even features a Hollywood sign, much like the conventional Los Angeles that many people know so well from film and television. There’s a bustling port at its south end, teaming with massive cargo ships…

Google Earth

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Along the Frontier of Resolution
Along the Frontier of Resolution
Google Earth

8 min read


Sep 14, 2014

Super Models

or: Some (Scale) Models That I’d Like to Know I. The Scale Model as Spiritual Redemption Why look for two-dimensional forms to fit orbits in space? One has to look for three-dimensional forms — and, behold, dear reader, now you have my discovery in your hands! What is the role of the scale modeler? And what are the intentions of the maker? Conventionally, the scale model…

Design

12 min read

Super Models
Super Models
Design

12 min read

Ian Besler

Ian Besler

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