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Comment on Dum Tacet Clamat by Laura Simpson

Laura Simpson — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:24:26 +0000

Dear Historians, Fancy writing on Christmas Day! My small boy has just given me ” a necklace with a medal for Mom” something he bought at a local junk shop with his limited pocket money. Not knowing what it was I simply typed in the motto on the medal to see what it meant. One has to smile, it is a Woodman of the World medal and the “fancy rope” as my son calls it. is someones hair!!!!! I realise now it was a gentlemans watch chain. Is the company American and the watch chain has simply ended up in Australia?

Comment on The end of consumer culture? by tl

tl — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:41:38 +0000

Tibor Kalman and at least one of his disciples, Sagmeister have wrestled with the foibles of material culture as designers and empathic human beings. Their writings and musings are inspirational. Their practice of using client fees and brands to do good in the world with their work is a path to consider for anyone trying to resolve the conflict between commerce and conscience.

Comment on Design, Authenticity, Innovation by Vone Bowly

Vone Bowly — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:54 +0000

Would love to obtain a copy of the Pilgrim’s Progress Map you have on your website – do you know where I can get a copy ?

Comment on The Old Cemetery is Dying by landy villalobos

landy villalobos — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:07:23 +0000

i use to work there with my grandfather lupe carlin

Comment on Dum Tacet Clamat by Jim Davenport

Jim Davenport — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:44:35 +0000

Just a slight correction to the comment by Glen Moultrie. The Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Company is still ‘alive and well’ and has been since the Woodmen of the World was established in 1890. They were one of the insurance companies that made it thru the depression years without ‘folding’.

Jim Davenport

Comment on Dum Tacet Clamat by Glen Moultrie

Glen Moultrie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:31:54 +0000

In looking through old cemetaries in Alabama I find many Woodman of the World upright tombstones. They all have Dum Tacet Clamat. I believe that was an insurance company which went belley up and a lot of prople lost precious money. The company was in ill repute from then on. Glen Moultrie

Comment on Cohousing hits RiNo by Sara Bucaro

Sara Bucaro — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:27:51 +0000

I’m interested in living in coHousing in the Denver area. I will be needing a place after Dec, 2009. Any info. to share? What will be the price range of the homes?

Thanks, Sara 719-320-1400

Comment on Colorado Parkour by thomas

thomas — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:10:16 +0000

sebastien foucan is one of the original second generation founders of parkour! i know that sound stupid but their parents came up with it and they didn’t come up with it as a sport they came up with it as a different ways…look it up smart guy

Comment on Denver Urban Forest by richwicks

richwicks — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:23:30 +0000

If a “fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees”, you must also conclude that a wise man sees not the same tree a fool sees.

This begs the question of who the fool and wise man might be.

Take Damien Hirst for example. Large animals in vats of formaldehyde. Had such work been done in Rome, would the Louvre today contain a 2000 year old dead animal in a glass case?

If Jackson Pollock splattered paint on a canvas during the Renaissance would the results be in every art history book?

Has it taken a world of 6 billion people to produce enough wise men to purchase this artwork, or has it taken 6 billion people to find the unlikely combination of wealth, a fashion victim sense of high culture, and plain good old fashioned foolishness to create this market?

It seems to me that the crowning achievement of our age is that even tastelessness has become a high art form right down to pink inflatable bunnies posed in front of mirrors. Ah. Kulture and sophistication, derived from the word “sophism” of course.

Comment on “what if?” design by Hugh Graham Creative » Blog Archive » Design Strategy: An Overview

Hugh Graham Creative » Blog Archive » Design Strategy: An Overview — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:30:20 +0000

[...] I’ve mentioned previously in a posting on “What If” Design, design strategy is an approach that uses a combination of research and generative approaches to [...]