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"Green" Publishing On May 14, 2009, Cooper-Hewitt opens Design for a Living World, an exhibition developed by The Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s leading conservation organizations. Green, publishing, Design for a LIving World, Exhibition, Nature Conservancy, partnership, catalog, book, theme, sustainable, design, materials, responsible, conservation, environment, Engelhardt und Bauer, printers, Karlsruhe, Germany, process, Forest Stewardship Council, FSC, certified, soy-based, inks, Ami Vitale, photographer, plant, solar, wind, power, carbon-neutral, credits, purchased, emissions, recyclable, shrinkwrap
BarCamps to Books From citizen journalists to user generated conferences the dialogue keeps expanding. Those of us who could not make it to BarCamp Africa this past October in California the organizers posted video clips of the panels. dialogue, user generated, content, BarCamp, Africa, California, video posts, panels, conference, silicon valley, Bryan Bell, book, Katie Wakeford, Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism, social justice, communities, improvement, Greener Gadgets, Green, Business, online, resources, EXPOSED, Arizona State University, ASU, Tempe, Arizona, AZ, workshops, discussions, Web4Dev, Innovation for Access, strategic partnerships, technology, United Nations, UNICEF, Millenium Development Goals
50 Books / 50 Covers The Design for the Other 90% exhibition catalogue has been selected by American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) as one of the one hundred outstanding book and book cover designs produced in 2007. Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, catalogue, American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA, selected, outstanding, book, book cover, 2007, Laura Howell, Patrick Seymour, Tsang Seymour Design, AIGA National Design Center, traveling exhibition
Making Vermelha Chair The Vermelha chair is an iconic piece, originally conceived and prototyped in 1993 for a gallery show in São Paulo along with several other pieces. The construction of the chair is very time-intensive, as it is handmade from a huge length of rope wrapped and woven to create the chair’s structure Vermehla Chair, chair, Campana Brothers, Fernando Campana, Humberto Campana, Brazil, product design, Industrial Design, construction, handmade, rope, woven, time consuming, cynicism, critical reception, Massimo Morozzi, Edra, Mel Byer, book, 50 Chairs, step-by-step, video, how to, bestseller, hand-crafted, mass-produced, furniture design
Out of Poverty International Development Enterprises’ founder Paul Polak has just released his much anticipated book Out of Poverty, What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail. Based on his 25 years of experience he tells why traditional poverty eradication programs have fallen short and how his alternative approach works. International Development Enterprises, IDE, Paul Polak, founder, Out of Poverty What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, book, poverty, eradication, tradition, approach, programming, fail, practical, solutions, roots, inspiration, Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, farmers, co-creation, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe, low-cost, affordable, income, generation, products, pioneer, model, favorable, reviews, lectures, public programs
It's a Book, It's a Blog, Too Here’s another blog that just became a book: Michael Bierut’s new collection of essays, Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design, published by Princeton Architectural Press. Sixty-eight of those essays first appeared on Design Observer, the blog that Bierut edits with Wiliam Drenttel, Jessica Helfand, and contributors. blog, book, Michael Bierut, essays, collection, Seventy-Nine Short Essays on Design, Princeton Architectural press, Design Observer, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand, editors, online, content, print, permanent, snapshot, TYPEFACE
It's a Magazine, It's a Book, It's a Mook The 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
It's a Book, It's a Blog, It's a Blook Recently released is The Word It Book, a collection of visual submissions to the blog Speak Up. “Word It” is one of SpeakUp’s most popular and original features. Each month, a different word is posted on the site, and anyone who so desires can submit a visual/verbal interpretation. Word It, book, collection, visual, submissions, blog, SpeakUp, Design Life Now, Triennial, Exhibition, favorites, high-resolution, files, print vs digital, virtual vs physical, curated, pacing, scale, sequence, interviews, commentary, sensual, seductive, phenomenon, blogging, writers, Lulu Blooker Prize, blooks
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