12
Jun
On the power of hair and semiotics.
Me at about 3 yrs old. Photo by my mom or one of my siblings, 1970-ish. Durango, Colorado.
Redheads are
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aesthetics
12
Jun
On what product designers can learn from the Velveteen Rabbit.
When Seth was little, one of his favorite audio stories was The Velveteen Rabbit, narrated by Meryl Streep and accompanied
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12
Jun
A design credo in seven words.
I took a few students on a quick field trip to MoMA on Saturday. I have a rule. The MoMA
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12
Jun
On pocket symphonies and ear candy.
I agree with Rob Walker: Radiolab is a beautiful thing. An experiment in auditory aesthetics (kind of Fluxus-y), its unique
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12
Jun
When you're in love with a beautiful dog.
Photos by Callie Neylan.
This is Mies, the younger of my two Weimaraners. To make a long story short, he
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12
Jun
How a pretty thing inspires me to write.
It’s always winter when I write. Beautiful, calm, soothing white winter.
As a child growing up in Colorado, there’
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12
Jun
On Kant, aesthetics, and consumption.
I’ve been bantering back and forth with designers about aesthetics in design, via this fascinating discussion. Someone suggested that
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12
Jun
Life is beautiful on public transportation.
When you think about it, we are all affordances.
The word “affordance” was originally invented by the perceptual psychologist J.
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12
Jun
On Pearl Jam and wedding rings.
It was agreed. We would wear platinum. A metal known for strength and permanence. The perfect metaphor for “’til death
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12
Jun
Gowalla begets meaning; meaning begets beauty.
After a morning interviewing bright, nervous Linehan Scholar candidates, I found this amazing mid-century modern furniture near campus. When I
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