HangBoard Hangs On
The HangBoard project continues to hang on… a new user manual has recently been added to the offerings at hangboard.ca and there are other minor additions or changes to the site. The YouTube videos continue to rack up views and comments. Are you still intrigued by the...Designer: Paul MacCready
Paul MacCready is one of the most creative and inventive designers I know. Well, I don’t know him personally, but I know of some of his projects, and one of my favorite stories is his leadership of the development of the human powered aircraft in the Gossamer...Paola Antonelli: Design and the Elastic Mind
Paola Antonelli offers some interesting insights and perspectives on design, and the way designers work, and see the world. If you have 17:40 to spare, check it out… Paola Antonelli: Design and the elastic mind. In her own words, she hopes “the...Those DAM Tools
Digital Asset Management (DAM) tools are an emerging category of software made for manipulating collections of rich media files. Rich media file types can include photos, illustrations, video, audio, fonts, and desktop publishing files from applications such as Adobe...The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
This exceptional video story has been online for several months, but it takes on new meaning in light of the current financial distress here in North America. Ms. Leonard has a particularly clear take on the system of consumption that is gobbling up our resources at an astounding rate. This has broad implications for our society, and especially for the field of design.