This week I wrote a post about Cameron Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity. In and amongst all the discussion at and about Design Currency – now a week and a half ago – there is one talk that stands out for me. And it is not to do with the way it was said, or […]
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darkness falls
somewhere near shannon falls, squamish.
Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design
This past week was Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design, an installment of Icograda’s world-wide Design Week series. This was a multidisciplinary design conference – there were speakers that had backgrounds in business, education, marketing, advertising, industrial design, journalism, city planning, consulting, strategy, and much more. I’ve written a number of posts on defining […]
sweet deal
a sweet deal on an oil diffuser led to a trip to silk road for some jasmine oil.
emergency decision making, made easy
Thank you Royal Roads.
my new tree
Here is a tree. It now lives in the same place as I do – it just moved in earlier this week. It enjoys watching television and basking in sunlight. This kind of tree is referred to as a Pony Tail Palm Tree. In other plant-related minutiae, I have either killed or extended the life […]
Interview with David Bain
If Victoria’s seemed more fun and interesting at night recently, there’s a good reason why. David Bain from Surge Ahead Productions leads the charge of a new generation of promoters who are bringing diversity, meaning, and excitement to the Capital City when the round lights come on after dusk. I sat down with David recently […]
Design Currency update
My blogging is all over the place – I realize that some of it isn’t quite right for the audience here, but this is also my own archive so deal with it ;). This is what I posted last night on www.gdc.net: Say what you will about the value of design, but one thing is […]
photographer war
Competition is tough – Vladimir from Vphotography.ca catches Xavier from XaVier Photography by surprise and takes him down during a Sunset Collaborations photo shoot. Eye witnesses at the scene said the scuffle was over the unauthorized use of the uppercase letter “V” by XaVier. Neither party were available for comment when contacted via Facebook Chat.