The University of Sheffield Arts Tower paternoster lift
"The Arts Tower's paternoster lift has 38 carriages which could make it the largest of the few surviving paternosters in the UK, and possibly the largest in the world.
A paternoster is a lift made up of a chain of open carriages, each for two people, that move in a loop up and down the building without stopping. The cars travel slowly enough so that passengers can step on or off at any floor they like.
Paternoster lift in action
When you get to the very top or the very bottom of the building, the cars move horizontally across before continuing vertically upwards or downwards and at this point, everything goes dark while you travel behind the wall (rather than in the open air as happens during the rest of the journey).
You can also get around the Arts Tower by normal elevator, and stairs of course - but there are 20 storeys to the building so it's a fit and brave person who decides to walk to the top by staircase!"
(BBC South Yorkshire, 19/09/2008)
Fig.1 James Benedict Brown "University of Sheffield Arts Tower Paternoster", Uploaded on 22 Dec 2007.
Fig.2 Richard France (16 April 2012) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardfrance/7103541017/].
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Irony and Utopia: a history of computer art
Fig.1 Jean Tinguely 1960). Homage to New York.
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EF International Language Centers: selling the tourist experience of studying abroad
"EF International Language Centers have released three new films in its 'Live the language' travel promotion film series. Once again it's Stockholm based Camp David Film and a team led by director Gustav Johansson that are behind the creative work."
(EF International Language Centers)
Series: Directed by Gustav Johansson (gustavjohansson.com), D.O.P: Niklas Johansson, fsf (niklasjohansson.com), Typography: Albin Holmqvist (albinholmqvist.com), Music: Magnus Lidehäll (twitter.com/magnusthemagnus), VFX: Goodmotion (goodmotion.se), Produced at Camp David (campdavidfilm.com), Producer: Lolo Uggla.
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The Digital Revolution: digital type was born in 1968
"In 1965, Dr. Ing. Rudolf Hell introduced the Digiset typesetting system. It was the first device to produce characters on a CRT entirely from digital masters. By the 1970's phototypesetting was replaced by stored information which was set as a series of small dots or closely spaced vertical lines that appeared solid in the finished product. The output speed was 1,000 to 10,000 characters per second.
DigiGrotesk was the first digital type font and was designed in 1968 by the Hell Design Studio and was available in seven weights from light to bold. Hermann Zapf, Gudrun von Hesse and Gerard Unger were early type designers for this new technology."
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Marshall McLuhan predicts 'world connectivity'
"We waste too much time racing from home to office, says Marshall McLuhan, an English professor at the University of Toronto who's becoming known internationally for his study on the effects of media. Society's obsession with files and folders forces office workers to make the daily commute from the suburbs to downtown. McLuhan says the stockbroker is the smart one. He learned some time ago that most business may be conducted from anywhere if done by phone. McLuhan's prescient knowledge: In the future, people will no longer only gather in classrooms to learn but will also be moved by 'electronic circuitry.'"
(Marshall McLuhan, 1965)
Medium: Television; Programme: Take 30; Broadcast Date: April 1, 1965; Hosts: George Garlock, Paul Soles; Guest(s): Marshall McLuhan; Duration: 3:25
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