Transdisciplinary Design

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Framing Barakat

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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…

Subjective Solutions

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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,…

But is it art?

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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…

Devaluing Design

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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…

The Turkey Dilema

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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…

Residents of the earth, opposed to rulers of it

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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…

LambdaMOO Reunion

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For the first time in history, the legendary die-hards from LambdaMOO, the online platform dating from 1993, decided to meet in person.

Ant designers.

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On that December morning in Tunisia, it was still sunny and warm when street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi was found at an intersection, after dousing himself…

The Other Perspective

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The best part about being a student is perspective. Every new point of view is an opportunity to see afresh. As a student every new…

Microblog vs Macroblock

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In the late last year, 37 year old Chinese novelist- Murong Xuecun, pen name of Hao Qun, attended a ceremony for collecting his first literary…