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Twitter Roundup: Week of 13 October.

Spend:

A nice bit of information design on the economy from our friends at GOOD. From Starbucks weekly GOOD Sheet.

Float:

Byron Ferris' third essay titled, "Sailing along the motorway." A look forward (and back) to auto design.

Persist:

For nearly twenty years, Britain's Why Not Associates "serve their clients' purpose." And kick some ass.

Reside:

Pinch pal Brian White and Architecture W wrap M-House for partner Michel Weenick in Nagoya. Via @archdaily

Change:

Alex Steffen's WorldChanging proposes this idea: the answers to building the future we want already exist.

Transport:

Leave it to two guys in Portland to adopt a tried-and-true, two-wheeled European solution to cargo.

Trust:

Pinch is pleased to be working with Oregon Trout. The agency casts a longer line in restoring freshwater health. Launching Feb. 09.

Involve:

Way of Women (W-O-W). A new perspective on creative women and their world(s). A platform for discussion.

Devour:

Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change. Victor Papanek on responsible design (1971).

Enroll:

PNCA and OCAC announce the nation's first joint two-year MFA program in Applied Craft and Design.

Employ:

Fibonacci sequence. In 1202 Liber Abaci introduced the numerical system to Western European mathematics.

Arouse:

Whimsical French firm Deubal returns to the essence of the film title; a classic reveal of type and image.

Record:

We hit a milestone; 100 followers of our little service. Thanks to @designmilk and @Luxist. And thanks to you from @Pinch_Bespoke.

Learn:

AIGA Portland presents Designspeaks with Byron Ferris. Oct. 23 at Ace Hotel. Six decades of practice.

Stretch:

The Bugatti Veyron redefines the production vehicle. Vulgar? Yup. But in terms of engineering, a landmark.

View:

Eye Magazine, the international review of design. If you're not reading it, you're not seeing. @eyemagazine.

Recognize:

Hugh Dubberly on why Horst W.J. Rittel matters to designers. Published in Design Issues, Winter 2007.

Reinvest:

Auburn's Rural Studios. Enabling design students to put human values to work as citizens of a community.

Release:

Apple redefines the notebook with its new MacBook. Note: Energy Star 4.0, EPEAT Gold, and RoHS standards.

Design:

"By considering a thing in its next larger context; a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment." Eliel Saarinen

Revere:

Raymond Loewy. The man behind the Zippo, Leisurama, Concorde interiors, Chubb and Shell logos. And more.

Reclaim:

Thought Leadership by Design. A concise assembly of contemporary quotes on the evolving nature of design.

Promote:

The Design Business Association brings business to design, design to business, and design to government.

Invest:

Black & Company. A brand for an investment bank, without marble and/or two men in suits, shaking hands.

Quote:

“A designer achieves perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Saint Exupéry

Consume:

Amidst the prescriptions for what ails us, The Serif provides a potent daily dose of design inspiration.

Engage:

Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. From Metropolis Books.

Build:

Jakub Majewski, Lukasz Pastuszka, Tomasz Bierzanowski are moomoo architects, a Polish firm bending the right angle.

Identify:

David Airey compiles his list of the world's most iconic logo designers. Who is missing here?

Review:

Pinch's Twitter Roundup for last week. Bits and pieces; from Eames to McQueen and nearly everything in between.

Posted by Eric Hillerns in Twitter | 17 October 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post