http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/diy-design-it-yourself-edited-by-ellen-lupton/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:28:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/diy-design-it-yourself-edited-by-ellen-lupton/#comment-94256 Search Engine Optimization Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:08:55 +0000 http://www.notesondesign.net/design/diy-design-it-yourself-edited-by-ellen-lupton/#comment-94256 ive heard of this book. This is great. ive heard of this book. This is great.

]]> http://www.NotesOnDesign.net/inspiration/design/diy-design-it-yourself-edited-by-ellen-lupton/#comment-7200 Notes on Design » Blog Archive » Make Magazine: Revenge of the Nerds Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:26:29 +0000 http://www.notesondesign.net/design/diy-design-it-yourself-edited-by-ellen-lupton/#comment-7200 [...] Technically, it’s not a design rag. But, as we know from previous posts, DIY has been experiencing a recent valorization on the design scene, and, really, what creative maker—from illustrator to web designer—can resist the temptation of solving ‘multiple global problems at once when you make your own sandals from an old tire’ (p. 40)? The themes, language and materials (OK, not the tires, but the rest) reference a community that spends most of its time working with computer technology, and so might have equal interest in how to use Google’s new free drawing tool SketchUp, as in how to make their own Desktop Paper Caddy out of wondermaterial ABS* (pp. 123 and 101). If, like O’Reilly himself claims in his piece ‘News from the Future’ (p. 13), hardware is the new software when it comes to innovation—largely because prototype production is easier and cheaper than ever before—then the projects featured in Make might not simply be for weekend hobbyists and inventive shop guys. Pulling your creativity into a third dimension is a good way to stretch yourself beyond the boundaries of the computer screen. [...] [...] Technically, it’s not a design rag. But, as we know from previous posts, DIY has been experiencing a recent valorization on the design scene, and, really, what creative maker—from illustrator to web designer—can resist the temptation of solving ‘multiple global problems at once when you make your own sandals from an old tire’ (p. 40)? The themes, language and materials (OK, not the tires, but the rest) reference a community that spends most of its time working with computer technology, and so might have equal interest in how to use Google’s new free drawing tool SketchUp, as in how to make their own Desktop Paper Caddy out of wondermaterial ABS* (pp. 123 and 101). If, like O’Reilly himself claims in his piece ‘News from the Future’ (p. 13), hardware is the new software when it comes to innovation—largely because prototype production is easier and cheaper than ever before—then the projects featured in Make might not simply be for weekend hobbyists and inventive shop guys. Pulling your creativity into a third dimension is a good way to stretch yourself beyond the boundaries of the computer screen. [...]

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