Posts Tagged: Design


5
Oct 09

The design of everyday [technology] things

NYTimes ArticleSo what will happen with the telephone booths and parking meters of our analog days? An article in the NY Times, online rather than print, discusses this very phenomenon.

 

As the old technology goes way side, how can we reinvent or reuse this infrastructure. Spain currently has plans underway for converting under-used telephone booths into charging stations for iPods, laptops, and cell phones.

What other “old world” technologies can we repurpose?

Read the article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/arts/design/05iht-design5.html?ref=design


29
Sep 09

Welcome to the new blog!

Welcome to the new blog format. I have changed blog hosts to Word Press. I hope you find the new page easier to navigate. Check out the bio and archive pages. More changes and information to come!


14
Sep 09

recommended readings from fathom

fathom is an organization that strives to define the intangibles of design. They have a good recommended reading list for delving into how and why we design. It is a good resource, but by no means comprehensive, for finding books relating to the psychology of design.

One of my favorites on the list is: Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. The author of another book I reference frequently, The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, also has a book on this list.

http://www.gofathom.com/about_reading.php

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