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Big Brother, Meet LittleSis
My friend Eddie Tejeda, has been working on an awesome site called, “LittleSis” which is an “unvoluntary Facebook for powerful Americans.” The relationships of politicians, their donors, CEOs, lobbyists, non-profit directors are made transparent through a combination of crowdsourced labor … Continue reading
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New Year’s Day.
2008 has been a rocky ride. I could write about a year reflecting on the changes of the guard… industries failing, fortunes made and lost, seismic Presidential shifts, passing of torches at the Olympics. We’re entering 2009 with lots of … Continue reading
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Another nice interface from Amazon.com
I must say that I’m impressed that Amazon.com continues to innovate on the e-commerce services, which is perhaps why they are still the market leader. I’m don’t think sliders are the answer to everything or can be applied everywhere. When … Continue reading
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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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Recollection of Designs Past
Last Halloween, Jenna at Whismy and Spice, posted about trying to get her daughters into watching the Charlie Brown Halloween Special, “The Great Pumpkin” to no avail. I definitely remember watching them on CBS a few decades ago. Imprinted along … Continue reading
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The Politics Of The Designer.
Image source: Silverdocs In the post-Olympic, millions of people saw daily images of the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube (designed by Herzog de Meuron and PTW Architects, respectively) which are impressive structures that are now forever linked to the 2008 … Continue reading
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The Middle Ground Of Ethical Design.
Images source: Adaptive Design Association To be honest, discussions about ethics can be a downer, because you end up talking about what’s wrong and the positive stories set the ethical bar so high to instill a sense of defeat from … 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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Off topic: New York City Weirdness
I was walking in midtown today and saw crowds of people staring and pointing at the fairly new New York Times Building. I generally ignore this kind of gawking, but there were more people stopping than the average film shoot … Continue reading
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Ma Bell Redux
Update on: Saul Bass left a footprint in Chelsea I also saw this phone booth in Chelsea on 23rd and 8th. The Saul Bass’ logo lives on.
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