Innovative persuasion

Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2009 by db

]Piano Stairs  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw]

Unpacking My Library: the pleasure of the libraries of others.

Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 by db

The exhibit and the book.  Urban Center Books has the exhibit and Yale University Press has just published the October release book entitled Unpacking My Library – Architects and Their Books, edited by Jo Steffens and featuring an essay by Walter Benjamin of which this is a brief excerpt: 

 “I am unpacking my library. Yes, I am. . . . Be ready to share with me a bit of the mood –  it is certainly not an elegiac mood but, rather, one of anticipation – which these books arouse in a genuine collector. . . . What I am really concerned with is giving you some insight into the relationship of a book collector to his possessions, into collecting rather than a collection.” – Walter Benjamin, 1931

Simply Sustainable Blog

Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2009 by db

Simply Sustainable Blog follows a editorial project that invites contributions from the public regarding their experiences in sustainable living. Some of these ideas will be published in an upcoming book of the same title.

Layton, the Montreal Book Fair and Dust Jacket of the Week | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS

Posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2009 by db

A library without the books – The Boston Globe

Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2009 by db

Guerrilla designers

Posted in Urban Spaces, design with tags , , on July 15, 2009 by db

From Guerrilla Typography designer Cardon Webb is tarting up the neighbourhood:

“Cardon Copy, takes the vernacular of self-distributed fliers and tear-offs we have all seen in our neighborhoods. It involves hijacking these unconsidered fliers and redesigning them, over powering their message with a new visual language. I then replace the original with the redesign in its authentic environment.”

From The Curator|In Praise of Bryant Park

Posted in Uncategorized on July 12, 2009 by db

The Curator | In Praise of Bryant Park

Transforming urban spaces makes me hopeful.

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Childrens’ department Ordrup Bibliotek Grand Opening day 26th August 2008

Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2009 by db

Childrens’ deparment Ordrup Bibliotek Grand Opening day 26.th August 2008

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This children’s library department asks you to PLAY!

The word is their bond

Posted in Urban Spaces with tags , , , on July 7, 2009 by db

From the Boston Globe a book group with a difference. Read From a rare friendship, a book club for the homeless is born and watch the video.

It’s five people in a book group, not 5,000 people fed, but it’s five people I can pull aside and talk to,” Tibbetts said

Logic+Emotion

Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2009 by db

Logic+Emotion

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A good site on the user experience.