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If dishwashers were Iphones
If dishwashers were Iphones mostlysignssomeportents: My latest Guardian column is design fiction in the form of an open letter from a dishwasher company whose kitchenware marketplace and Dish Rights Management system is under fire. * The Kitchen Store and Speckless Disher are the best dishwashing experience in the world Before the…
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Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecology’s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go under for everyone, irrespective…
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I wonder if it’s possible to create an art, a business, that’s more welcoming to the talented people we lose during the grind. I wonder if we can be honest about how difficult it is while also being supportive to those who struggle, instead of telling them to suck it up. The profession we’ve chosen…
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Not all hostages or prisoners evoke the same national outcry. Not all command the same price. And not all are slated for release. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which turned kidnapping and ransom negotiations into an efficient business and took hundreds of captives, held tiers of hostages. Celebrity hostages—including politician Ingrid Betancourt, who…
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nevver: Barista
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A middle-aged white man killed three Muslim college students today in Chapel Hill and not one mainstream media outlet has covered it.
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1109-83: Invisible Committee, Fuck Off, Google
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welcometobusinesstown: The Innovation Strategist uses a lot of post-it notes and empathy. And an Oxford comma. /
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FEATURE: ‘Crumbs’ – “The First Ever Ethiopian Post-Apocalyptic, Surreal, Sci-Fi Feature Length Film”
FEATURE: ‘Crumbs’ – “The First Ever Ethiopian Post-Apocalyptic, Surreal, Sci-Fi Feature Length Film” Check out the trailer for new feature film ‘Crumbs’. The film is directed by Miguel Llansó (a Spaniard based in Ethiopia) and is the first Ethiopian film of it’s kind, centred on a sci-fi romance. Shadow and Act say the film “tells…
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Most design schools are built around the idea that the higher the quality of your work, the greater your long-term success. But I believe something that’s fundamentally different. I believe that your long-term success is more of a reflection of the size of your network. Gary Chou, on the importance of social networks. I think…