November 2010
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WatchDESIGN MATTERS: what can it do for patient care?
UK’s CircleBath wants to change hospitals and how we know them. Founded on co-design, the physicians, staff all had a hand in it’s design. Purposely designed to support relaxation, because relaxation supports healing. Wayfinding is simplified to a level that makes signage almost nonexistent. No metrics required to verify it’s thesis, experience...
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WILLY WONKA: the wondrous economic ride
a.k.a. the pundit song
Round the world and home again That’s the sailor’s way Faster faster, faster faster There’s no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There’s no knowing where we’re rowing Or which way the river’s flowing Is it raining, is it snowing Is a hurricane a-blowing Not a speck of light is...
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WatchINSPIRATION: thirty conversations on design
They asked 30 of the world’s most creative professionals two questions: “What single example of design inspires you most?” and “What problem should design solve next?” Watch all thirty @ thirty conversations on design
WatchAQUAPONICS: milwaukee style
MSNBC Our Planet visits Sweetwater Organics. A vision made tangible for our children.
Save Newsweek.com: A Defense of Newsweek.com →
savenewsweekdotcom:
It’s always nice to wake up and find out in the Times that your job is doomed. As they put it on Saturday morning, quoting the new CEO of the so-called Newsweek Daily Beast Company, Stephen Colvin: “Newsweek.com will cease to exist after the merger, and anyone who types the URL into their…
WatchA SPACE FOR CREATIVITY: where good ideas come from
Steve Johnson in his new book Where Ideas Come From debunks the lone genious in is personal “lab”. I hope people take note and begin to see the light. Collaboration, Design Thinking, Empathy……
Open Innovation!
“If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.” - Isaac Newton
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