24th
September
2002
“The inspiration behind the new project, [Dave Stewart] explains fervently and at length, has been the complete failure of the entertainment industries — particularly the music business — to nurture talent. The creative industries are, he says, increasingly beset by corruption and rely, increasingly, on soulless corporate tactics that demolish talent and individuality just to boost short-term profits.”
posted in Creativity | Permalink |
24th
September
2002
“Over the years, HTML has only become bigger, never smaller, because new versions had to maintain backward compatibility. That’s about to change. On 5 August 2002, the first working draft of XHTML 2.0 was released and the big news is that backward compatibility has been dropped; the language can finally move on. So, what do you as a developer get in return? How about robust forms and events, a better way to look at frames and even hierarchical menus that don’t require massive amounts of JavaScript.”
posted in HTML/DHTML/XHTML | Permalink |
24th
September
2002
“…there is no better introduction to the chaotic nature of the [New York City] than its airports… ‘New York airports were among the most confusing in the world,’ said Paul Mijksenaar, the 57-year-old Dutch designer, who has been brought in by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to redo the obtuse airport signs… As an information designer, Mr. Mijksenaar’s specialty is taming chaos. Over the last two years, he has begun to turn the perplexing welter of signs at Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark into an orderly series of transitions that will ultimately replace more than 5,000 dated and confusing ones, easing the way for some 90 million travelers each year.”
posted in Information design | Permalink |
24th
September
2002
“Welcome the the Ziggy Stardust 30th Anniversary Site. Make sure to contribute your Ziggy Stardust memories, reflections, photos and imagery to be featured in this new site.”
posted in Music | Permalink |
24th
September
2002
“Can design change the world? I don’t pretend that social and political problems can be solved with technology, but tools, technologies, and techniques of communication can profoundly alter our relationship to the world, to power, and to each other. This Web log is a collection of notes on the built environment, graphic design, product design, architecure, the decisions we make, and the impact they have. It is an exploration and a work in progress.”
posted in Weblogs | Permalink |
