January 2010
18 posts
“(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of...”
– i carry your heart with me by ee cummings
Life is never either/or
It’s yes/and. It’s an infinite shade of grey that actually happens to be a rainbow, if you’ve got the right perspective on the light.
Will humanity be DESTROYED BY DESIGN?
What if we all woke up tomorrow and decided that humanity was worth saving? How would we structure our lives? Would we actually quit working for the organizations that aren’t serving the future good of mankind? Would we listen to Bruce Sterling and push for a SPIME economy, where everything has a lifecycle, a monitor and the potential to drastically decrease waste?
What if quantum physics...
How to avoid creative death
“Creativity means not copying” –Ferran Adria (best chef in the world)
A professor of mine at Emily Carr once told me that in order to be truely creative, you should look anywhere but to your own profession. He told us to avoid things like design annuals, and focus instead on learning about something as obscure as possible.
Ferran Adria, head chef at elBulli restaurant in Spain, looks to science...
Cavemen in Manhattan – NOT destroyed by design! →
New York might seem a challenging environment for the aspiring caveman. Entire professions, oblivious to the rising and setting of the sun, toil in the glare of computer monitors. More to the point, the city has gone so far as to outlaw both hunting and gathering, at least when committed in a city park.
The Atlantic Online | December 2009 | The Science... →
Oh! So I am an orchid! Well that’s a flattering new word for it!
(via mikedudek)
A thought for CAPACITY (an art show)
The universe is the only “thing” with a “balance capacity”. Everything is within the universe: nothing leaves, nothing is added, only rearranged.
We are not in the shipping business. | Qanda →
If you think about their name for a moment, you will quickly understand its cleverness. The same is said to be true for this company’s work. Dealing primarily with companies that have been destroyed by their own design, Qanda works with people – perhaps the most integral part to any business. I love the metaphors in this essay about their process…