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A designer of buildings, objects, and interface. Occasional educator. Based in Philadelphia + NYC.
Joined June 2009
RT @FryRsquared: Last week, the lovely folk at National Grid showed me around their amazing underground tunnels. Lots of pics of the trip….
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500-plus hand rendered #DataVisualization exercises from my students in the Drexel #DesignResearch MS/BS Program, pinned-up and awaiting #critique. - @DSRE_Drexel #critical_cartography #data #dataviz
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Spending the first block of truly free time I’ve had in weeks mixing a new watercolor palette for a series of urban outdoor nighttime images. Just mixing and filling pans. Not painting, just mixing. I should do this more often. #violets #relax #neutraltints.
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Thoughtful work from our students in the ‘Archives and Indexes of Knowledge’ course’s final jury at @DSRE_Drexel - #designresearch #archives #classification #knowledgeinfrastructures #design #drexel
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End of term excursion to the Dieter Rams Exhibit at the @philamuseum with my @DSRE_Drexel students from the ‘Archives and Indexes of Knowledge’ course! - #archive #process #designresearch #curation #organization
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Thread of the moment.
In the 1970s the cost - and size - of calculators tumbled. Business tools became toys; as a result prestige tech companies had to rapidly diversify into other products - or die! . This is the story of the 1970s great calculator race.
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Seawater inundation projected for NYC by 2033 + its effect on #Internet #infrastructure . Blue areas estimated to be underwater in 15 years due to climate change induced sea level rise as projected by the NOAA. (Credit: Paul Barford, UW-Madison) -
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Add 'Cut Fiber' to the list of things that will finally surface in mass public consciousness in 2018. #infrastructure #networks #cutfiber.
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A very straight forward piece that begins to touch on the math / geometry / geography of #infrastructure & the heights needed to distribute information across the wide landscape. - - 'Where the Real Skyscrapers Are' - #CaseyTolan - #transmission #coverage
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I can spec the perfect seating solution for any client's space. Yet, when it comes to choosing a sofa for my own home studio, I am absolutely indecisive. still. after a month. This is the lone negative side effect of #design education. #architecture.
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Occasionally, you stumble upon a perfect reading for your syllabus two weeks *after* the class ends. - 'A Map of Radical Bewilderment' - by @daeganmiller - - #cartography #causality #viz
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Treating my Visual Studies students to a viewing of '#Playtime', then a talk on #Tati, #modernity, and #obfuscation. Perfect snowy spring Monday.
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Today's lecture on Language, Magic, Gender, Tech, and Power. In the Network Culture Class. #slides
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Aspirations of Craft - - サーバーにつながった無数のケーブルをぐちゃぐちゃにせずものすごくキレイに整理した写真集
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