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All Barbie's DreamHouses Constitute Barbitecture | Like a Paleolithic Goddess, Barbie Teases July 21, 2023 Opening
/ Anne Enke
To celebrate her influence on American design and architecture, Mattel collaborated with the design magazine PIN-UP on a limited-edition art book, “Barbie Dreamhouse: An Architectural Survey.”
“Barbie’s house is infinitely more exciting than Barbie herself,” writes Elvia Wilk, a cultural critic. “The structures we live within — fantasize about living within — say more about our lives and dreams than plastic bodies ever will.”
The New York Times breaks down the Barbitecture story with A Six-Decade Tour of Barbie’s Dreamhouses and AOC gifts readers the link.
Wilk is one of many critics who contribute to the book’s analysis of Barbie’s huge influence on American culture.
Read MoreDec. 11 Artemis I Orion Will Attempt First Skip Entry for a Human Spacecraft
/ Anne Enke
Orion is facing the biggest test ever — a nailbiting, ‘will it work’ skip-entry return to Earth. The male mind is not the engine behind this scientific strategy. Mother Nature shows the way
In fact, the stone-skipping return is one of the most important examples to date of biomimicry or ‘science inspired by nature’. In the AOC link, is a fantastic TED Talk by Janine Benyus, founder of the biomimicry movement.
Orion will re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 24,500 mph and then bounce off the Earth’s upper atmosphere like a stone skipping across water. This re-entry plan has several key benefits, including bleeding off speed and reducing the G-Force that Artemis astronauts in the future will experience.
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