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Is D.I.Y. Bad for Design?Viriginia Postrel has a piece on D.I.Y. design in the March/April issue of Print magazine. Postrel is a professional writer, not a designer, whose crossover book The Substance of Style helped convince people in business and cultural institutions that design has something to offer the economy. Her book was directed not at designers, but at the rest of us. Virginia Postrel, DIY, D.I.Y., Do It Yourself, print, magazine, writer, crossover, book, The Substance of Style, audience, tools, available, amateur, professional, practice, develop, blog |
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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 2.0The phrase “Web 2.0” refers to the rise of social media over the past four or five years, in which users post their own content as well as shaping the way existing content is viewed through commenting, voting, rating, tagging, and other forms of interaction. social media, user-generated content, blog, blogging, textpattern, free, software, Bill Berry, web design, participation, participatory design, Design Life Now, Exhibition, Triennial, Natalie Jeremijenko, robot, toys, kids, Processing, open-source, open source, computer, language, visual artists, Blik, removable graphics |
