Lately I’ve been missing the old sense of wonder and enthusiasm I once had for the future. It seems to be a natural development in the life cycle: it was easier to get excited “when I didn’t know any better,” or hadn’t “seen it all before.” I’ve been able to get some leverage on that [...]
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Education and architecture may be my two favourite fields to trespass into (after philosophy, economics, journalism, management…) and right now there are a couple of interesting pieces from Metropolis Magazine that combine them. The short one is “IDEO’s Ten Tips for Creating a 21st Century Classroom Experience.” Anyone familiar with John Dewey’s progressive theories will recognize most of the [...]
I’m going to go through this a lot quicker than the subject maybe deserves; it won’t be as comprehensive or straightforward as the title suggests. Anyways, this post is part of an ongoing series… It’s that… the whole point is this isn’t something to be settled on, but something that continuously unfolds or emerges through life [...]
Last night I found a post by David Armano about a recent Bob Jacobson speech, promoting a new approach to Information Design: “Designing for Experience.” [links to these are below] As I’ve said elsewhere, there’s not much fundamentally new about these ideas. We can save ourselves from endless theoretical wrangling if we invest a little [...]
