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Nir Eyal: How Easy Is It To "Unhook" Ourselves From Our Devices?

9:46am July 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

Behavioral designer Nir Eyal argues tech overuse is the responsibility of the user, not the tech companies. He says we can choose to unplug from our apps and devices if we want to.

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Doug Roble: What Happens When Visual Effects Aren't Limited To Just Movies?

9:46am July 12, 2019

by NPR/TED Staff

Visual effects researcher Doug Roble is developing technology that creates hyper-realistic digital versions of humans. He explores the implications of this technology — both for good and bad.

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"I consider myself one who creates clothes, and fashions clothes, and uses it as a vehicle to fashion young minds," says clothier Dapper Dan.

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Dapper Dan, Telling Stories In Leather, Fur And Logos

7:55pm July 08, 2019

by Audie Cornish

The legendary hip-hop designer is now partnering with the big fashion labels who originally shut him down for bootlegging their logos. He's got a new memoir out, called Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem.

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Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' Is Getting Restored And You Can Watch It Happen Live

4:46pm July 08, 2019

Rembrandt's most ambitious painting — the wall-size "The Night Watch" — is getting a tune up. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Petria Noble of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam about the restoration.

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Some families dedicate an entire room to storing the dress, which is composed of many parts, including pantaloons, a parasol, a hoop skirt and a sash.

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The Dress Hasn't Changed, But The Girls Have

8:57pm July 07, 2019

by Lindsey Feingold

Photographer Adair Rutledge returned to Alabama to learn how the Azalea Trail Maids are redefining what it means to be a symbol of the South — while they wear a 50-pound, custom-made antebellum dress.

The Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright who developed the concept of "organic architecture," that a building should develop out of its surroundings.

UNESCO Adds 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings To Its List Of World Heritage Sites

6:35pm July 07, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

The Guggenheim Museum in New York and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania now belong to a list that includes Machu Picchu and the pyramids of Egypt.

Luthier Freeman Vines sits with his hand-carved guitars in the tobacco field by his house, 2015.

Capturing The Undersung Blues People Of The Rural South

8:09am July 07, 2019

by Debbie Elliott

Tim Duffy started Music Maker Relief Foundation to support blues musicians lost to time and poverty. He's also photographed their portraits for a new book, compilation album and museum exhibition.

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Doodle by artist George Cruikshank in Scrawl.

From Ansel Adams To Unica Zürn, 'Scrawl' Finds Artistry Everywhere

9:44am July 01, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Some might say these little works only acquire their auras through their creators' fame. But once you start pondering them, they start to seem like far more than mere artifacts of notable psyches.

Douriean Fletcher made everything from earrings to armor for the 2018 film Black Panther. Fletcher spent time studying in South Africa, and learned that, for some, "what you wear is telling somebody who you are — whether it's the region you're from, the

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The Goal Is To Feel Strong, Says 'Black Panther' Jewelry Designer

8:19am June 30, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Douriean Fletcher made the powerful adornments worn in the 2018 film Black Panther. She's happy to see people "taking chances" with their jewelry — breaking away from the "dainty pair of hoops."

Najee Spencer-Young poses in front of her mural portrait by artist Amy Sherald.

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'She Had A Special Energy': Philly Teen Inspires Amy Sherald's 6-Story Mural

5:10pm June 22, 2019

by Darryl C. Murphy

Amy Sherald's portrait of Michelle Obama still draws crowds to D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery. Now, Sherald has painted 19-year-old Najee Spencer-Young on the wall of a Philadelphia Target.