Reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand these days, I was struck once again by her vision of society and what part the “people” as a concept play in it. She believes, and I am completely paraphrasing and interpreting here, so please don’t quote me on this that one should not follow what is socially acceptable,… Continue reading To be egocentric or not to be.
Category: Rants
Maybe slightly unrelated to my thesis but pretty descriptive of my brainspace during the year.
New project!
I really should stop and smell the roses once in a while, but i can never tear myself from work that easily. So this weekend, i created a new blog!!! Go and check it out, its called Compete and i’ll be posting up anything and everything relating to design competitions from around the world. Any… Continue reading New project!
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A very cool map… so far I’ve lived and visited 15 countries (visited 7, lived in 8 of them ) and on my way to visit another next month…new zealand!!! Create your own visited countries map
Whine whine whine, bitch bitch bitch
Ok,so this whole Zidane and Materazzi thing smells of sour grapes on the part of the FIFA. I mean commmooooon here I’m sure the french don’t exactly go around the field throwing roses at the opponent, so is it really worth it to spend taxpayer’s money on figuring out what exactly insulted the sourly french… Continue reading Whine whine whine, bitch bitch bitch
The long way out…
(Warning…incoming rant) : ) I am now sitting on Richard’s plaid red and white puffy chair writing for the first time in ages and I thought I’d recount my journey door to door from Milan to London last week, simply because through the pain and agony of it, I think there are some design lessons… Continue reading The long way out…
Service design broken down
I found this great servic design conference at Carnegie Mellon, through Jan-Christoph my secondary advisor for my thesis and this just makes me want to grab a ticket to the US and go AWOL for 2 days during our exhibition : P I especially like the breakdown that was given which illustrates perfectly the different… Continue reading Service design broken down
Designing for Interaction
Will my night-stand ever clear up (and why would someone read to sleep is beyond me, reading makes me stay up all night)? A new book from Dan Saffer is coming out soon called Designing for Interaction: Creating smart applications and clever devices,and i can’t wait to read it!
ICSID at my old school!
Oh my, this is the first time there’s a stellar evening associated with the
Last.fm
So because of feedback during the exam, i decided to sign up for Last.fm and see what all the fuss is about. Good things: 1- Interesting ways to surf for music and good indication of the popularity of a song 2- I like the simplicity of the interface and browsing through the different elements of… Continue reading Last.fm
Godess in the details!
The american Association of Women Industrial Designers just came out with Goddess in the details one of the latest publications exploring women’s impact on design. This goes back to a former rant on the eternal debate on the value of design work and whether there is a difference when a woman designs a product or… Continue reading Godess in the details!