Monthly Archives: January 2008
At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee – New York Times
At Last, a $20,000 Cup of Coffee – New York Times
Design micro to macro
There are some interesting parallels between the ideas in Janine Benyus’s book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature and Richard Gabriel’s recent essay “Design Beyond Human Abilities” (big PDF).
Biomimicry is a survey of solutions the natural world has come up with to solve problems. Everything from spider webs to photosynthesis to the way chimps medicate themselves [...]
More reminiscing
In lieu of anything actually new, how about a walk down memory lane Play with the Machine style?
January 2005
Tara Mcpherson: “Fantastic poster maker & illustrator. Letterpress-esque, check out the Stereolab one. She sells them, Stereolab is on $35.” Timely even! Her stuff is featured prominently in Juno’s (from the movie Juno) bedroom.
January 2004
FSDB: “FSDB is [...]
Architectures of Control :: Architectures of Control | Design with Intent
Architectures of Control :: Architectures of Control | Design with Intent
So that was a fun year!
Not without the usual sadness…. So long Oscar Peterson, Ettore Sottsass, Don Herbert and so many more….
And hello 2008! Glad to meet you.
AFP: Italian design guru Ettore Sottsass dies aged 90
AFP: Italian design guru Ettore Sottsass dies aged 90
Falco finally honored in San Francisco with “sister stairs” – Boing Boing