New on TED Talks: in a series of witty punchlines, Patrick Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon. His projects in Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza show how, in the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely people together.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/patrick_chappatte_the_power_of_cartoons.html
The Global Shakespeares Video & Performance Archive is a collaborative project providing online access to performances of Shakespeare from many parts of the world as well as essays and metadata provided by scholars and educators in the field. The archive is a work in progress and currently includes a catalogue of more than 296 productions, 75 video clips, and online videos of over 30 full productions.
http://globalshakespeares.org/
Music Treasures Consortium
The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and print materials, held at the most renowned music archives. Researchers can search or browse materials and view digital images.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/treasures/treasures-home.html
The Future Designer
The first of a series of ThinkTanks from the V&A Museum on future issues facing contemporary design. This ThinkTank looks at The Future Designer. Watch the videos and join in the online debate.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/thinktank1/
Syd Mead
Exclusive MP3 interview with Syd Mead, the influential conceptual designer of cinematic cult classics such as Tron, Blade Runner and Aliens. What is the role of dreaming in envisioning the future, why flying cars have not become science-fact yet, and what has Syd learned about designing for the real world from designing classic sci-fi space odysseys.
http://khotanharmon.com/audio/Syd%20Mead.mp3
Prunella Clough
Tate Online has provided this resource on the archive of the artist Prunella Clough (1919-1999). This archive was acquired by the Tate after the artist`s death and has been organised under two headings `Inspirations' and `Working Methods'. Clough wrote detailed descriptions of things that caught her eye, as well as making thumbnail sketches which later informed her work. `Working Methods' shows images she cropped to create effects, reworked postcards, materials, notes on colour, descriptions of artwork and the artist at work.
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/prunellaclough/interactive.shtm
