Another in the series “doors, windows, thresholds” – [Link]
Author: Michael Shanks
Seaton Delaval – after the fire
automotive connoisseurship
Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance – . Taking a tour with Jon Summers. What are the values and principles that govern the collection of cars? Just what are the values applied to these extraordinary artifacts? Age, elegance, finish, rarity, historical significance, market value … These are questions of automotive connoisseurship.
d.school 2.0
This evening – the d.school celebrates where it’s at and looks forward to new and wider initiatives – spreading the goodness.
home-made Europe: the DIY geniuses shaking up design
Justin McGuirk in the Guardian today [Link] highlights a new book [Link] on challenges to industrial design: The objects we buy are supposed to tell us something about who we are. But they don’t tell us half as much as the objects we make, as even a quick flick through Home-Made Europe: Contemporary Folk Artifacts…
Bill Rathje
Bill Rathje died last Friday. Inventor of garbology, pioneer in anthropological approaches to contemporary material culture, expert in ancient civilizations, prescient, daring, and, above all, a great and warm person, larger than life. He had been ill for a long while, but I always thought he’d get better when his doctors found the right medication,…
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