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THE MAD MATTER
20 West 22nd Street, Studio 1501; 243-2593
"People come to Mad Matter for the immaculate mats alone, although you can also get a solid framing job here. "Most serious frame shops won't be bothered with mere mats, because there's no money in it," says proprietor Ron Yourkowski, "but they're very important in keeping the artwork away from the glass, and creating a space where your eye can rest." Struggling photographers stop here, then procure cheap frames elsewhere; young collectors swear by the archival framing jobs. A 16-inch-by-20-inch mat might cost $20, or $200 if it's gold-beveled and covered in fabric."
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malcolm wells earth shelter resources
designmobile
steinmann-schmid
SYSTEMSarchitect
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the photography of charles sheeler
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richard prince links images
modularity and the number of design choices
Abstract. "Nikos Salingaros and Débora Tejada analyze one aspect of what is commonly understood as "modularity" in the architectural literature. There are arguments to be made in favor of modularity, but the authors argue against empty modularity, using mathematics to prove their point. If we have a large quantity of structural information, then modular design can organize this information to prevent randomness and sensory overload. In that case, the module is not an empty module, but a rich, complex module containing a considerable amount of substructure. Empty modules, on the other hand, eliminate internal information, and their repetition eliminates information from the entire region that they cover. Modularity works in a positive sense only when there is substructure to organize."