Transdisciplinary Design

Monthly Archives: December 2011

Proof: 1+1=3

DIVERSITY is one of the most used words in the past few years. We see it used everywhere from multidisciplinary companies to transdisciplinary educational programs….

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Framing Barakat

They had the same name. No one knew who inherited it first. One was a building, the other was a man, and they were both…

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Subjective Solutions

Bruce Nussbaum’s guest lecture brought up some great ideas and some interesting questions about framing and communicating. All semester everyone has been working on projects,…

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But is it art?

This fall I went to Minneapolis to do an exhibition and artist talk at a local college. These events had been scheduled for months prior…

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Don’t Panic!

Human beings are emotional creatures, often driven by impulse and instinct rather than reason. We tend to feel unsafe and uneasy in new situations and…

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Devaluing Design

The success of open software systems, such as the popular Linux OS or Mozilla’s web browser Firefox, make a strong case for rethinking the business…

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Re-framing an Old Design

Andy Rutledge entered a dangerous arena when he took it upon himself to redesign the digital edition of The New York Times. As if this bold move was not enough, Rutledge accompanied his design with fighting words: “News outlets seldom if ever treat content with any sort of dignity.”

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The Turkey Dilema

A couple weeks ago a very cool holiday was celebrated, “Thanksgiving day”, there´s discussions about if that´s a former Canadian or American tradition butthat´s not…

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Prototyping time

There is a level of understanding that only seems to fall into place by making and experiencing. In Tim Brown’s ”Design for change” the importance…

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Residents of the earth, opposed to rulers of it

Clive Dilnot states that “Designing with consciousness for all of the parties involved becomes crucial, as the current environmental crisis blatantly emphasizes.  Persons in relation…

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