If design’s great project in the 20th century was democratization of consumption—that was Henry Ford, Levittown, Coca-Cola, IKEA—I think design’s great project in the 21st century is the democratization of production.~ From Alastair Parvin’s Ted Talk “Architecture for the people by the people”.
It’s Friday, so enjoy these owls hoo will list “27 Delightful Obsolete Words” for your linguistic and viewing pleasure.
Slang is humans’ linguistic creativity at work, not linguistic corruption.~ From the article “Slash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark anymore” by professor of English, Anne Curzan.
It’s a windows wide open kind of day at #IKEA #ICOM #creativehub
We also undertake commissions, so unless your company does something utterly abhorrent, we would be very happy to work with you.~ Favourite corporate copy of the day, care of Herb Lester.
Sov gott. Sleep tight. #SiestaMan