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curated by sierra gonzalez 

Changing the Change

http://www.allemandi.com/cp/ctc/list.php

A series of papers and presentations from Changing the Change, “a design research conference with a strong and ambitious political goal: to focus on the design research potentialities in the transition towards a sustainable knowledge society; to show that these potentialities exist and can be found in all the design application fields (from products to communication, from interiors to services, from ITC to crafts, from medical devices to fashion) and in all the regions of the world (from the most mature industrial societies to the emerging ones).”

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Gizmodo goes to LEGO

http://gizmodo.com/5022769/exclusive-inside-the-lego-factory

A series of behind-the-scenes videos of the LEGO factory. (I am so jealous.)

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Font Conference [College Humor]

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Making the New MADhouse

http://www.americancraftmag.org/article.php?id=5060

The reasoning and manufacturing methods behind the new exterior of the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan [American Craft]

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Type is Art : An Interactive Exploration of the Typographic Form:

All letterforms are composed of 21 distinct parts. Most commonly these parts combine to form the characters of our alphabet. Type is Art allows for experimentation of forms beyond this typical character set.


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Mixing Authentic Pieces with Knock-Offs?

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look/mixing-authentic-pieces-with-knockoff...

The comments left on this Apartment Therapy: LA item reflect general acceptance of knock-offs: cost, style, and distance from the original trump concerns over intellectual property and authenticity.

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Alphaville Sues Knoll Over Mies van der Rohe Furniture Designs

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/alphaville-sues-knoll-over-mies/story.a...

Fremont-based retailer Alphaville claims that van der Rohe’s the designs for “Barcelona” furniture line are in the public domain and that Knoll has no exclusive rights to the designs.

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Everyday objects star as ingredients in the stop-motion short Western Spaghetti by PES (via PESfilm)

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When Advertisers Borrow Imagery From Artists

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/arts/design/13fine.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=...

“In recent years a number of advertising campaigns have seemed to draw their inspiration directly from high-profile works of contemporary art. And the artists who believe their images and ideas have been appropriated are not happy about it.” [NYTimes]

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Design is about creating spaces for people to enjoy and of course, creating moments where you elevate the spirit, but design for good is figuring out a program that not only creates better spaces, but creates jobs, creates new industry and really kind of raises the conversation about how we rebuild.

Cameron Sinclair, co-funder of Architecture for Humanity [CNN.com]

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