London portrays past and future of digital art

December 13th, 2009 admin

Alice Rawsthorn, design critic of the New York Times, reports on two exhibits in the V&A museum ( announced on Core77 a couple of weeks ago) that can help us understand how digital design has developed and is likely to evolve. > > Read article (more…)


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