September 2007
7 posts
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too...”
– Madeleine L’Engle
A Summer Passing
From the New York Times:
“Madeleine L’Engle, who in writing more than 60 books, including childhood fables, religious meditations and science fiction, weaved emotional tapestries transcending genre and generation, died Thursday in Connecticut. She was 88.”
I am sure that all of us who were inspired and amazaed by Ms. L’Engle’s work are sadden by her passing.
“Infinity is present in each part. A loving smile contains all art. The motes of...”
– Madeleine L’Engle
Teeter Totter
Ikea keeps at it with this stylish take on the old seesaw. No other big box company consistently comes through with well designed and executed products for kids like a Ikea does season after season. I believe it comes down to Ikea’s belief that good design is fun and fun is what healthy kids crave, and healthy kids grow into healthy adults… and healthy adults shop at Ikea.
Mirror, Mirror
The New York Times has a back to school slideshow profiling the fashion sensibilities of 5 prominent clothes designers’ kids.
It’s interesting to see what kids growing up in that world wear, and to hear what they have to say. They’re not as shallow and vapid as I thought they’d be, which proves that kids, no matter whose they are, are still cool.
Cool Schools
BusinessWeek has an article detailing some innovative school programs employing technology to reach kids that might have otherwise missed out on opportunities afforded better funded schools and better connected communities.
“Children in Grapevine, Ark., often board the school bus in the dark, some even packing pillows and blankets. For students in Arkansas’ rural Sheridan School...
Plush TV
At the very least television maker HANNspree is at trying to do something different. By creating fun and inventive form factors for their LCD screens they are doing away with the “you can have it in any color you want as long as it’s black” mentality of television design . Although many of their designs are kind of kooky, and maybe even a little spooky, they are providing more opportunities...