November 6, 2011
nevver: The Contemporist

nevver:

The Contemporist

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You can’t just build a building based on what the clients say, because their vision is based on what’s normal. You’ve got to question everything. Glean all the information you can. And then throw it all away and begin to play…

Once I understand the problems, I try things. I see what works and what doesn’t, and then I try again
Frank Gehry via hbr
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July 18, 2011
Canadian photographer Todd McLellan pulled apart vintage gadgets such as cameras, telephones and typewriters to create museum-like studies from all the parts. (via Disassembly: Product Photography for Industrial Designers - Core77)

Canadian photographer Todd McLellan pulled apart vintage gadgets such as cameras, telephones and typewriters to create museum-like studies from all the parts.

(via Disassembly: Product Photography for Industrial Designers - Core77)

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What would you take with you if your house was on fire? It’s a classic question but have you really thought through the answer.  (via The Burning House Project - My Modern Metropolis)

What would you take with you if your house was on fire? It’s a classic question but have you really thought through the answer. 

(via The Burning House Project - My Modern Metropolis)

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November 21, 2010
East gardens / Imperial palace (Tokyo).  One of the things I loved about Tokyo is the way that traditional and modern parts of the culture intersect and coexist without a loud clash. 

East gardens / Imperial palace (Tokyo).  One of the things I loved about Tokyo is the way that traditional and modern parts of the culture intersect and coexist without a loud clash. 

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Ginza side street (Tokyo)

Ginza side street (Tokyo)

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(from Harvard Business Review) 

(from Harvard Business Review) 

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October 8, 2010
Burning The Midnight Oil

Burning The Midnight Oil

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June 27, 2010
“ Never compare your inside with somebody else’s outside.
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June 26, 2010

Dieter Rams’ 10 principles for good design

• Good design is innovative.
• Good design makes a product useful.
• Good design is aesthetic.
• Good design helps us to understand a product.
• Good design is unobtrusive.
• Good design is honest.
• Good design is durable.
• Good design is consequent to the last detail.
• Good design is concerned with the environment.
• Good design is as little design as possible.

 (via 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple’s Future)

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June 14, 2010
Elephant statues where all around central London in June - raising awareness and money for the endangered animal. http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/

Elephant statues where all around central London in June - raising awareness and money for the endangered animal. http://www.elephantparadelondon.org/

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March 10, 2010
“ Mostly Convenient Truth:global warming is a technology crisis/solution, not a resource crisis. We failed to work on technology for decades.
Vinod Khosla (vkhosla) on Twitter
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Brain Array Courtesy Kelly Johnson/University of Utah Department of Neurosurgery Here, microwires emerging from the green and orange tubes connect to two arrays of 16 microelectrodes. Each array is embedded in a small mat of clear, rubbery silicone. The mats are barely visible in this image. These microelectrode arrays sit on the brain without penetrating it, a step toward longer-lived, less invasive versions of “neural interfaces” that in recent experiments elsewhere have allowed paralyzed people to control a computer cursor with their thoughts. The new microelectrode arrays were placed in two patients at the University of Utah who already were undergoing brain surgery for severe epilepsy. The larger, numbered, metallic electrodes are used to locate the source of epileptic seizures in the brain, so the patients allowed the microelectrodes to be placed on their brains at the same time. (via Gallery: The Year’s Most Amazing Scientific Images | Popular Science )

Brain Array

Courtesy Kelly Johnson/University of Utah Department of Neurosurgery

Here, microwires emerging from the green and orange tubes connect to two arrays of 16 microelectrodes. Each array is embedded in a small mat of clear, rubbery silicone. The mats are barely visible in this image. These microelectrode arrays sit on the brain without penetrating it, a step toward longer-lived, less invasive versions of “neural interfaces” that in recent experiments elsewhere have allowed paralyzed people to control a computer cursor with their thoughts. The new microelectrode arrays were placed in two patients at the University of Utah who already were undergoing brain surgery for severe epilepsy. The larger, numbered, metallic electrodes are used to locate the source of epileptic seizures in the brain, so the patients allowed the microelectrodes to be placed on their brains at the same time. (via Gallery: The Year’s Most Amazing Scientific Images | Popular Science

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January 26, 2010
“ Control might be the goal of a typical politician, but the future belongs to linchpins, individuals with leverage, people willing to make a difference and do work that matters.
Seth Godin
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November 1, 2009
Mountain Dwellings by BIG Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark 16mrt09 Mountain Dwellings, is a project consisting of apartments above a multi-storey car park designed by the Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group or BIG. The building is located in Copenhagen, next to VM Houses, completed by BIG and Julien de Smedt Architects in 2006. The 80 apartments are arranged on a sloping “hillside” above the car park that has space for 480 cars. (via Mountain Dwellings by BIG Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark « archiDE) Check out Bjarke Ingles TED talk and his firm’s site for more interesting ideas …

Mountain Dwellings by BIG Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark 16mrt09 Mountain Dwellings, is a project consisting of apartments above a multi-storey car park designed by the Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group or BIG. The building is located in Copenhagen, next to VM Houses, completed by BIG and Julien de Smedt Architects in 2006. The 80 apartments are arranged on a sloping “hillside” above the car park that has space for 480 cars. (via Mountain Dwellings by BIG Architects, Copenhagen, Denmark « archiDE)

Check out Bjarke Ingles TED talk and his firm’s site for more interesting ideas …

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