Hello everyone. So happy 1 person dropped out at the last minute for Professor Travis' res. class. I happened to have pulled an all nighter that day, and noticed this immediately. Here is a list of people we've looked into thus far (designers of the week):
Vicente Wolf
John Pawson
Kelly Wearstler
(and I like Jonathan Adler a lot. I believe in minimalism, but his colorful direction reminds me that I believe in a heart and soul in designing as well.)
We have two big projects for this class. Each assignment is divided into several chunks. For our first assignment we are concentrating on a home / work environment in a loft space in Brooklyn NY. I remember a long while ago taking a bunch of photos of the DUMBO NY area. I couldn't find these photos anywhere in sight though. I must have thrown them away. Bummer!
I look forward to the rest of this process, along with my progress in Presentation Techniques.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Preservering.
I came across this article on yahoo.com. I love technology, but it saddens me that it's going to completely take over. Somehow we should try to preserve all that is simple and retain that familiarity of old fashioned hands-on labor, small or large, that people before us did.
The comment about paper maps made me cringe. If a person is stranded, how will they know where they are if their electronic gadget that holds the map, is broken, has no connection to the internet, or is dead? Paper maps (in a protective sleeve :) with a compass can be a life saver.
There will come a time when everything will be either solarly, wirelessly, or effortlessly recharged in some other way. By then, would they also be unbreakable, 100% useable no matter what? Will a wireless connection be made possible everywhere, throughout the country? Only then, will paper maps be obsolete.
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