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Book Review: Long Now, Works in Progress

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Book Reviews | No Comments »

This small book is about a big subject: the history of a 10,000 Year clock–its concept, its sponsors, its makers, and the evolution of its design.

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Book Review: The Designer’s Atlas by Ann Thorpe

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Book Reviews, Designer Activism | 1 Comment »

The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability is about how design in all fields can move toward the goals of sustainability; the integration of information about design and sustainability rewards users with a rich range of ideas, concepts, and facts presented in a sophisticated format that is itself thought-provoking. As with other kinds of atlases, the varied text does not converge on one conclusion. Rather, readers take what they need to make their own.

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