Despite the woes of the last decade, there is still plenty to be thankful for.  Take some time today to remember who and what those are to you.  Happy Thanksgiving!

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Dieter Rams, the German designer responsible for much of the early success of the Braun company, is famous for his list of ten design principles.  They espouse not only minimalist values but also reinforce that design is about human problem solving.  I really love this list. * Good design is innovative * Good design makes [...]

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Inspired by a similar post by a friend of mine. 1. What is your name? 2. What is your favorite food? 3. What is your hometown? 4. What is your favorite color? 5. What is your favorite movie? 6. What is your favorite drink? 7. What is your dream vacation? 8. What is your favorite [...]

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It was our first apartment in the city.  Complete with wonderful views of the urban life below, it offered a perfect introduction to what life in a metropolis is all about.  More importantly, it was the first place we transformed from an empty shell to a truly livable space, one in which everything in it [...]

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Usually I’m the last to go to bed in the household.  Late nights spent reading have long been a personal habit, but over the course of the last year many of those evenings have seen a common theme: design.  Taking in as much information as I could get my hands on about the ins and [...]

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Like most people, my new year celebration consists of making ambitious resolutions that are promptly forgotten upon the return to the office and the routine.  This is the year I’ll get fit you mistakenly tell yourself. As a means to embrace such ephemeral motivation and turn it into something tangible, I look backward instead of [...]

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