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Generation Sell. Generation Make . Generation Fix .

William Deresiewicz talks about Hipsters.

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Those persons who have risen to eminence in arts, letters or sciences have frequently possessed considerable knowledge of subjects outside their own sphere of activity.

An Anatomy of Inspiration (via explore-blog)

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Bill Moggridge — The Design of Service and Education

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humanæ

Humanae  is a chromatic inventory, a project that reflects on the colors beyond the borders of our codes by referencing the PANTONE® color scheme.

(PANTONE® Guides are one of the main classification systems of colors, which are represented by an alphanumeric code, allowing to accurately recreate any of them in any media. It is a technical industrial standard often called Real Color)

The project development is based on a series of portraits whose background is dyed with the exact Pantone® tone extracted from a sample of 11x11 pixels of the portrayed’s face. The project’s objective is to record and catalog all possible human skin tones.

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Pie crust for blackberry cobbler. (Taken with Instagram)

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Cookie Throwdown 2012... Mary's Cakes & Pastries

Today was the final Saturday of the Cookie Throwdown 2012 hosted by Mary & the crew.  What a wonderful community event... cannot wait until next year. 

It also happens to be Mary's birthday, so the whole group came together and sang Happy Birthday to her.  We wish you much happiness and success in the coming year.  We all thank you for giving to our community and making it a better place to live.

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Lessons from the Front Lines of Social Design

Design Observer article by Will Holman

Thought provoking journey on ‘social design’ - expansive viewpoint from a personal + revealing lens. 

Read it here

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Handmade: Wooden santos.

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CIVIC CENTER

a civic design studio based in New Orleans that works to make cities more comfortable for people. Founded by Candy Chang and James A. Reeves in 2010, Civic Center blends art, design, education, research, and urban planning to create spaces and tools that help people navigate their cities and improve their neighborhoods. We believe that public spaces should inspire conversation, make the machinery of the city more accessible, and restore a sense of dignity to the public realm.  check it out here

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Check out my friend Will Holman's new venture, Object Guerilla. 

Follow his journey into the dark heart of America's consumer-industrial complex, highlighting his own recycled furniture projects, small-scale architecture, and the role of design in fixing some of the seemingly intractable environmental and social problems brought about by our current oil-based, global economic system.

You can also purchase some of his designs at Grace Aberdean Habitat Alchemy.

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Pokey LaFarge and The South City Three Listen to Middle Of Everywhere here.

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Shutters

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Summer Shadows

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Rendering of The Stables ( aka The Alamo ), in Greensboro, Alabama by Lance Rake.

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Tomato Basil Goat Cheese from AA Farm Creamery.  Available every Thursday @ Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market.

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Another wonderful project by Amanda Buck!

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PieLab Cookbook

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It’s printed! I am super stoked to present the PieLab cookbooks! Thank you to Elliot Knight for the photographs, Nicole Lavelle and her co-workers at Scout Books/Pinball Publishing for the amazing print job, and all the folks who participated in PieLab’s 2010 Bake-Off in Greensboro, Alabama. You can purchase the books at PieLab, or online from Scout Books here. 

Check out the case study HERE.