design:related - lauraw's inspirations

Ping Magazine

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:41:07 GMT

When my mental grid gets too rigid I like to look at Ping Magazine.

Pod Cast: Blaine Brownell and Sustainable Materials

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:42:11 GMT

Here is a podcast of Blaine Brownell a Seattle based architect.

Blaine Brownell puts out a newsletter about sustainable materials, he also has this great blog.

Ben Shahn

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:31:00 GMT

I love the line quality in a Ben Shahn drawing.
He is an artist that zig zagged back and forth between the imagined boundaries of fine art and commercial design. His writings, such as the Shape of Content which was initially a series of lectures he gave at Harvard are inspiring to read.

http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/hof/1988/?id=231
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/shahn/servlet/webpublisher.WebCommunication?ia=tr&ic=pt&t=xhtml&x=introduction

The Blind Botanist