design thinking

Nice design article about the pervasiveness of design.

i found this at richard florida's blog, which i now frequent, called the Creativity Exchange. Florida wrote the book The Rise of the Creative Class. which i like. he writes about how creative folks choose where to live and how to live.

i also am interetsed in Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind why Right Brainers will Rule the Future, who has some similar ideas but is more about creativity in the person...thats not a good explanation. i skimmed through the book from the library but should invest in my own copy. i like it that he spoke at the big recent art education conference in NYC. about the importance of art education.

Thomas Friedman who thinks the World is Flat also overlaps with these guys. he speaks of globalization and it makes me think of the the implications for design education.

ya some great brain candy...

Portrait Party

i love it that Rama Hughes has made a blog called the Portrait Party.

in college we called them drawing parties. "because drawing is always a party" was the often mentioned tag line. in art II this year we've called them drawing deuls. at the martins house i would often do this on art night.

whatever you wanna call it, sitting around drawing my friends drawing is one of my favorites things to do in life.

illustrator Irina Troitskaya

An illustrator named Irina Troitskaya. i love finding new and fresh compositions. like this diver. her flickr is super too. check out this marker usage. sweet. check out this pink sketchbook...