Design is a method of action

Charles Eames, as interviewed in 1972 by “L. Amic” of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.…
Nicholas Demonchaux
Nicholas de Monchaux is an architect, urbanist, writer, and Assistant Professor of Architecture & Urban…
Cambridge Talks
Posted 14 May 2012 | 4:02 pm
Dan Clowes
Posted 12 April 2012 | 6:22 pm
SFMOMA
Posted 28 March 2012 | 5:22 am
Sci-Arc Lecture
Posted 28 March 2012 | 5:19 am
Kalil
Posted 26 February 2012 | 11:19 pm
iMAPpenning Slides: Design Research Practice

Slides summarizing my doctoral design and research practice. Presented at “iMAPpening,” a group show featuring my colleagues in Media Arts and Practice at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Pasta&Vinegar
This is a blog by Nicolas Nova. I study people’s practices as well as usage of technologies and turn them…
Monster sticky note on cell-phone screen
Posted 21 May 2012 | 1:49 pm
http://betaknowledge.tumblr.com/ as a compilation of weak signals about the future
Posted 16 May 2012 | 8:15 pm
Virilio on “statistical image” and perception #newaesthetic
Posted 14 May 2012 | 8:34 pm
Z/Z/Z/ describing the dimension of cultural artifacts that are difficult to explain using natural language
Posted 12 May 2012 | 3:24 pm
Robot Mori: a curious assemblage from the Uncanny Valley
Posted 4 May 2012 | 2:19 pm
Architectradure
Inspirations in product design, architecture, sustainability, contemporary art and technology are illustrated…
A future for TV?
Posted 20 April 2012 | 7:45 pm
Prenatal genetic testing: a critical design discussion
Posted 18 April 2012 | 11:50 pm
Hypnotic Audiovisual installation
Posted 18 April 2012 | 11:21 pm
Open source electronic modules that snap!
Posted 18 April 2012 | 3:12 am
A very intimidating Synthesizer
Posted 15 March 2012 | 5:58 am
dpr-barcelona
“beyond books…between art, science and architecture” – dpr-barcelona is an innovative…
Archigram | Analogic Hyperlinks
Posted 20 May 2012 | 11:43 am
“In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up” | Aircraft Carrier, the heterotopia par excellence.
Posted 9 May 2012 | 8:23 pm
The Suburban Home as Vehicle for an Architectural Manifesto.
Posted 22 April 2012 | 10:20 pm
Underground Information Chambers —a protoecology to preserve our most valuable data
Posted 2 April 2012 | 6:46 pm
Tourniquet | Decolonizing Mind Process
Posted 22 March 2012 | 4:07 pm
Inventing Interactive
Inventing Interactive is David Young blogging about the past, present and future of interactive media design…
Quick Post: Prometheus UI Teasers
Posted 17 May 2012 | 11:38 am
Quick Post: Touché
Posted 8 May 2012 | 11:39 pm
Quick Post: Tram Sightseeing
Posted 25 April 2012 | 4:48 pm
Inventing on Principle
Posted 21 April 2012 | 12:40 am
Quick Post: Exploring with Maps
Posted 8 April 2012 | 9:20 pm
Designing interactions in the flow: tagging books at Bibliotheek Haarlem Oost

Nina K. Simon’s excellent paper, “Going Analog: Translating Virtual Learnings into Real Institutional Change,” describes how designers can approach integrating new user behaviors into existing ones — and why it’s often essential to do so.