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08 Apr 2008 0745H

On “Chinese Design Everyday”

Is there such a thing as Chinese design?
Of course there is design produced by Chinese, either Americans of Chinese descent or Chinese in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, or Singapore. That is Chinese design after a fashion. But is there a vernacular we can call Chinese design? What makes it so?
I would aver, as the exhibit [...]

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28 Mar 2008 2027H

At last it’s come to this

With nothing more about the candidates to discuss, and, after the Diddy/Tupac fiasco, certainly no capability to discuss, the LA Times is focusing on the typefaces of the candidates’ campaigns. 

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15 Jan 2008 1319H

Macworld ‘08; Starbucks; Good to Great

No telling what’ll happen this week. Movie rentals on the iTunes Store? Eh. Would put a cork in the non-debate that is HD-DVD vs. Blu Ray, since frankly people are bypassing it all via direct downloads off P2P networks. So, if it ain’t broke, why fix it? I’d like to see iPhone rolled out to [...]

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10 Jan 2008 0931H

the Tata People’s Car

I’ve talked a lot about cars here in the past, mostly small cars, and how cars represent a design challenge because of their impact on the environment and users and usage contexts and the like. So, by now people probably have heard all about Tata Motors’ bargain basement car, Rp1 lakh/$2500, comes with nothing but [...]

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