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The Value of Print
On November 6, I didn’t run out to buy a paper. I thought about it for a second. I decided that I have more than enough stuff and because newspapers aren’t archival. Because they are designed to be disposable, newsprint … Continue reading
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What is the Role of the Anthropologist?
Image source: cultureby.com On Saturday, I got to hear Grant McCracken speak at the AIGA GAIN conference in New York. I documented that I was going to the talk in my usual way of writing a quick note in twitter, … Continue reading
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My Longstanding Issue With Blog Interfaces.
Something has been confusing and annoying me basically since I started reading blogs. It’s one of those slight annoying things, where a little design considering would make the issue irrelevant. When reading or searching blogs, the bottom of the screen … Continue reading
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Linkage for September 5, 2008
On security: Esther Dyson talks about How Loss of Privacy May Mean Loss of Security. First Noah reported getting spam in Facebook, now an application was launched to expose how a security hole could be exploited to turn Facebook accounts … Continue reading
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Linkage for August 29, 2008
1. Well, I guess I can say you heard it here first, the NY Times has a nice article, by Mary Jo Murphy, talking about the design of wind turbines and their recent ubiquity in eco-advertising. When it’s the NY … 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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Next Transformations: A Response To Transformations By Grant McCracken
Images source: flickr I finally got through Transformations, which has left me with lots of blogging ideas and a lens to look at world around me. The book is highly recommended, Grant McCracken is able to achieve the balance between … Continue reading
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Links for 25.07.08
What’s in my browser… List of movies based on Shakespeare, my favorites are the teen ones. Before Photoshop, there was hand drawn fashion illustration. Excellent post on why sneaker shopping has become a painful ordeal. Kim Deal (Pixies and Breeders) … 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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