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Monthly Archives: December 2010

what is red, white, blue & green all over?

By | Published: December 8, 2010

TRUST. IF we define TRUST as a verb that means to rely on another person or entity. And IF we define INFRASTRUCTURE as a collaboration…

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Humanitarianism or Imperialism?

By | Published: December 8, 2010

A Worm’s-Eye View… We really look forward to our Lunch in Progress series, in which prominent personalities of NYC, in design and relevant circles, come…

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A Game of Bing!

By | Published: December 6, 2010

Let me set the scene … It’s a regular, sunny, Sunday afternoon and three caped crusaders charge boldly into the unknown, armed with a stick,…

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Face Value

By | Published: December 6, 2010

Photo courtesy of ericaglasier.com Recently, a friend and I got into a discussion about boundaries of ‘sharing’ on Facebook. It seems that many people feel…

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Beyond The Quo

By | Published: December 5, 2010
Car Hood Ornament

Last week, some friends and I took up an invitation to hear Ray Kurzweil keynote the World Technology Awards. When I first read his book…

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P.E.R.S.O.N. 1.0

By | Published: December 3, 2010

As part of our Design For The 21st Century class, we have small recitation groups. For  mine, a group I love, we are required to…

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Lunch in Progress 2

By | Published: December 2, 2010

We were visited on a recent Friday by our second lunch guest of the year, Jane Nisselson of Virtual Beauty. Jane is a film-maker, by trade, but that hardly describes her diverse talents adequately.

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Everyone’s a Critic …

By | Published: December 2, 2010

Critical Design has been gaining more and more momentum in the design circles in the past few years and lately it’s been a major part…

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The Race Behind the Race

By | Published: December 2, 2010
My best Chris Jordan impression

The carbon footprint of the 2010 ING New York City Marathon is overlooked by the personal achievements of its participants. The ecological impact of the…

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A Ruler We Can Trust

By | Published: December 1, 2010

“Scale comes from measuring, but also must be juxtaposed against something.” – Jamer Hunt In our Design For This Century course, Jamer Hunt made the…

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