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10th December 2001

The Art Test

Find out which work of art are you most like by answering a few questions… Apparently I am M. C. Escher’s Lizards. “…a bizarre juxtaposition of the real and the unreal. Based in the realm of mathematics, your two-dimensional appearance belies a complex and free-willed behaviour which both delights and confuses people.”

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10th December 2001

FOUND magazine

“We collect FOUND stuff: Love letters, birthday cards, kids’ homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles — anything that gives a glimpse into someone else’s life. Anything goes…”

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10th December 2001

Interface Design Is Trickier Than It Seems

“As more and more gadgets and programs combine more and more functions, interface design is becoming a burning issue. The interface — the layout of the controls — determines how easily and effectively you can use the product: which buttons go where, how many layers down you have to burrow to find an important function, and so on.”

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