Sun, Oct 1, 2017
Did you know that the field of psychoanalysis is only about a hundred years old? It began with a young doctor named Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that people could be healed by releasing repressed emotions and experiences. Then, a few years later, Carl Jung took this a step further, developing the concepts of the archetype, and the collective unconscious. Jung studied different religions and cultures across the globe and believed firmly that dreams serve to compensate for neglected parts of our personality. Dreams, by their definition, are a solitary experience. Being inside them often feels confusing and isolating. Music, by contrast, has unified humanity for millennia. Many believe that the very act of hearing musical tone connects something inside all of us to a larger whole. Using his unique background, Dr. Michael Mollura, has found a way to intertwine music and dreams into a singular harmony.
Sun, Oct 1, 2017
Since the time of the Pyramids in Egypt, to the Pantheon of ancient Greece, architecture has been one of humanity's most visible and long-lasting forms of expression. In the most recent decades, a new vision for design is emerging. One that not only looks at our building's form but also pushes the composition of the way they function. Intelligent design in nature has perfected itself over hundreds of millions of years, so, why aren't we using more of its principals? Why can't building materials be more adaptable? Why can't they function more like clothing, or even human skin? A biology major at Princeton University turned architect, Doris Kim Sung is using smart materials to turning the fields of engineering, architecture, and design on its head.