WEEKLY EMAIL: APRIL 09, 2010
FEATURED THIS WEEK : MICHAEL ERARD
The Dream Job Project
During times of massive cultural change, one of the casualties is what life of work one can aspire to achieve and create. Career paths, aspirations, and dream jobs once were stable things. Maybe they were bequeathed from mentors to students, from parents to children, only in some imagined golden age. But at least you could, in the span of your own career, set out on a path that would change little.READ MORE
CHARLES & RAY EAMES
India Report, April 1958
Fifty years ago the National lnstitute of Design was born in Ahmedabad India. Its backbone was a manifesto for design education developed and presented in April 1958 by Charles and Ray Eames.READ MORE
MICHELLE HAUSER
Finding Vivian Maier
In 2008, John Maloof purchased an anonymous body of photographic images at an auction in Chicago. After spending seven months reviewing the photographic material in his possession, he found written, almost illegibly on one of the sleeves of film, the name Vivian Maier.READ MORE
ALEXANDRA LANGE
Design Blogs: The Vacuum of Enthusiasm
When the grid of 1,000 lampshades descended on the Oscar stage, minutes before the uncomfortable-making Best Actor appreciations (I had to mute), I thought, Yes! This is a fuggable design moment. I struggled to think of something funny to tweet about lampshades, decorators, Alec Baldwin after the show but @marklisanti beat me to it.READ MORE
RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED
Idea-ologyStanley Hainsworth
The Walls Are TalkingD. Heyse-Moore, G. Saunders, C. Woods & T. Keeble
Design and TruthRobert Grudin
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