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It's a Magazine, It's a Book, It's a MookThe magazine Make, featured in Design Life Now, bills itself as a “mook,” a hybrid between a book and a magazine. The smallish paperback size recalls Popular Mechanics from the 1950s Make, Design Life Now, Exhibition, Triennial, feature, mook, hybrid, book, magazine, paperback, size, format, craft, publications, feel, efficient, resources, Martha Stewart, miniature editions, fashion magazines, print vs digital, virtual vs physical, compact, permanent, eco advantage |
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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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Design on the Colbert ReportWow! Stephen Colbert just hosted Mark Frauenfelder, editor-in-chief of Make magazine. Stephen Colbert, Colbert Report, Mark Frauenfelder, editor, Make, magazine, video, clip, David Albertson, web site, Interview |
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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 |
