Monthly Archives: November 2007

Meaning and its Disappearance

We’ve been looking a lot recently at methods of design, and how designers come to invent. Dick Buchanan talked to us yesterday about ‘topics’ (in the Aristotelian sense), and how (good) designers use topics, or placements, to escape the shackles of meaning. As an example, if I say ‘book,’ you will probably form a rather

Random Photo

I was digging through files from the summer and came across this photo I took while hiking with my friend Matt. I personally think this is the most beautiful and stimulating piece of wood I’ve ever seen.

Long time, no blog

So, I’ve obviously been pretty lazy about updating the old blog here. The truth is that I’ve been so ridiculously busy that I simply haven’t had time (I prioritize sleep over blogging, and I barely sleep so…). Anyway, I’ve completed several projects that I was pretty happy with, and would put them up here, but