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Posted by Che on 4 October, 2009

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali. Now if only I could do the same… maybe the Caribbean is calling… See Sagmeister’s TED talk here

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Posted by Che on 28 July, 2009

100 Years of Design Manifestos

Since the days of radical printer-pamphleteers, design and designers have a long history of fighting for what’s right and working to transform society. The rise of the literary form of the manifesto also parallels the rise of modernity and the spread of letterpress printing…

The list of design manifestos was compiled by Social Design Notes. Largely being drawn from Mario Piazza’s presentation at the Più Design Può conference in Florence, they have now also edited and added to it.

Here is the list

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Posted by Che on 4 June, 2009

Design View, Andy Rutledge

This guy writes some fantastic, useful and thoughtful articles on design – i’m going to be checking his site regularly.. In particular I just finished reading a great article of his on hiring the right people.

www.andyrutledge.com