Category: words

  • April 27, 2011 While university libraries have taken on numerous functions over the years, such as serving as places for students to study, meet with others, and interact with technology, one component that has always been central to their mission has been housing books. But plans at the University of Denver to permanently move four-fifths…

  • April 27, 2011 While university libraries have taken on numerous functions over the years, such as serving as places for students to study, meet with others, and interact with technology, one component that has always been central to their mission has been housing books. But plans at the University of Denver to permanently move four-fifths…

  • bookmobility: According to Inside Higher Ed, the University of Denver’s Penrose Library (its stacks are pictured above) is poised to make a mistake, much like the one at the Newport Beach Public Library which I wrote about a few weeks ago. From the story: But plans at the University of Denver to permanently move four-fifths…

  • bookmobility: According to Inside Higher Ed, the University of Denver’s Penrose Library (its stacks are pictured above) is poised to make a mistake, much like the one at the Newport Beach Public Library which I wrote about a few weeks ago. From the story: But plans at the University of Denver to permanently move four-fifths…

  • (via 20 Most Useless Degrees – Galleries – The Daily Beast) Click through for slide show. Art has no less than three slots in this list. Some of the others may surprise.

  • (via 20 Most Useless Degrees – Galleries – The Daily Beast) Click through for slide show. Art has no less than three slots in this list. Some of the others may surprise.

  • Building Adaptive Capacity: Towards a Design for Sustainability 3.0, by Michael Sammet As social, economic and ecological conditions continue to worsen and with the increasing sophistication and connectivity of information technology and social media, design for sustainability is now moving towards a new qualitatively different area of exploration: designing to build adaptive capacity.

  • Building Adaptive Capacity: Towards a Design for Sustainability 3.0, by Michael Sammet As social, economic and ecological conditions continue to worsen and with the increasing sophistication and connectivity of information technology and social media, design for sustainability is now moving towards a new qualitatively different area of exploration: designing to build adaptive capacity.

  • bmdesign: Found this little doozy while going through some old presentations from the pre-BMD Love Blog days: Bob Levinson’s infamous Do This Or Die ad. Direct, honest, smart, no bullshit. The text from the ad has been copied below. Is this ad some kind of trick? No. But it could have been. And at exactly that point…

  • bmdesign: Found this little doozy while going through some old presentations from the pre-BMD Love Blog days: Bob Levinson’s infamous Do This Or Die ad. Direct, honest, smart, no bullshit. The text from the ad has been copied below. Is this ad some kind of trick? No. But it could have been. And at exactly that point…