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Posted by on Nov 6th, 2006 | 0 comments

Advanced cake cuttery

The American Mathematical Society has figured out that there is indeed a better way to cut a cake. Who do we call to get in on this kind of study anyhow? Just so you’re aware, they have dubbed the new cake cutting technique as “Surplus Procedure” and it will result in world peace and harmony – or a version there of. Sharing:
Posted by on Nov 5th, 2006 | 0 comments

The great disappearing Louis Sullivan

Its Louis Sullivan’s 150th birthday. Happy Birthday Louis. We celebrated this momentous year by destroying not one, not two, but three more of his buildings. Some people already know better and hope the rest of us learn to preserve our relatively short architectural history here in North...
Posted by on Nov 4th, 2006 | 1 comment

Steal Stainless Steel Style

So nowadays everyone is getting stainless steel kitchen appliances. It used to be that the stainless steel appliances were industrial grade in all respects but the look of durability has crept into the commercial sector and now its common to see consumer grade appliances mimicking the styling of their industrial counterparts. They still carry a fairly hefty price tag though. Now your problems are solved though since...
Posted by on Nov 4th, 2006 | 0 comments

Tex’t

Tex’t
Nestle has been brainstorming how to cash in on the whole user-controlled-media thing, the urban graffiti aesthetic, and text messaging trends. This is what they have subsequently come up with… the Tex’t bar. Look, you can write on the speech bubble with a marker and send a tex’t to a friend. Get it? Because its like tasty text messaging? Get...
Posted by on Oct 23rd, 2006 | 1 comment

The death of form (or Form follows finance)

John Kricfalusi has a pretty good write-up about the death of form and relates it specifically to children’s toys.  He compares toys from the 1960s to some contemporary examples. This direct comparison lets him draw conclusions about the nature and development of the forms and the intent to which they have been subject from conception through implementation.  He could have elaborated quite a bit more...
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