On design labs.

In case you’re wondering, I took a little haitus to migrate my blog from Typepad to WordPress. You’ll note the new design, which I’ll be tinkering with for a while until I get it how I like it: Typekit. Hellooooo! I’m using Khoi Vinh’s Basic Maths template. I also downloaded the template from iA, which is a little cleaner and more open, but I decided to go with Basic Maths because it feels a little more robust and functional to me.

Anyway….

I’m thinking about design labs, lately. I’ll tell you why later. But here’s a list I’ve started:

• The Bauhaus
• Basel
• Rural Studio
• Project M
• Project H
• Studio H
• Stanford’s d:School (they just moved in to a new building, by the way)
• MIT Design Lab
• PieLab
• Helsinki Design Lab
• Popular Science Gallery of Design Labs

I’m really interested in the effects of design labs on the communities in which they’re functioning and how they tie in to the writings of my favorite urbanist, Richard Florida. To be explored….