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Why Design Now?: Loblolly HouseWhy? Loblolly House is comprised entirely of readymade components and elements fabricated off-site, reducing assembly time while increasing energy efficiency. The house comprises four key architectural elements: scaffold, cartridge, block, and equipment. The aluminum scaffold system provides the structural frame as well as the means to join the other three elements, using only a wrench. Smart cartridge panels distribute heat, water, ventilation, and electricity throughout the house Loblolly House, Process of New Architecture, Readymade, Energy efficiency, assembly, construction, Why Design Now, Exhibition |
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Cooper-Hewitt: DesignapaloozaShoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne, authors of Readymade: How to Make (Almost) Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer and Ellen Lupton, author of D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself lead a day-long celebration of "DIY" design, showing participants how to translate everyday materials into exciting new objects. Designapalooza, Shoshana Berger, Grace Hawthorne, Readymade, Ellen Lupton, curator, contemporary design, DIY, D.I.Y., Do It Yourself, talk, long, public program |
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ReadyMade Magazine Tries out On-Demand PrintingReaders of ReadyMade magazine were busy last fall submitting their DIY projects for the 100 contest in one of these categories: Home & Garden, Food & Entertaining, Design, Craft, Fashion & Style, Culture, Travel & Places, and Technology & Work. Readymade, magazine, on-demand printing, DIY projects, Espresso book machine |
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But is it craft?The makers of Make, the techie-geek D.I.Y. magazine featured in the Triennial, have a new publication out, now in its third issue, called Craft:. This hip and beautiful little zine got me thinking about the craft revolution, which has reinvigorated the lives of design professionals as well as the lives of a vast and passionate general public. Make, techie, geek, DIY, D.I.Y., magazine, Triennial, Exhibition, feature, publication, craft, zine, revolution, Readymade, how to, skills, maker, acquire, embodiment, grounding, craft-based, practice, try, design education, educator, process, conceive, produce, develop, incremental, experience, writing, rework |
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Are Designers the Enemies of Design?Design writer Bruce Nussbaum delivered a speech at Parsons a few weeks ago whose controversial refrain was “designers suck.” Read the speech on his Business Week blog. Bruce Nussbaum, writer, speech, Parsons, controversial, Business Week, blog, Designers, enemies, protection, turf, democratization, Open, participate, participation, theme, Triennial, Exhibition, DIY, D.I.Y., Do It Yourself, Make, Readymade, howtoons, Processing, Blik, Natalie Jeremijenko, Ron Gilad, how to, mode of thinking, evolve, methodology, practice, power, philosophy, conversation, dialogue |
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Discipline ConvergenceOver the last three years, I have been seeing more convergence between various design disciplines. ReadyMade, Make, and Howtoons are using graphic design to communicate new do-it-yourself design philosophies. Companies like Blik are creating products that are graphics (and graphics that are products). Readymade, Make, howtoons, graphic design, Do It Yourself, DIY, Blik, products, graphics, tools, materials, Casey Reas, Ben Fry, Processing, software, blogs, bloggers, SpeakUp, online, social, space, Sensitile, Panelite, input, feedback |
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Social LifeMany people complain that technology is isolating people from their fellow humans. I disagree. E-mail, cell phones, FedEx, Blackberries, and other systems are keeping people more in touch than ever. Indeed, many of us are expected to be “reachable” 24/7. social life, technology, technologies, connection, isolation, conversation, virtual vs physical, Design Life Now, Exhibition, Triennial, blogging, SpeakUp, OMA, libraries, Rem Koolhaus, software, computer, languages, free, open source, open-source, Processing, furniture, collaboration, Herman Miller, publishing, inclusive, participatory, DIY, Do It Yourself, culture, Readymade, Make, social impact, interaction, input, feedback, new media |
