*wooden spoons & springtime . . .

a homage to skilled, hand-crafting makers everywhere; among others, kevin henry, sven björn brandelius & georg milde (who also has a birthday today) . . .

300 years of industrial design: function, form, technique | isbn: 0-7136-5038-9 adrian heath, ditte heath & aage lund jensen. in this book, the authors give a clear picture of […]

who would say that pleasure is not useful ?

Charles Eames was once engaged in a filmed interview with a French critic. The exchange illuminated design issues so vividly that, Herman Miller reprinted the interview as a special flyer . . .

* Reprinted here again, Eames’ views are no less provocative today than they were more than twenty-five years ago . . . 

French […]

cartoonists robert crumb & . . .

an excerpt from dan nadel’s website & his new book | crumb: a cartoonist’s life

robert crumb is often credited with single-handedly transforming the comics medium into a place for adult expression, in the process pioneering the underground comic book industry, and transforming the vernacular language of 20th-century america into an instantly recognizable and popular aesthetic, […]

his nickname was nick . . .

his nickname was nick, given to him by his students at ohio state university . . .

hans albrecht “nick” roericht | *november 15, 1932 †december 8, 2025 |,was a german product designer & educator . . .

roericht | designers as a species of hunters & gatherers . . .

vessel breaking déjà vu . . .

first they came for the communists & i did not speak out, because i was not a communist . . .

then they came for the socialists & i did not speak out, because I was not a socialist . . .

then they came for the trade unionists & i did not speak out, because […]

ziggy stardust | the v&a . . .

ny times | what was behind david bowie’s genius ? his archive . . .

when david bowie died in 2016, he left an archive of about 90,000 items, carefully cataloged & boxed. they are now at home at the a vast warehouse in east london hackney wick, stratford; the david bowie centre . […]

tim hunkin & the secret life . . .

a tim hunkin video, remastered from the original pal tape from 1987, about the secret life of washing machines . . .

tim hunkin | the secret life of washing machines

tim hunkin’s mark-making bicycle . . . 
tim hunkin’s website . . . 

shakers | a world in the making . . .

the shakers & the vitra design museum exhibit . . .

the invention of the oloid & . . .

the invention of the oloid & paul schatz . . . 

the world can be turned inside out, the world has rhythm. this perspective from thesculptor, technician & inventor paul schatz |*1898 †1979| offers a new perceptionof geometry, three-dimensional space, & mechanical engineering. schatz made thediscovery that the five regular, platonic bodies are invertible & moveable. […]

iconography | symbols of religion

• an excerpt: religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. it is the opium of the people . . .

karl marx […]