rediscovering minoru yamasaki at docomomo_us and michigan modern.

minoru yamasaki, reynolds metals regional headquarters.

minoru yamasaki, north shore congregation israel.

minoru yamasaki, helen deroy auditorium, detroit.

minoru yamasaki, mcgregor memorial centre, detroit.

minoru yamasaki, one woodward avenue, detroit.

explorations in indexing.

* bad photographs of beautiful, internally-lit explanatory display panels at the AGO

now here.

running hot and cold.

the 1912 stockholm techniques for falling elegantly into water.

17 years ago, the internet was grey.

i486.

the korean hyper-matrix.

Lastly–and please remember that my role in the studio is primarily boss, not teacher–students lately seem to have a sense of entitlement that has no place in reality. Design is, in many ways, a tougher profession than, say, law or medicine since it has far fewer opportunities, lower pay, and a far murkier career path. Young designers tend to approach their first jobs as “extended education” with me, the principal, assigned to promote their career, rather than deliver projects to clients.

reflected archaeology, tonico lemos auad

we need new landscapes, together with new cities. we need new structures for our behaviours - and that is design. we have enough things.
the unspectacular things are the important things.

windows 8, you just might win us back.
or finally force apple to drop the stitched leather and green felt UI flair.

mirror, mirror.

less glamour here.

no glamour here.

pinochet's women.

your narrator was the best part.

The web is not, despite the desires of so many, a publishing medium. The web is a customer service medium. “Intense moderation” in a customer service medium is what “editing” was for publishing.
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Create a service experience around what you publish and sell. Whatever “customer service” means when it comes to books and authors, figure it out and do it. Do it in partnership with your readers. Turn your readers into members. Not visitors, not subscribers; you want members. And then don't just consult them, but give them tools to consult amongst themselves. These things are cheap and easy now if you hire one or two smart people instead of a large consultancy. Define what the boundaries are in your community and punish transgressors without fear of losing a sale. Then, if your product is good, you'll sell things.
wwic.

inge druckrey x tufte