I’m always glad to see the design business get recognized. The Pioneers of American Industrial Design stamp pane honors 12 of the nation’s most important and influential industrial designers. Encompassing everything from furniture and electric kitchen appliances to corporate office buildings and passenger trains, the work of these designers helped shape the look of everyday [...]
I really enjoyed this story run on PBS Monday March 5th 2010. Hotchkiss proves that it’s possible and viable to produce quality, functional products with a small scale manufacturing model. Additionally, he’s producing repairable and modifiable products that are likely to be in use for at least a lifetime. According to the NPR story, 50k [...]
Well, there are some facts and opinions here, and some politically charged. But, for the most part I agree that we buy too much crap. Crap we don’t actually need. Crap that wont last. Crap we end up discarding shortly after purchase. We must consider where our products come from and how long we actually [...]
