With the options offered by computers, never before have so many people had access to so many choices of typeface when writing a document. Yet some fonts remain more popular than others. Helvetica and Comic Sans took the world by storm yet we are still influenced by type choices made more than 500 years ago. We all have an opinion about fonts; we love or hate one or the other and most of us have a favourite we habitually use. But behind every typeface is the human story of its designer.
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Font designs and the stories behind them. - RN By Design - 23 February 2011
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Philosophers Zone - 5 November 2011 - Jewish philosophy: Martin Buber
Martin Buber was born in pre-Nazi Austria and emigrated to Israel in 1938 where he spent much of the rest of his life. He grappled with Zionism, Jewish thought, secular philosophy and politics and the result is a body of thought very much based on relationships.
Guests:
Paul Mendes-Flohr, Professor of Modern Jewish Thought, Divinity School, University of ChicagoFurther Information:
Paul Mendes-Flohr - (http://divinity.uchicago.edu/faculty/mendes-flohr.shtml) - university homepageMartin Buber (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/buber/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyPublications:
Title: German Jews: A Dual Identity
Author: Paul Mendes-Flohr
Publisher: Yale University Press (1999)Title: The Jew in the Modern World. A Documentary History
Author: Paul Mendes-Flohr & Jehuda Reinharz
Publisher: Oxford University Press (1995)Title: Martin Buber: a contemporary perspective
Author: Edited by Paul Mendes-Flohr
Publisher: Syracuse University Press (2002)
Part of the series: The Library of Jewish Philosophyhttp://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3318843.htm
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Philosophers Zone - 22 October 2011 - Jewish philosophy: Moses Mendelssohn
Moses Mendelssohn scandalised his more pious fellow 18th century Germans when he said: ‘My religion recognises no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in eternal truths.’ This week we look at the life and ideas of one of the great proponents of Judaism as a rational religion.
Guests:
Michah Gottlieb, Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, United StatesFurther Information:
Michah Gottlieb - (http://hebrewjudaic.as.nyu.edu/object/michahgottlieb.html) - university homepageMoses Mendelssohn (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mendelssohn/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyPublications:
Title: Faith and Freedom; Moses Mendelssohn’s Theological-Political Thought
Author: Michah Gottlieb
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2011)Title: Moses Mendelssohn; Writings on Judaism, Christianity, and the Bible
Author: Michah Gottlieb (editor)
Publisher: University Press of New England (2011)Music:
CD title: Lidarti - Violin concertos
Track title: Tempo di menue - Quartetto (sinfonia) in G Major
Artist: Francesco D’Orazio (violin and conductor)
Composer: Christian Joseph Lidarti
CD details: Hyperion Records (2008) CDA 67685CD title: Lidarti - Violin concertos
Track title: Allegro maestoso - Violin Concerto No.1 in C major
Artist: Francesco D’Orazio (violin and conductor)
Composer: Christian Joseph Lidarti
CD details: Hyperion Records (2008) CDA 67685http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3318825.htm
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Building the New Deal - RN By Design - 26 October 2011
First there was the Depression, then there was Franklin Roosevelt’s answer to it: the New Deal. Many of those who worked for the New Deal believed that they were building a civilization. They left thousands of schools, colleges, bridges, dams, murals, parks and aqueducts. On a smaller scale, similar things happened in this country: in Melbourne, the Shrine of Remembrance was built largely by unemployed workers during the Depression.
Happily, the Shrine of Remembrance is still in good nick, but many of the American products of the New Deal are now falling into ruin, like those of ancient Rome.
They do, though, like ancient Rome, have their historian. Dr. Gray Brechin is an historical geographer and currently a visiting scholar in the U.C. Berkeley Department of Geography. He’s also the founder and project scholar of California’s Living New Deal Project. Today, he tells what the New Deal did for building in America.
In Sydney on November 11, Gray Brechin is delivering a talk, ‘A Dazzling Range of Styles: The Public Architecture of the New Deal in the United States’ at the Australian Institute of Architects.
Guests:
Dr. Gray Brechin, Visiting scholar in the U.C. Berkeley Department of Geography, founder and project scholar of California’s Living New Deal Project.Further Information: Gray Brechin’s official website (http://graybrechin.net/)
Gray Brechin’s talk at the Australian Institute of Architects (http://graybrechin.eventbrite.com/)
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Woolsheds - RN By Design - 2 November 2011
Woolsheds represent one of the most iconic forms of Australian vernacular architecture. In our conversation corner today we meet photographer Andrew Chapman, a man who has roamed Australia in search of woolsheds. And for him every one of these buildings has a distinct personality and a story.
His new book, simply called Woolsheds, celebrates their place in the landscape and the subtle beauty of old beams and rusting galvanized iron.
Guests:
Andrew Chapman, PhotographerPublications:
Title: Woolsheds
Author: Andrew Chapman
Publisher: The Five Mile Press -
Australian architecture: an encyclopedic look - RN By Design - 2 November 2011
Behind the images of Australian homesteads, beach houses and the sails of the Sydney Opera House lies a rich and enthralling history of how Australians have responded to the natural landscape and urban environments to shape a nation. Now that nation has its first Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture, a massive research project documenting and analysing our built environment from Indigenous beginnings to colonial, modern and contemporary eras. But how did the editors decide what was worthy of inclusion among the one thousand entries and what was not?
Guests:
Philip Goad, Chair of Architecture, University of Melbourne.Julie Willis, Associate Professor in Architecture, University of Melbourne.
Publications:
Title: The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture
Author: Philip Goad & Julie Willis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press -
Philosophers Zone - 15 October 2011 - Jewish philosophy: Maimonides
Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides, became a hugely important figure in that great era of Moorish cultural flourishing, 12th century Spain (Cordoba). Maimonides adapted the ideas of Aristotle, was a significant influence on Thomas Aquinas, and became one of the leading Rabbinical scholars of his time, and perhaps of all time.
Guests:
Steven Nadler, Professor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United StatesFurther Information:
Steven Nadler - university homepage
(http://philosophy.wisc.edu/nadler/)Maimonides, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maimonides/)The Influence of Islamic Thought on Maimonides, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maimonides-islamic/)
Publications:
Title: Spinoza’s Heresy; Immortality and the Jewish Mind
Author: Steven Nadler
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2002)Title: The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Story of Philosophers, God, and Evil
Author: Steven Nadler
Publisher: Princeton University Press (2008)Music:
CD title: Sefarad - Judeo-Spanish songs
Track title: Mi padre era de Fransya
Artist: La Roza Enflorese
Composer: traditional
CD details: Pavane Records 2001 ADW 7456CD title: Sefarad - Judeo-Spanish songs
Track title: Dos amantes tengo la mi mama
Artist: La Roza Enflorese
Composer: traditional
CD details: Pavane Records 2001 ADW 7456http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3318761.htm
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Philosophers Zone - 8 October 2011 - Jewish philosophy: Overview part 2
In part two of our introduction we take up the story during the 17th century, with the great European thinker Baruch Spinoza. Tamar Rudavsky from Ohio State University is again our guide.
Guests :
Tamar Rudavsky, Professor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, United StatesFurther Information :
Tamar Rudavsky - university homepage (http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/rudavsky1/)Baruch Spinoza (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spinoza/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
(there are many other entries on Spinoza, just search on the left hand said of their site)Edmund Husserl (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/husserl/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyMoses Mendelssohn (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mendelssohn/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyFeminist philosophy of religion (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-religion/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyPublications :
Title: Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy; From Antiquity through the Seventeenth Century
Author: Editors Tamar Rudavsky & Steven Nadler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Jan 2009)Title: Maimonides
Author: Tamar Rudavsky
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell (2010)Music :
CD title: Mano Suave
Track title: Si Veriash
Artist: Yasmin Levy
Composer: Traditional ladino song CD details: Adama Music (2007) MR 60522CD title: Mano Suave
Track title: Nani Nani
Artist: Yasmin Levy
Composer: Traditional ladino song
CD details: Adama Music (2007) MR 60522http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3318715.htm
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Philosophers Zone - 1 October 2011 - Jewish philosophy: Overview part 1
We begin this series with an introduction to Jewish philosophy, from Ancient times onwards - an attempt to explore some of the key thinkers and recurring philosophical questions. Our guide is Tamar Rudavsky from Ohio State University.
Guests :
Tamar Rudavsky, Professor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, United StatesFurther Information :
Tamar Rudavsky - university homepage (http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/rudavsky1/)Influence of Arabic and Islamic Philosophy on Judaic Thought (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arabic-islamic-judaic/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyGersonides (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/gersonides/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyAbraham Ibn Daud (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abraham-daud/)
Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyPublications :
Title: Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: From Antiquity through the Seventeenth Century
Author: Editors Tamar Rudavsky & Steven Nadler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Jan 2009)Title: Maimonides
Author: Tamar Rudavsky
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell (2010)Music :
CD title: Music of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Track title: El Eliyah
Composer: Kim Cunio
CD details: Lotus Foot Productions (2000) LFP 101.2http://www.abc.net.au/rn/philosopherszone/stories/2011/3318686.htm
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Zizek on Parallax and architecture - RN By Design - 6 January 2010
Slavoj Zizek, professor in the Institute for Sociology at Ljubljana in Slovenia, is one of the more unusual philosophers of our day: an old-fashioned Marxist, student of psychoanalysis and star of a movie called The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema.
He was in Melbourne for Parallax, the 2009 national architecture conference, and joined us to talk about how the gaps between different viewpoints have inspired architectural practice, his admiration for Stalinist ‘wedding cake’ buildings, why large public art venues are not as anti-elitist as they pretend to be and (of course) his admiration for Governor William Bligh.
Originally broadcast on May 13, 2009
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