Politics of Design -- Design in the news:

Politics of Design -- Design in the news:

This one from Jason Mello: Big box building expands (what a country!)

James Howard Kunstler's web site (including "Eyesore of the Month")

(See "Public life," "War and propaganda," etc.)

An organization that "helps underserved communities realize an improved

quality of life by creating products and services that meet needs identified

by the communities themselves."

A window between cities that allows people hundreds or even thousands of

miles apart to meet and talk

During the first meeting of the 2004 course I asked students to design a facility for

18-25 year old Americans. One group was asked to plan a new college dorm, the

other to sketch a prison. Both groups specified, to their own liking, the

basic principles that informed their proposals. This story from the New York

Times describes what the equivalent of an $80,000 per year tuition buys

young offenders in California.

Worst design news of the year (so far): Militants use same design for car bombs

All 5,201 proposals for the 9/11 memorial

Traveling in Spain recently, I came across the audacious free software project, LinEx,

sponsored by Extremadura, a region (state) in western Spain. Here's a story about it from the