http://www.good.is/post/watch-your-mouth-the-sounds-of-snacking/
I once had a random conversation with a stranger about how there are scientists who study the crunch of a potato chip to optimize our potato chip eating experience. Turns out he knew what he was talking about. Goes to show that together science and design used together can harness improvement for all of mankind.
I want, but someone else has to carry it.
I want the column wrapped bench. One day. One day.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663379/a-new-york-loft-that-makes-a-cavernous-space-feel-human
Have you ever been driving along the windy path inside a parking garage and been thoroughly confused as to how the whole thing works? Or been behind someone who uses their blinker as they descend down the exit ramp? Well Paula Scher, of New York’s Pentagram has made some of our lives a little easier, that is if you park your car in mid-town Manhattan.
Read the full article here: http://www.designindaba.com/news-snippet/where-did-we-park
Working for myself is a dream come true, but I have to say, there are days when I miss having a fixed schedule. It’s hard to motivate yourself to work on the project you just don’t want to work on. My goal for 2011 is to be a bit more regimented and consistent with my day to day schedule so I can get what I want to get done…DONE.
Behance is all about productivity with their fancy notebooks and even this perfectly tuned article. enjoy.
Sounds like an oxymoron. I’m not 100% convinced building something in Kansas City will make a smooth transition to Kenya’s Rift Valley, but then again I buy furniture from Ikea.
Kansas City non-profit Comfort the Children (CTC) plan to just that with architects Philippe Barriere and William Zahner. Their plan is to bring high-quality, modular architecture to this burgeoning village in the Rift Valley.
“Zane Wileman, executive director of CTC, said his organization ‘is about education and empowerment, so we work with the local population to help them build themselves out of poverty.’”
The modular design will offer a dynamic use space for the village, “As funding allows through partnerships and donations, structures will organically grow into each other over time. Said Barriere, ‘Each prototype is organized to create a rhythm in which they eventually reach each other to make a coherent whole.’ Wileman explained that these structures would serve as a hub for future development.”
My only question after reading the article: when will the finger painted hand print stop being used as a symbol of hope/giving for Africa?
“In line with both the client and architect’s desire to be sensitive to community, the project is being developed in partnership with Marilyn Melkonian, president of Telesis Corporation, who sits on several housing boards and is founder of the National Housing Trust, where she still serves as chair. Melkonian foresees a future for the neighborhood not unlike that of New York’s East Village, where public and middle income housing butt up against boutiques and galleries.”
A new gallery slated to open in 2013 will be designed by Bing Thom with hopes of transforming the area in and around Southeast DC. Read more here.
Google has come out with two features within the past few weeks: Teach Parents Tech and Google Slam.
Both operate to promote the many services they provide but function for two very different audiences. Google Slam feels more apt for my 14 year old cousin while Teach Parents Tech’s audience is pretty self explanatory. With a mom who has no idea how to text message yet still demanded a smart phone and an ipad from Santa this could not have come at a better time for me. Thank you.
I’ve been teaching EMAC (Electronic Media and Culture) at MICA this fall. I have loved coming up with fun projects for the students to work on and their ambition makes my Mondays.
The second project of the semester was to write and illustrate a one sentence manifesto using typography. The finished illustrations were to be printed twice, one for in-class critique and one to be placed in public with the manifesto’s position in the public realm relating to the content of the manifesto. I promised to do the project along with them so here is my one sentence manifesto!
We are looking at the manifestos tonight, so I will try to post some if I have permission.
I have had the opportunity to work with Trialogue Studio in DC for the past three months on a re-branding initiative to promote affordable housing in Ivy City, a small neighborhood of Northwest DC. Originally settled as a neighborhood for the workers of the B&O railroad, Ivy City offers a foundation of the Old DC that has been left behind. As commerce and industry has shifted so has the neighborhood; our task has been to rejuvenate both the current residents as well as outsiders looking to move back into the city at an affordable cost.
The first two segments of the project include fence wrapping on New York Avenue and a website launching this week in conjunction with The Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Ivy City. The next installment of the project will be a water tower wrap as well as property signs and hopefully much more to come in the future!
I have to say this has been probably one of the hardest and most rewarding projects I have worked on in the past four years. We (Trialogue – Ruth, Michael, and Jessie) worked on an extremely tight deadline and – in the end – every stressed filled tear has been worth seeing something I put together in my little studio in Baltimore on the side of the highway in DC.
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