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Monthly Archives: December 2011

Bio-Solution

By | Published: December 22, 2011

In the story of God creation, God created Adam and Eve, with soil and a piece of bone from Adam; humans as creation of God,…

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success/failure or every front has a back or to act or not to act or the problem with a can of worms.

By | Published: December 21, 2011

In chapter one of Tim Brown’s book Change By Design he says “Fail early to succeed sooner”.  There are quite  a few similar sentiments out…

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Why diversity is good… (or Aww, what have we done?!)

By | Published: December 21, 2011

A recent issue of The New York Times Magazine (issued November 27, 2011) had an extensive article on the development of the modern bulldog.  The…

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Nature as Capital

By | Published: December 21, 2011

“After two centuries of rises in labour productivity, the liquidation of natural resources at their extraction cost rather than their replacement value, and the exploitation…

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Communication Towers

By | Published: December 20, 2011

Cooperation and collaboration has been a major force behind the advancement of man. From hunter-gatherer relationships to the division of labor, these splits have become…

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A TransDesign Holiday Recipe

By | Published: December 18, 2011

“Man at the crossroads looking with uncertainty but with hope and high vision to the choosing of a course leading to a new and better…

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A Mad Tea (D) Party

By | Published: December 18, 2011

“Have you any idea why a raven is like a writing desk?” I bet you don’t.  The Mad Hatter poses this illustrious riddle in the…

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Diversity: A quick recipe for a nightmare?

By | Published: December 18, 2011

What is Transdicsiplinary Design? This is a good question, with a long answer, which I’m not going through it now. But I can give you…

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Thinking In Scale

By | Published: December 16, 2011

A couple weeks ago Jamer introduced the idea of scalar thinking, a tool or method used to identify and frame complex problems. Scale is a…

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Emergent Memorialization

By | Published: December 16, 2011

AIDS Memorial Park, the design competition for which was unveiled in late November, will add a much needed green space to the West Village in…

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