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• Intersting or Strange
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• Design streams

  Thought this was a great find from LifeHacker, about the 2003 keynote by the author Neal Stephenson at USENIX. When he wrote his first novel it was on a "modern" typewriter with a plastic ribbon that would start jamming in Iowa’s July heat... Posted Aug 07 2008, 09:12 AM by rb.work Filed under: Design, Heroes, Intersting or Strange

• LEBBEUS WOODS on Lines

  Poetic entry on drawing from Lebbeus Woods. “Even though I am best known for my drawings, and have spent many years as a teacher of architects, I have never taught drawing. The reason is that each person who wants to draw should devise his or her... Posted May 06 2008, 05:21 PM by rb.work Filed under: Design, Heroes, visualization

• Braun vs. Apple - a little respect

  I have no problem with this article drawing some close comparisons between the work of Dieter Rams and the work of Jonathan Ive at Apple. It’s not blatant plagiarism, and the calculator in the iPhone already demonstrated that the respect was there... Posted Jan 18 2008, 06:56 AM by rb.work Filed under: Design, Heroes

• Paul Rand

  Grumpy old curmudgeon, aka design god (Monoscope) Some great Paul Rand quotes. “Don’t try and be original, just try to be good”. “To do things with quality. I think this is what in a big sense aesthetics means”. “Order... Posted Oct 25 2007, 09:29 AM by rb.work Filed under: Design, Heroes