Archive for November, 2008

¡Talking Cholula!

Scratch, Tear, Build, Rebuild, and get Dirty: Patricia Cué’s escapade with students into Mexico

“Instant Messaging” was the name of the show that exhibited their capstone project: they own cell phones and use social-networking sites, dubbed themselves the “IM Generation” and me “IM Picante”.
Technology- and brand-savvy, this was a group of twenty design students that traded [...]

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Can Design Shape the Political Landscape?

Measuring the Power of the Visual.
This poster by Chaz Maviyane-Davies was the first to run in the 30 Reasons internet campaign. Mr. Maviyane-Davies is originally from Zimbabwe, and for more than two decades has taken on the issues of consumerism, health, nutrition, social responsibility, the environment and human rights.
Join us in evaluating the role of [...]

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

E Pluribus Unum

Or, Why I Voted for Barack Obama: Identity Politics for the 21st Century
I am a middle-aged white man, and I voted for Barack Obama. I did not vote for him because he was African-American, young and charismatic. I voted for him because he addressed the most difficult issues of our troubled time in a reasoned [...]

Sunday, November 16th, 2008