Tom Price

OPen Design Now is Open!

You can read this book as it 'opens' online here....

The Art of Craft

  

Image is taken from the original article

Tomahawk hairdryers by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, whose site is here 

Here is the link to quite an interesting article about the rise of craft making, from the Guardian.

Embellishing possibilities, is it co-design?

A question:  If you add something , embellish or mend a garment that already exists are you collaborating with the maker?  is it collaboration or is it one step removed?

Eco/Green Design as a Meritocracy

Meritocracies work by allowing the most appropriate idea or idea that works best to be the one that is used.  

I feel that all eco-design works like this as so much is about finding the best way forward.