Posts tagged with Alice Rawsthorn

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The numbers seem nutty. There are 6.5 billion people on this planet, 90 percent of whom can’t afford basic products and services. Half of them don’t have regular access to food, shelter or clean water. Yet when we talk about design, it’s usually about visual eye candy, a cute new chair or digital device.

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“Good design”. Hmmm?!

“At the debate [World Economic Forum] each designer was asked to identify one example of “good” and one example of “bad” design, and to explain the reasons for their choices. What did they come up with?




Source: Good or bad design? The verdict(s), By Alice Rawsthorn, IHT.com

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What defies defining, but exists everywhere?
By Alice Rawsthorn, International Herald Tribune

LONDON: What is design? It’s a seemingly simple question, that’s very hard to answer. Think about it, and you’ll realize why.

Too true!

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Isamu Noguchi’s lamps got art and practicality on the same wavelength - International Herald Tribune“Among his furniture work was his collaboration with the Herman Miller company in 1948 when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture. His work lives on around the world and at the The Noguchi Museum in New York City.” — Isamu Noguchi, From Wikipedia

Isamu Noguchi’s lamps got art and practicality on the same wavelength - International Herald Tribune

“Among his furniture work was his collaboration with the Herman Miller company in 1948 when he joined with George Nelson, Paul László and Charles Eames to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture. His work lives on around the world and at the The Noguchi Museum in New York City.”Isamu Noguchi, From Wikipedia

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London, Global City of the Year. You bet it is!

“It’s shockingly expensive. The roads are jammed with traffic. The subway system’s hopeless, and the buses no better. There’s a surveillance camera on every other corner, and the sidewalks are strewn with litter. The biggest airport is a joke. The richest residents are fleeing or threatening to; the poorest have been chased out into the suburbs by soaring property prices. And the weather sucks.

Why is somewhere with so much against it such a great place for creatives to live and work?…”

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