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Monthly Archives: November 2013

Copy + Paste: A Roadblock in the Transformation of Capitalism

By | Published: November 25, 2013

The average millennial is somewhere indiscriminately downloading a movie that just hit theaters Friday, illegally streaming their favorite show they missed while out partying last…

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Gentrfication

By | Published: November 22, 2013

  As soon as I started this semester, I was introduced a new English word that I have never heard before: Gentrification. I guess I…

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I live in a micro-home

By | Published: November 17, 2013

Vancouver recently has been on a hot topic of living in micro-homes. Because real estate prices are of course off the charts, smaller living areas…

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The Right to Spontaneity

By | Published: November 17, 2013

I want to talk about accessibility. But I’m having trouble starting. The topic is fraught with frustration and not an insignificant amount of shame. I…

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Noihsaf

By | Published: November 16, 2013

What’s wrong with fashion? I hope it was simpler and with more goodwill than it is now. So I looked up the etymology of the…

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Where does Culture Go in Globalization?

By | Published: November 16, 2013

The world is becoming more and more globalized by multinational corporations, high technologies, credit cards, tourism, fast food and so on. For example, McDonalds is…

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The Stigma of Failure leads to Failure

By | Published: November 15, 2013

We’ve gone from local to global. We buy things—online and offline—produced in distant, exotic places, yet we wonder and complain about the uncertainty of our…

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Trans Marathon

By | Published: November 15, 2013

When this year started I had a set of goals I wanted to accomplish. Amongst them was running my first marathon and starting my Master’s…

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globalization vs. localization

By | Published: November 15, 2013

These days I am very confused, many thoughts are flying through my head. I thought I knew what I needed to do as a designer…

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On Creativity

By | Published: November 15, 2013

I remember starting design school four years ago. It seems like there was a different view of design then. When telling my friends I was…

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