“Economists would call this an institution. Institutions are organisations or patterns of behaviour built by societies to help solve social or economic problems which the law or private markets cannot fully address.”

“Yet for many of the most important questions within economics, economists have chosen to act like institutions simply do not exist.”

The consent of the governed: The hole at the heart of economics | The Economist

Can you think of any other area of study that has such a large blind spot in it’s central research?

DesignScape is an experimental system from Adobe Research and the computer science department at the University of Toronto.

In the Future Graphic Design Layout Will Be Automated + Subtraction.com

This has to be the future of User Interface design. Xcode is full of tools to help designers but the majority of applications still look like a mess in the end.

J’ai peur pour la santé des développeurs chez Nissan.

48 hours at the GE Minds + Machines 2016 Hackathon – CSC Blogs

Who thinks of these things…

DataParis est une data visualisation qui met en avant des données sur Paris et les Parisiens localisées par le biais du réseau métropolitain.

DataParis.io – Une dataviz interactive sur Paris et les Parisiens

Times front pages through the decades: a look at coverage since the election of Franklin Pierce, with observations by the presidential historian Michael Beschloss.

New York Times Election Front Pages

And the prize for worse promotional offer goes to Accor Hotels.

The world is experiencing rapid urbanisation, but not every city is growing. Population is likely to decline in 17% of large cities in developed regions and 8% of cities across the world from 2015 to 2025, according to a McKinsey report

Shrinking cities: the rise and fall of global urban populations – mapped | Cities | The Guardian