http://www.doorsofperception.com/ Reflections on design and the green economy by John Thackara en-us Copyright 2010 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:29:11 +0100 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:27:35 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss (Summer re-run: first published July 2009) This scary hand smashing through the wall to get you is the logo of last month’s Insead conference on social entrepreneurship. Its slogan was “Reaching For Impact”. I’ve written critically here before about... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/rom_philanthroc.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/rom_philanthroc.php learning & institutions Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:29:11 +0100 (Summer re-run) I'm reading reading a moving and important book by Sharon Astyk called "Depletion and Abundance: Life On The New Home Front". Uniquely among recent books on life after the Peaks - energy, protein, biodiversity etc - Astyk... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/unplugged_or_un_1.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/unplugged_or_un_1.php learning & institutions Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:43:45 +0100 Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), told the US Congress last year that Japan's debt path was 'out of control'. Simon warned of "a real risk that Japan could end up in a major... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/melons_revisite.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/melons_revisite.php Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:23:10 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published 12 March 2009) The criminal over-development of the Canary Islands – and the loss of biodiversity and social capital that followed - was financed by the same banks and speculators that our governments are now... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/silent_tree_hug.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/silent_tree_hug.php sustainability & design Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:37:07 +0100 (Summer re-run: First published 13 April 2009) This blog first proposed the replacement of trophy buildings with street art back in 2002. In a piece called "Trophy buildings are over" we argued that because they are conceived as spectacles,... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/my_plan_to_save.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/my_plan_to_save.php locality & place Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:33:36 +0100 I’ve been re-reading "the internet and everyone" by john chris jones. I’ve been astonished once again by the sensibility of an artist-writer-designer whose philosophy – indeed his whole life - first inspired me when I was a young magazine... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/john_chris_jone.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/john_chris_jone.php Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:37:04 +0100 [Summer re-run; first published last year] The atmosphere at last week's Megacities conference in Delft was subdued. I don't suppose my own talk, which ploughed a similar path to the Debt, Diesel and Dämmerung narrative I mentioned yesterday, helped lighten... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/from_mega_to_mi.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/from_mega_to_mi.php locality & place Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:41:55 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published 4 August 2008) Every day 1.5 billion cups of coffee are drunk somewhere in the world – quite a few of them in this house - but few of us in the North know much... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/alternative_tra.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/alternative_tra.php food systems & design Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:48:45 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published 26 July 2008) Bamboo scaffolding, knotted aerial lines, hand painted signs or converted plastic bags: German photographer Thomas Kalak has published a book called “Thailand - Same same, but different!” that celebrates the Thais’ exceptionally... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/salvage_design.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/salvage_design.php transition and resilience Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:50:10 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published 16 June 2008) Out-of-control buzzwords are like locusts: you can swat handfuls of them down with a bat, but more will come to take their place. I've been swatting away for ages in this blog at... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/innovating_our_1.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/innovating_our_1.php sustainability & design Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:51:54 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published September 2009) A marketing whiz I know in New York asked me to do her a favour: answer some questions about the future of tv. At least, that's what I thought she asked. But when, a... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/marketing_me_an.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/marketing_me_an.php infrastructure & design Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:24:29 +0100 Doors of Perception seeks a very capable - but under-employed - editor/writer willing to volunteer for a special project. It's to compile a New Yorker style listings that will be published as a stand-alone feature. I'm guessing that it will... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/doors_of_percep_4.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/doors_of_percep_4.php Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:02:15 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published 5 February 2008) Ever since learning about water mapping from Georg Bertsch and about watershed-based planning in Toronto from Chris Hardwick at Doors 9 on Juice last year, I've been aware that we talked a... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/dam_nation_disp_1.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/dam_nation_disp_1.php infrastructure & design Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:55:05 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published 11 October 2008) I was critical last week of commentators who describe the financial crisis as "psychological". Those who blame a "lack of transparency" are on stronger ground - although ignorance of the facts or the... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/toxic_sludge_ma.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/toxic_sludge_ma.php new economic metrics Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:46:55 +0100 (Summer re-run: first published 31 March 2008) The chaos at Heathrow's Terminal 5 is an excellent example of what happens when the logic of finance interacts with the logic of large complex systems. As Will Hutton wrote at the weekend,... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/heathrow_chaos_1.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2010/08/heathrow_chaos_1.php mobility & design Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:53:37 +0100