Author Archives: Teresa Brazen

A Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted

The perfect remedy for a highly, highly distracted state.   Miranda July: The Future on Nowness.com. From the film Miranda July: The Future The Artist and Filmmaker Presents An Exclusive Vignette Inspired By Her Magical New Film Miranda July dreams up an idiosyncratic solution to the interruptions of modern life in “A Handy Tip for [...]

i (heart) marco brambilla

I mean, come ON. Marco Brambilla, your work blows my mind. My friends, see for yourself, in three steps: 1.]  Begin here, with Kanye West’s music video, Power: 2.]  Then check out Marco’s ridiculous (in a good way) video installation, “Civilization, in the elevator of The Standard hotel in New York City (I am chastising [...]

Telling an Old Story New

The Holocaust Listen: Podcast on Radio Johnny An interview with Mark Rothman, Executive Director, Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Show length: 29 minutes The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is the oldest such museum in the United States. Established in 1961 by a group of Holocaust survivors, the museum lost its home in [...]

Intentional Environments: Designing a Culture of Co-creation

Just gave this talk with Kate Rutter at Adaptive Path’s UX Week Conference. SYNOPSIS Design doesn’t happen inside a vacuum. It happens inside teams, inside the context of relationships, inside physical spaces, inside organizations with very particular cultures. Ignore that intricate ecosystem, and you might as well give your project a death sentence. Teresa Brazen [...]