I will be, for just 24 hours unfortunately, dropping by Designmai, a yearly design event in Berlin, to be part of a panel named“What they hate about the world of design”. As the organiser of the panel Mell Byars describes the conversation as follows: ” I wrote to a number of journalists, museum curators, manufacturers,… Continue reading Ich bin ein Berliner
Month: May 2007
Map of online communities
via xkcd
Thishappened.org: a cultural report
Most “normal” people, when they relocate, take a comfortable flight, try to minimize their stress levels and enjoy unpacking with a glass of white wine and a nice meal. Not this girl. I woke up last wednesday at 6 in the morning to take a cab with my flatmate D’arcy to Schipol to drop my… Continue reading Thishappened.org: a cultural report
Species of speakers
As I prepare my talk for next week’s Xtech in Paris, frantically trying to read the books that got delivered too late, I wonder about the people who do the conference circuit and have to give talks every other week. I think, from what I’ve seen and heard, that there are 2 types of speakers… Continue reading Species of speakers
About design schools and worldly expectations
I thought that this related beautifully to the opposite rants found recently online about what design schools are teaching nowadays (I’m mainly talking about Adaptive Path’s call for designers who can actually make things, and Peter Hall’s claim that there should be more holistic and systemic thinking in education). Via the always great Pintday.
Presentation sustainability
I will write more extensively about Luminous Green this week and what it feels like to be in a room full of artists, advertisers and cultural types talking about sustainability but for now i’ll concentrate on a smaller anecdote around the event that links nicely to the recent conversations about the use Powerpoint. In order… Continue reading Presentation sustainability
Overheard
On the train to Schipol, an elderly American couple from Virginia speak with a young Swedish man who asks: “How do you like Europe?” “Oh it’s fine, we’ve been here before, it’s just like the US now anyway. There’s McDonalds and Pizza Hut.” Most people in the compartment rolled their eyes.