Using art to address global environmental concerns:

http://www.theharrisonstudio.net/peninsula_europe_i_i.html

Ridiculous and amazing: micro-art

Hans Rosling on poverty

Need to see this movie: Synecdoche, New York

The new movie by Charlie Kaufman, my favorite writer of all time: Synecdoche, New York.

I have a feeling I will be able to relate to this... at least the part about a project becoming so personally important, so complicated, so gigantic... and perhaps it would be 'healthier' to just let it go, to put a cap on it, which you can't do because you love the idea... such is my M.O. But then I wouldn't have it any other way... even if this most recent People & Design project has become enormous. :-)



And Charlie Kaufman on the creative process and more:

A slightly less rosy view of the future?

Our People and Design group has decided to project a future society of 2108 which manages to awaken, to change from a selfish mindset to a cooperative mindset.

But we are at a crucial point in history: are we going to crash and burn, or are we going to kick into action? How would design change in a cooperative society? Indeed, how could a new design paradigm potentially facilitate such a society?

On pessimistic days, I think we're likely to do the former (see the video), but I do believe there's a glimmer of hope.

Paul Hawken: Blessed Unrest

Info-dense design solutions

MoMA has put on a really fascinating exhibition called Design and the Elastic Mind.

My favorite thing so far is the TextArc by W. Bradford Paley. What a visually appealing way of doing structural analysis!


Eureka is another interesting solution for dynamic presentation of information:


The Digg Arc for finding interesting info online:


Mapping the Internet: