The cover of the first “Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists”, 1947 (published by the University of Chicago).

The “doomsday clock” was designed by Martyl Langsdorf.

She went on to become the “Bulletin’s” art director, while her husband, Alexander, worked with Enrico Fermi’s group to develop the hydrogen bomb at the University of Chicago in 1941.

Titular Design

Courtesy, The New York Times.

Hopping on to the Hopper Bus

In November of 2022, I rode the Edward Hopper bus. In other words, I saw the Hopper in New York retrospective at the Whitney.

At the end, I played Hopper.

Here are some samplings:

Immensity and Homeliness

In the “Flight into Egypt” by Adam Elsheimer:

Susan Sontag, These Interpretations I’m Not Against

Which ones?

The one’s where artists become the new interpreters of scientific innovation.

Witness, for instance, Jorge Manes Rubio’s “The Moon Temple.”

And savour the artist’s Ted Talk on his mission to help us presciently visually conceptualize lunar art and architecture:

Best Illustrations from 2015

The New York Times‘ best illustrations accompanying its Op-Ed columns of 2015.

2016 Visualized

Artist Maira Kalman has a vision of 2016.