Category Archives: ethics of design
People are people…
A couple of interesting articles appeared on nytimes.com today about the future of human. Although, insights and important discoveries have been made, Nicholas Wade reports in “A Decade Later, Genetic Map Yields Few New Cures,” that ten years after completing … Continue reading
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The dream of POD customized magazines is (almost) here
I love magazines. Although the industry as a whole model is busted, as titles are folding, advertising revenue is plummeting, and wholesalers are in lawsuits, while they are going out of business. Even before the recession hit, unsold copies (which … Continue reading
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Seven things that everyone should know about the New York Subway.
Image source: flickr 1. If you are waiting for a train, and the incoming train cars go, packed, empty, packed… do NOT enter the empty car. The *best* case scenario is that the AC is broken. 2. The subway trains … Continue reading
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Fashionable Ethics.
Image sources: nymag.com, nytimes. Not the freshest topic, but worth recording, Vogue India’s August’s spread has a 16 page of photo editorial with average India people wearing luxury accessories. What’s the issue with average? When 465 million of 1.1 billion … Continue reading
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A Fork In the Browser Road
Image source: flickr Well, the internet is buzzing with the discussions and reviews of Google’s recently release browser, Chrome. Nick Carr has some good thoughts on the subject, his key take aways: “To Google, the browser has become a weak … Continue reading
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Home Delivery At MOMA: Computational Architecture.
I’ve been to the Home Delivery show at MOMA twice on sunny weekends this summer. The show on prefabricated architecture is overall well curated. However, the true brilliance of the show is that they have full scale models of six … Continue reading
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How Ethical is Ethical?
Image source: LifeStraw Even though I haven’t posted much recently (sorry for that, especially when I got some nice links, Thanks Noah. Frontstudio.) I have been thinking a lot about the ethics of design. One post from Rob Walker’s murketing … Continue reading
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The Architecture Of Business Schools: Reflection Of A Society
“Bow down before the one you serve, you’re going to get what you deserve.” – Trent Renzor, Nine Inch Nails I recently went to a conference on location-based services hosted by Columbia University’s Business School. The conference panels had some … Continue reading
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A Culture of Superheros: The Thing As Construction Worker
Image source: Dulce Pinzón And speaking of transformations, I recently saw the show Superheros: Fashion and Fantasy show at the Met’s Costume Institute. The show, skillfully art directed by a friend Shane Valentino, was well curated and displayed– mixing the … Continue reading
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The Windmill And The Lighthouse
Image source: flickr Image source: flickr On the way out to Provincetown from Boston, a few weeks ago, I noticed a sole windmill on the shore, largely ignored by the passengers on the ferry. However, on the other side I … Continue reading
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