July 2011
102 posts
The report shows that material conditions are fundamental to social cohesion,...
– http://bit.ly/oDKDkv
The third dimension refers to the positive interactions, exchanges and networks...
– Social cohesion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fetishising insights treats them as a thing, rather than a process, a way of...
– Stop Fetishising The Insight - Canalside View
I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you...
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via modernhepburn)
‘It’s the greatest, most intimidating and most condemnatory phrase...
– http://bit.ly/pMR6nO
Kitchens are old school. They’re not necessarily democracies, even if the...
– Pausing For Thought - Canalside View
Addiction is a serious disease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or...
– http://bit.ly/oOE6YE
The psychologists call it “deindividuation”. It’s what happens...
– http://bit.ly/n6CIAo
“Children need to encounter risks and overcome fears on the...
– http://nyti.ms/pzOta5
During my time, considerable savings have been made by serving only wine at...
– http://bit.ly/q388b5
There’s no equivalent to being the editor of The New Yorker in Canada, or being...
– http://bit.ly/pNHuoj
You will get whatever you get in life. Usually, it’s a mix of opportunity, luck,...
– http://bit.ly/pQy6IC
You have to work out what you believe in, and then you have to stick to it. It’s...
– About A Boy by Nick Hornby. (via songtopersona)
But why does beauty exist? To paraphrase Auden, beauty makes nothing happen....
– http://bit.ly/pkUYmw
Are pointy-toe shoes in? Is anything? As has been advanced before on this very...
– http://bit.ly/pZx7bm
ADRENALIN RUSH (by MTV WORLD DESIGN STUDIO)
Shame is also to do with social control. The powers-that-be saw that defence of...
– http://bbc.in/nc5TfT
At its best, shame reinforces social pressures like stigma and taboo to protect...
– BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Today, 18/07/2011, Thought for the Day - Clifford Longley
the architecture of Le Corbusier has been described as being largely...
– Gamasutra - Features - Designing Better Levels Through Human Survival Instincts
the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is often considered to be Refuge-based....
– Gamasutra - Features - Designing Better Levels Through Human Survival Instincts
As far as animals go, humans are pretty lame: we have no large claws or teeth...
– Gamasutra - Features - Designing Better Levels Through Human Survival Instincts
Architecture has for centuries revolved around creating human experiences...
– Gamasutra - Features - Designing Better Levels Through Human Survival Instincts
…The DIY trend is about consumers using new self-service brands to achieve and...
– http://bit.ly/nhXX9Y
Every print women’s magazine has been looking for the right way to enter the...
– http://onforb.es/orTDh5
By the end of the design process, a dress can be transformed into a veritable...
– http://on.wsj.com/o8MHGm
If you’ve ever experienced Google Reader, the web-based aggregator of RSS...
– http://bit.ly/r7u0my