Great collection of design books. Finding that some contain a lot of philosophy is not surprising because that is probably the place to start from - an attitude and starting with the end in mind. Once you have the right philosophy you can take inspiration from anywhere.
- ChrisDudman
In the book by John Holt, "Why Children Fail", he quotes a child's point-of-view that "School is prison for kids". How wonderful that the system is so 'loving' that in there position of in-logo parentis that they consider that strip searching a Thirteen year old girl is okay!
- ChrisDudman
I'm so glad I live in the UK and we have not gone to extremes to protect our rights to bare arms, so we are less likely to end up in this mess; which of course has been created when something created for the exception becomes the norm: "SWAT teams were designed to deal with very violent individuals who represent a clear and present threat to the public. However, they are now being used to execute warrants on non-violent offenders and even those who have no prior criminal history at all. Turning our neighborhood cops into shock troops will do nothing but erode public confidence in the police and endanger the lives of innocent Americans".
- ChrisDudman
This is the way companies should be built and run. Market value greater than General Motors after such a short time. I don't foresee BYD buying cable car companies to kill them off. Being a company that never rests they are likely to do what Apple does and continually superseding their last great product or technology.
- ChrisDudman
What a beautiful end: "Families mix the ashes of their dead with concrete to form a waist-high honeycombed dome called a memorial reef ball. After curing, the reef ball is loaded onto a boat and dropped onto an established artificial reef site in the ocean, where it becomes habitat for fish." ... really a part of the circle of life.
- ChrisDudman
This is such a lovely and simple idea. It return some of the land use to cleansing the air and producing oxygen. The view form the air will be much improved. You will be able to spot any resistant developers easily.
- ChrisDudman
The Thames is now one of the cleanest rivers in Europe. Great to see what can be achieved, and what goes for measures of success. The discoverer, Oscar said: "It absolutely stank - a horrible fishy smell."
- ChrisDudman