notes, week of 1 and 3 December

 
Nate, Paige and May install their work for senior show.
 

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A 38-Point Design Manifesto

1. Style Sucks. Leave your attitude behind.
2. Raw is Beautiful. It demands and commands attention to process.
3. Seeing from Below. Kill the top down view and start building new grounds, platforms, and supports for others to succeed and for life to grow.
4. Flow, not Form. Effects and impacts are what matter most.
5. Systems, not style...

and so on... at nodesignonstolen.land

read through to end, where there's a kind of colophon / explanation.

They tweet @lowlowtide

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Nude emblems (re: Adam's missing-image pages) —

German philosopher, theologian and physician Nicolaus Taurellus (1547-1606), his Emblemata Physico Ethica (1595). See description by peacay at BibliOdyssey (published 2005).

The entirety can be seen here (scroll down for the "blank emblem" pages).

aside —
peacay / bibliodyssey appears to be no longer active, but the blog was wonderful in its heyday —
Bibliodyssey;
also at tumblr and
flickr

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Changing Paradigms: Designing for a Sustainable Future
Peter Stebbing and Ursula Tischner, eds.
Cumulus Think Tank, Publication No 1 pdf
Cumulus Association (about)