November 2010
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“I don’t know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors...”
– Bruce Springsteen, interviewed by Ed Norton on NPR
“I don’t know if I’m quite ready to give UO a pat on the back for pulling a fast...”
– SEBASTIAN
I don’t know who exactly designed this, but I will say that I have met the Creative Director for Anthropologie, and he was absolutely stringent about that brand. Every little tiny aspect of anything that goes into the stores or on the website or into email campaigns is designed and...
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WatchAaron Huey: America’s native prisoners of war
The last chapter of any successful genocide is one in which the oppressor can remove their hands and say, “My god, what are these people doing to themselves? They’re killing each other. They’re killing themselves.” While we watch them die.
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As removed as we, the dominant society, may feel from a massacre in...
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“Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer (via beenthinking)
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Watch“I think reckless curiosity is what the world really needs now.”
—Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s one-man orchestra of the imagination | Video on TED.com
“The baby seems to act like a heart-softening magnet. No one fully understands...”
– Fighting Bullying With Babies - NYTimes.com
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My muffin top is all that. Whole grain Low fat I...
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Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, NC, to teach a bold new class called Studio H — a design-build elective for high schoolers that engages students’ minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state. (Emily Pilloton: Teaching design for change)
I love the concept of turning “shop class” into a...
