I wouldn't call the Photoshop gradients democratic, and certainly not 'Internet' in a good way. Their name allows you to replicate them, but they are inherently contradictory in that they ...
JstChillin is most certainly my favorite of Ito and Denny's projects, but it seems their/your idea of "Chill Time" borrow an awwwwful lot from Cory Arcangel's idea of Continuous ...
Perhaps, he should also take a look at Petra Cortight's Gifs, Rafael Rozendaal's interactive portals, anything on Computer Club, or Alexei Shulgin's MANY web based projects. Like you mentioned this ...
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