Dear New Orleans – A Benefit Album

2009 Snapshot of U.S. Energy Use by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory : TreeHugger

Visuals – Forms and Functions

beautiful book, reproduced for us. from the heller article in the NYT “This work,” Byrne continues, “has a greater aim than mere illustration; we do not introduce colors for the purpose of entertainment, or to amuse by certain combinations of tint and form, but to assist the mind in its researches after truth, to increase the facilities of instruction and to diffuse permanent knowledge.”

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Tribu Design

how did i miss this verner panton chair at ikea….? early 90s.

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stefan wewerka chair in Tribu-Design

in grad school i was first exposed to wewerka’s work. i was impressed by his re-use and re-fine methodology, whereby he took symmetrical chairs, cut, and recombined to create a new seating space that worked with the way people sat. beautiful and smart.

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