“ Using computers to model the physical world has become increasingly common; products as diverse as cars and planes, pharmaceuticals and cellphones are almost entirely conceived, specified and designed on a computer screen. Typically, only when these creations are nearly ready for mass manufacturing are prototypes made — and often not by the people who designed them. Creative designers and engineers are rebelling against their alienation from the physical world. “The hands-on part is for me a critical aspect of understanding how to design,” said Michael Kuniavsky , a consultant in San Francisco who for three years has convened a summer gathering of leading designers, called “Sketching in Hardware.” At last month’s session, at the Rhode Island School of Design, attendees broke into small groups, wielding soldering irons and materials their grandfathers probably knew more about. ”
Ping - Digital Designers Rediscover Their Hands - NYTimes.com
“ A seamless, convergent consumer experience requires seamless creative convergence—which means that there is not much tolerance anymore for agency-to-agency hand-offs in between. ”
“ Chicago parks now a BK “brand experience? ”
Time Out Chicago: The TOC Blog Chicago parks now a BK “brand experience?”
“ Will Whoville still be a major city? Sure. It will still have its various corporate headquarters, beautiful architecture and parks, international airport, pro sports teams, a thriving music scene, opera, theater, good restaurants, great neighborhoods and all of the other things that make up a major city. It just won’t have its old-fashioned daily newspaper. And sorry, but the Bugle really won’t be missed. ”
Recovering Journalist: What Will Happen When the Presses Go Silent?
“ You and I both drink from the same well of inspiration. The difference is that you get to piss in it first. ”
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