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April 13th, 2010

Quote From The Road: April 13th

When: April 13th, 2:54 p.m.
Where: Standing outside the trailer in Stevens Point, WI

Fine arts student: “They tell us to ‘be good designers and get jobs,’ but not to ‘do good’ necessarily. It’s nice to know there’s something bigger.”

April 12th, 2010

Daily Postcard: April 12th

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Awesome tile mural on the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point campus

April 12th, 2010

Quote From The Road: April 12th

When: April 12th, 1:45 p.m.
Where: Standing outside the trailer in Stevens Point, WI

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point interior architecture professor: “They said ‘Parks are too hard to build,’ and yet, they build man-made islands!”
(on the need for a design revolution in Dubai)

April 11th, 2010

Quote From The Road: April 11th

When: April 11th, 12:11 p.m.
Where: In an article about Eames Demetrios

Unknown (Eames’ favorite quote): “I crave neither the power nor the glory but the task.”

April 11th, 2010

Daily Postcard: April 11th

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Stretchin’ our legs on a lazy Sunday

April 10th, 2010

Daily Postcard: April 10th

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SkyMall… This is why we need a Design Revolution. Unless you really really need a monogrammed steak brander (bottom left)?

April 10th, 2010

Quote From The Road: April 10th

When: April 10th, 5:21 p.m.
Where: On a plane from Chicago to Central Wisconsin

Passenger #1: “So, what do you do for a living?”
Passenger #2: “Computers.”
Passenger #1: “Me too!”
(End of conversation)

April 9th, 2010

Quote From The Road: April 9th

When: April 9th, 10:45 a.m.
Where: An educational funders conference in San Francisco (where I traveled to for 24 hrs)

Design thinker Arnold Wasserman: “I get concerned when I see too much congruence. Innovation doesn’t happen at the center of a community. It happens at the border. Let’s bring back the stuff beyond the border and nurture the crazy.”

April 9th, 2010

Daily Postcard: April 9th

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Sunrise over the San Francisco Bay (I’m in town for 24 hrs for an education conference)

April 8th, 2010

Daily Postcard: April 8th

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The beauty of rivets