Design Ethos: A Bugle of Change

For too long now the ethos of graphic design — the fundamental sentiment that guides the practice of design and the activities of designers — has been understood as a link between suppliers and consumers. It's time to change that view.
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KAOMI GOETZ

The Utility Collective

Look around you. Let your eyes rest on the first object you see. Do you know how it was made, and where? The answer is most likely no. And up until a few years ago, it might even have been followed with a “Who cares?” or “Who cares as-long-as-it’s-cheap?”
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Getting In with the Ingot Crowd

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JADE DRESSLER

Degrees of Temporary

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Renewing the Riverfront

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FEATURED THIS WEEK : JOHN WATERS Design Ethos: A Bugle of Change For too long now the ethos of graphic design — the fundamental sentiment that guides the practice of design and the activities of designers — has been understood as a link between suppliers and consumers. It's time to change that view. READ MORE
KAOMI GOETZ The Utility Collective Look around you. Let your eyes rest on the first object you see. Do you know how it was made, and where? The answer is most likely no. And up until a few years ago, it might even have been followed with a “Who cares?” or “Who cares as-long-as-it’s-cheap?” READ MORE PHOTO BY ABELARDO MORELL Getting In with the Ingot Crowd 39 Gold Bars: $15,372,742 (11 AM/GMT-3/13/08): $988.25/oz Zurich, Switzerland, 2008. READ MORE JADE DRESSLER Degrees of Temporary "AMAZElab is a nonprofit organization that focuses on cultural production and social engineering. Mobility, migration, memory, borders, new geographies, the Mediterranean area and the Middle East, the public sphere and sustainability are our areas of interest. We collaborate with national and international institutions to explore territorial and social change." READ MORE JANE MARGOLIES Renewing the Riverfront There may be places in this country where top-down Robert Moses–style experts-know-best planning is still alive and well, but Brattleboro, Vermont, is most definitely not one of them. READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER CHANGE OBSERVER: PROJECT ARCHIVE One World Futbol Report on One World Futbol produced by Hope Is a Game-Changer. READ MORE UPCOMING CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 04, 2010 International Design & Emotions Conference Sponsored by the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Design & Emotion Society, this biannual forum is where practitioners, researchers and industry leaders meet and exchange knowledge and insights concerning the cross-disciplinary field of design and emotion. The conference will offer workshops, research paper presentations, design case presentations, and poster presentations. Other Resources Academic Programs >> Competitions >> Conferences & Events >> Fellowships & Prizes >> Organizations >> Programs & Initiatives >> Publications & Websites >> Social Networks >> RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED Design Driven Innovation: Changing the Rules of Competition by Radically Innovating What Things Mean Roberto Verganti Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model John Mullins & Randy Komisar A Fine Line: How Design Strategies Are Shaping the Future of Business Hartmut Esslinger
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