about this site
sierra gonzalez holds degrees in product design and design history. she has worked as a handbag designer, a window trimmer, and at museums in new york and san francisco.
topics of interest
- museums | museums and technology : theories and practices in education, collecting, and curating : commercial concerns and influences at modern institutions
- product design | modern, sustainable, and innovative design : contemporary trompe-l’œil and concetto concepts : re-imagining iconic designs : design for social impact
- design history, theory, and practice | definitions of “good” design : design and innovation in business practices : design and anthropology, ethnography, and psychology
- design education | K-12 design curriculum : design education v. consumer education
web sources
- Design Observer
- John Thackera’s Doors of Perception
- Social Design Notes: Design + Activism
- Design Writing Criticism
- Culture Grrl
- Coudal Partners
- Ideas on Ideas
- Noah Brier
- Seth Godin
- Green Activism
- Treehugger
- A Brief Message
- Virginia Postrel
- Rob Walker’s Murketing
- Grant McCracken
- BLDGBLOG
- Slate Magazine Architecture
- Tropolism
- SVA Design Criticism blog
- Our (and Your) RISD
- Stanford d.school
- Powerhouse Museum blog
- SFMoMA’s Open Space
- Ambidextrous
- Dwell blog
- Fulcrum
- GOOD
- Things Magazine
- Three Layer Cake
- Bruce Nussbaum
- Alison Arieff’s New York Times blog
- Museumatic
- Nina Simon’s Museum 2.0
- Cool Hunting
- MocoLoco
- Debbie Millman
- DWR Blog
- DesignNotes by Michael Surtees
- Dezeen
- Inhabitat
- Land+Living
- Loud Paper
- Unbeige
- Diego Rodriguez’s metacool
- Noise Between Stations
- One Plus One Equals Three
- Jen Bekman’s Personism