http://www.doorsofperception.com/ Reflections on design and the green economy by John Thackara en-us Copyright 2012 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:49:36 +0100 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:53:46 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Is civilisational collapse anything to be scared of? My talks in New York this next week are about design for life after the industrial growth economy. I hope to see some of you there. THE AGE OF "OOPS!" -... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/navy_yard_brown.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/navy_yard_brown.php infrastructure & design Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:49:36 +0100 This, I kid you not, is the "control" panel in my room at the Inn at Penn here in Philadelphia. I'm sorry the pictures here are a bit blurred, but I'm not in tip top shape. What happened is... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/evolution_postp.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/evolution_postp.php infrastructure & design Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:23:07 +0100 I did not realise, I swear, that my talk in New York next week, which is about design in a gift economy, will coincide with the city's huge 35,000 visitor International Gift Fair. Someone out there in gift-land is... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/on_a_plate.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/on_a_plate.php art & perception Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:09:12 +0100 Apartment for sale... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/apartment.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/apartment.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:04:11 +0100 I've seen this Virtual Boarding Agent a couple of times now at Orly Airport in Paris. A It's a life-sized, life-like, two dimensional human figure that talks pleasantly about liquids and gels. It's spooky, clever, and very well executed... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/virtual_boring.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/virtual_boring.php infrastructure & design Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:43:06 +0100 When the new Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Mario Monti, gave his acceptance speech to the Italian Senate before Christmas, he used the word "growth" 28 times and the word "energy" - well, zero times. Why would this supposed technocrat neglect... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/a_reading_list.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2012/01/a_reading_list.php infrastructure & design Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:48:44 +0100 When he was sixteen years old, Floor van Keulen made a wall painting in the stairwell of his mother's beauty salon. For the next 43 years, the artist has worked with the knowledge that most of his site- and... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/12/why_walls_need.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/12/why_walls_need.php art & perception Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:11:39 +0100 I'd be surprised if many readers of this blog work for the fracking industry. Those charming people spend a lot on lobbying and public relations, sure - but their main aim in life is to remain obscure. But food and... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/12/foor_farming_an.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/12/foor_farming_an.php food systems & design Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:45:52 +0100 How best do you help a resilient economy emerge in a region that has one foot in ancient ways and traditions - its other in the world of global universities and nuclear power? [Left: "The Hill Farmer" by Bedwyr Williams.... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/12/from_druids_to.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/12/from_druids_to.php development & design Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:04:55 +0100 "If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late. If we act as individuals, it'll be too little. But if we act as communities, it might just be enough, just in time". This month saw the... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/how_do_you_get.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/how_do_you_get.php infrastructure & design Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:34:39 +0100 There are times when you have to wonder whether ad industry persons totally, er, get it, on the matter of man's disconnect with nature... and what to do about it. This Aigle ad, which I tore out the Air... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/man_girl_nature.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/man_girl_nature.php Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:06:28 +0100 LONDON WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER 6.30pm Sustain Talks on the theme of 'Moving Minds'. What actually works: stories, or actions? words, or deeds? With Howard Jones from the Eden Project, Alison Tickell from Julie's Bicycle, and me. It's free but... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/two_uk_talkscon.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/two_uk_talkscon.php sustainability & design Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:18:46 +0100 Hanging out with health system innovators in recent times I've been struck by two interesting things. The first is that the buzz in the investor community about health apps is palpable. To feed the hunger, a new incubator called... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/la_ruche_hives.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/11/la_ruche_hives.php food systems & design Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:53:22 +0100 It's easy for two people to look at the same information - such as this chart (above) about health costs - and perceive totally different things. What I see is an out-of-control Medical Industrial Complex that's heading, Icarus-like, for... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/10/5_eindhoven.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/10/5_eindhoven.php social innovation Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:17:12 +0100 Something special is happening in France. A nationwide campaign will be launched next week by the Colibris movement for the 2012 Presidential Elections - but without a charismatic leader. The campaign, instead, is for everyone to be a candidate... http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/10/i_am_compost_1.php http://www.doorsofperception.com/archives/2011/10/i_am_compost_1.php a-list (top posts) Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:30:53 +0100