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In Elevators, you’re bored, you’re scared, you look buttons leading to different floors whether you arein a station or this hotel. Could we find a better place to catch the eye of captive and stressed passengers for a few moments […]

Posted: February 18th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Écologies, Instruments, Preuves

From one memory to another

I remember the poster that used to be stuck up the wall of these lavatories. It was a painting, which I always found pretty ugly, autographed for your wife, my grand-mother. It had remained in place several years after she […]

Posted: January 28th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Instruments, Preuves

Zero risk

In the past, things were simple: to stay healthy while eating, it was enough to avoid too rich foods that give an upset stomach, undercooked meat that transmits parasites, raw milk cheeses can cause listeriosis, eggs always suspected of harboring […]

Posted: January 14th, 2013 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Capteurs et traçeurs, Circulations, Énonciations, Marquages, Preuves

Setting apart

Recently bicycle has been an object of reinvestment as a green technology of mobility. In numerous cities around the world, bicycle usage has dramatically increased in the last decade, notably through bicycle-sharing systems. As a consequence, various dedicated infrastructures have […]

Posted: October 8th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Marquages, Preuves

Names and their pleats

Recently, there has been lots of discussions about names and their presence on the Web. Anonyms, pseudonyms, patronyms. A real Nymwar has been declared. Could companies such as Facebook or Google impose the use of a real name? Is there, […]

Posted: October 1st, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Instruments, Preuves

Accounts

Prices are quite strange things. In the mind of some people, they are supposed to crystallize the result of an encounter: the one of supply and demand (strange things too, but this is another story). The fact that prices are […]

Posted: July 10th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Énonciations, Preuves

Historical folds

Among public lettering, epigraphical inscriptions are particular. They are generally used to qualify settings in an explicit or metaphorical way. Inscriptions in the pediment of numerous monuments may be a kind of a store sign: “National Parliament”. But they are […]

Posted: July 2nd, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Marquages, Preuves

Witnesses

Before that one, there were lots of documents. Drafts, notes, outlines rewritten again and again, annual forms, conference proceedings, academic papers, versions, slides. Tons of e-mails. A few weeks before that day, the dissertation itself had been printed and sent […]

Posted: January 5th, 2012 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Preuves

Being human

Who are we? Where do we come from? Where shall we go? It’s been centuries that these questions are addressed by most philosophical theories. Whether they claim to be or are labelled as evolutionist, existentialist, humanist, ethic, analytical… the very […]

Posted: July 2nd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Modes d'emploi, Preuves

The Order of Things

During a single day, we may very frequently move from one place to another, we may cross spaces fitted out in very different manners, we may be next to different entities. Yet, one generally does not attach importance to the […]

Posted: February 3rd, 2011 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Mots d'ordre, Preuves

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