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a new way of joke. funny virus... People talk, laugh in computer. Big parts of our lives are happening in computer. I think this life style is going to be more common in this world in 5-15 years.

Greg Lipari

Greg sells coffee in a mud truck in Saint Marks Place. (Greg is Erik's friend so we went to visit him, and we got free coffee.) He is from Suffern, New York. Just a week ago he become 24. He went to Manhattan College and taught in school for a while. He is studying education in master's program now, but he does not go to school for this semester. He said he is earning more money than when he was teaching in middle school in Bronx.

misogynistic ads

Some really strange advertising with women hating concept were considered to be good for printing. There are examples from 1920's to 1970's in Gatochy's blog. People in those time era thought these concept would make consumers buy their products? I can believe it!

I am not the only feeling paranoid one

I thought I get paranoid a lot, and that might be a big problem. However, the mental health Web site PsychCentral did study about paranoia with 200 volumteers and they found 40 percent experienced paranoid thoughts during wearing virtual reality headsets. After I found this news in The New York Times I felt more comfortable that I am not the only one.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/feeling-paranoid-youre-not-alone/

Etsy.com

One of my friends introduced me a website called Etsy. You can sell and buy artworks in this web site. There are many ways to organize products. (by color, time, location) Especially dividing by color was really cool.

http://www.etsy.com/index.php

Fuerza Bruta

I went to see this experimental show last Thursday. It was more than just show because audience has to be part of the show. That was new for me. It was fresh and enjoyable.

http://www.fuerzabruta.net/

Design Is Dead?

about "Design Is Dead. Philippe Starck Says So. Again." by Bruce Nussbaum

Former producer of materiality, Philippe Starck said, "...design is a dreadful form of expression…. In future there will be no more designers. The designers of the future will be the personal coach, the gym trainer, the diet consultant.” However, Bruce Nussbaum says "design is wonderfully alive and well—and evolving fast." As a design student I cannot more agree with him. I think that designing is giving new birth pretty much everything around us.
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2008/03/design_is_dead.html#more

Dialogue on Mixed Race

about "Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race" By MIREYA NAVARRO

"The 2000 Census counted 3.1 million interracial couples, or about 6 percent of married couples." Also, there are 7.3 million, 3 percent of Americans identifying themselves as mixed descent. However, people still tend to consider themselves as a member of one significant group, which treat them better than the other. For the question "which part of him was dominant", James McBride answered, “It’s like grabbing Jell-O.” This describes that mixed race are very difficult and complicated topic.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/us/politics/31race.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

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misdirection?

misdirection-IRENE PEREYRA

There were two great example of directions of people's attention. When we pay attention to one subject, it is easy to miss something else. Then, there comes a surprise!

http://irenepereyra.blogspot.com/2008/03/do-test.html

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Song: The In Crowd- Ramsey Lewis Trio
Human Language: bear ball
Human non-language: subway song
Machine: train
Electronic: tv without signal, sliding subway card
Animal: Cat

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Sun Min Cha

I met Sun Min Cha on Friday in the east village. She is my old friend Kyoung Hwan's girlfriend. Sun min is a florist. She lived in New York for 1 year then went back to Korea for a couple years to finish college, then came back just 3 months ago. She studied environmental design in college. She in preparing to get in to master's program in New York. Sun Min has a younger brother who is in army service in Korea. She said they are really close and she misses him a lot.

terrible tragic on east midtown

Yesterday, 22 stories tall crane collapsed on 51st Street and Second Avenue. This tragic killed several people and many people got injured. Also, it broke people's living places. The crane was building a tall building and the company had pushed to build too fast. This terrible accident should not happen again. I hope every body who fixing this place do not get hurt during procedure.



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/nyregion/16cnd-crane.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

my first T shirt

I changed the "I love NY" just for myself. It took long time to finish giving rebirth to the shirt. However, as a result, I got the only "I love NY" shirt. haha.

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Zyrtec logo

I saw the Zyrtec commercial on TV the other day. I think it is horrible logo, because it made me think of detergent. Zyrtec is a medicine for indoor and outdoor allergies. I think good logo should bring us the idea of the product or company from just seeing it, and it is very hard to make a good logo. However, if it appear to be a logo for some other products, I think it failed its intention.

Design or Art?

about "Is It Design or Is It Art? Or Does Your Checkbook Even Care?" by Steve

The writer points out that Helen Kirwan-Taylor questioned about art and design with her article "Is This Art? Or Just Really Expensive Furniture?" at The Wall Street Journal. However, she did not give us clear answers and filled her writing with "what makes something 'art'," "because enough people start believing it"
Some People think design and art is different and something called design should have purpose and effective use. I agree with that art should not be easily called.

http://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/art/is_it_design_or_is_it_art_or_does_your_checkbook_even_care_79356.asp
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120484307224217783.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Concern in Europe on Cellphone Ads for Children

about "Concern in Europe on Cellphone Ads for Children”- New York Times

Various organizations throughout Europe have recently demonstrated much concern over the growing numbers of cellphone advertisements directed at children. Some companies are producing phones such as the MO1, which are designed entirely for young children. Children are an attractive demographic for phone companies because they tend to treat their phones more like companions as they would a teddy bear rather than as a device with the purpose of placing calls. Phone companies have the official stance that no known harm will come to children through cellphone use, but parent groups and health organizations believe that more research is necessary. Many are even asking whether children should even be allowed to have cellphones.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/technology/08mobile.html?pagewanted=2&ref=technology

Yi-Fan Lu

Yi Fan is a graduate student at Pratt. I met her on the seventh floor a couple weeks ago. I was really sick so I was relaxing on the sofa. When Ina (Also a graduate student at Pratt) was sitting by me and taking care of me, Yi Fan came to Ina and they talked. Then, we exchanged our name and talked little bit. (mostly about my symptoms..) She is a Taiwanese girl and she is very active. A couple days later, I ran into her again and she asked if I am feeling better. I think she is very nice and caring person. A few days ago I added her as a friend in Facebook.

A Global Need for Grain That Farms Can’t Fill

about “A Global Need for Grain that Farms Can’t Fill” – New York Times

The cost of food is rising dramatically all over the world. There are many factors contributing to this, but the largest is the sharp current growth rate of the developing world. Hundreds of millions of people are gaining access to a better diet, meaning there has suddenly become a much greater demand for food. This spells out great news for farmers, but bad news for consumers.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/worldbusiness/09crop.html?em&ex=1205208000&en=bf7c4fc1dee4cee5&ei=5087%0A

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Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers

about "Disappearing bees threaten ice cream sellers" by Parija B. Kavilanz

Foodmakers including Haagen-Dazs is scared by the fact that bee colonies in United States are disappearing. Bees are the polinators of one-third of the U.S. food supply. (fruits, vegetables and nuts) Haagen-Dazs said bees are making 40% of its 60 flavors. "...The company is donating $250,000 to both Pennsylvania State University and the University of California, Davis to fund research into the bee colony collapse disorder (CCD)." Also, Haagen-Dazs is launching a new flavor "Vanilla Honey Bee" so that consumer can pay more attention about the bee problem.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/17/news/companies/bees_icecream/index.htm?postversion=2008021712

Type Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry

About "Type Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry" by Jessica Helfand

Many students have used Futura for books (and any typographic exercises) with diverse contents. (cook books, commercail books, how-to books, and so on) For a question "Why? Why did you use Futura?", people answered: "I liked how modern it was.", "I just kind of liked it." If you use a type face for designing something, you need to have reasonable explains behind it.


http://www.designobserver.com/archives/029608.html

Stan

Stan was walking his dog "Nutter Butter" in the Morningside park. He repares televisions. He is an electronic engineer. Stan lives a couple blocks away from the park. His dog, Nutter Butter is a six-year-old male pomeranian. I asked Stan if it is a real name, then he showed me Nutter Butter's name pendant. He did not let me take his picture because he does not want his picture in a magazine or a news paper.

Marilyn Lorne

I met a woman in a Rite Aid on 110th St and Broadway. Her name is Marilyn Lorne. When I found her in the store, she was comparing shirts. When I told her about the school assignment, she looked like she could not believe me. She said she came to Rite Aid for buying things that are on sale. She lives in the area. She is retired. I asked her to recomend me a restaurant, but she said that she does not have money to eat out.

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Space- Gra Han

Space did not have her shape in the begining. She lives in people's minds. Every night she gets some thing which was forgotten by its owners and builds her body. Last night, she gained a tongue from Kathy and now finally she can speak.

Top Dogs Live On, and On, in Progeny- NYTimes

about "Top Dogs Live On, and On, in Progeny" by Richard Sandomir

There is a male dog who has 61 children as champion show dogs. Mick is a bluish-grey, bearded stud, 12-year-old Kerry blue terrier. He was a champion show dog for long time. Many breeders want to mate their bitches with him so they have even bothered to fly them to Sacramento and book hotel rooms for their special dogs. This great dog’s sperm has been frozen to create more dogs just like him (maybe better) in the future.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/sports/othersports/11dogs.html?_r=1&ex=1360472400&en=0642c43e32287108&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin

City beneath the city

Strukton is planning to turn Amsterdam into a "big cake city." These days, there is a lack of space. Especially in cities, people need more space to live. Everybody wants to live in the center of the city. Strukton planned to solve this problem. Their solution is to use underground space as living space. For example, there will be different underground levels for parking lots, sports centers, theaters, and so on. Plus, the place is connected to the A10 ring road.


http://www.pantopicon.be/blog/2008/01/30/city-beneath-the-city/

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article in the NY Times

about "Is Capturing CO2 a Pipe Dream?" by Andrew C. Revkin.

Unbelievable amount of carbon dioxide is being released by United States and China. And President Bush's Futuregen plan for an emissions-free coal fired plant is being delayed. The price got almost twice more expensive than the original $1billion. Environmentalists think the plan will set back construction years "..because all the paperwork and budgets and permits and impact studies will have to be pursued anew."

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/is-capturing-co2-a-pipe-dream/index.html?ex=1359781200&en=2de7c5b815a140f3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Jesus Sanchez

Jesus runs a Mexican restaurant, Hacienda de Don Manuel, in Suffern, New York with his brother. They started this business after moving to Suffern from Guadalajara, Mexico around twenty years ago. They started with a hole-in-the-wall place but did so well that about fifteen years later they were able to relocate to a much nicer, bigger and fancier location.

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Wilhelm Deffke: Modern Mark Maker - Steven Heller

This article is about Wilhelm Deffke and the modern corporate logos.
Wilhelm Deffke was the person who made "the era's most impressive symbols for commerce and government, not the least of which became the most charged logo of the twentieth century, the Hakenkreuz (the hooked cross or swastika) — prior to its adoption by the Nazis." However, he never thought that the design used as a political symbol. He actually redefined a representation of the acient Germanic sun. The symbol swastika was taken by Nazis and never paid for.

In Deffke's essays — sermons to businessmen on the value of branding — he says,
"These trademarks and factory seals deserve our attention as a means of improving the public taste, and because of their extraordinary economic significance, ...Their value is in the millions and it would be a irreplaceable loss to the national wealth of any country, should they cease to be."

http://www.designobserver.com/archives/031648.html#more

a kid

2005, there was a kid.

Gringgring Monster

Hello.