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The Influence of Art in Design

by kartooner on March 2, 2007

Over the past cou­ple of weeks I’ve eluded to the fact that I will be par­tic­i­pat­ing on a panel at this year’s SXSWi called The Influ­ence of Art in Design. Here’s a descrip­tion of the panel (straight from the horse’s mouth): Fine arts (…)

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The Saga of the Rice Prophet

by kartooner on February 20, 2007

At first it seemed some­what unreal, that the per­son I was speak­ing to on the phone was pos­si­bly a robot or one of those “Madame Mer­coni” fortune-telling car­ni­val machines come to life. You know the ones with spooky glow­ing eyes, a rigid Charlie (…)

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High-rise Evacuation Methods

by kartooner on January 25, 2007

There was an A&E doc­u­men­tary on the World Trade Cen­ter the other night, discussing–as well as criticizing–the early plan­ning phases and con­struc­tion of the WTC. It also focused some­what on the short­com­ings of the WTC, such as stair­wells hug­ging the core (…)

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Happy Holidays!

by kartooner on December 23, 2006

To every one of you that I’ve had the plea­sure of being friends with and enjoy­ing the good times of 2006, whether that be at an office party, SXSW or at the super­mar­ket, aisle 5, right in front of the (…)

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