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Wednesday
14Oct2009

.. time to think

We measure the success of our countries by their GDP, the virtues of our people by their personal wealth and the health of our species by our ability to challenge our mortality. None of which seem to measure the quality, subjective or otherwise, of our existence or endevaours.

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Saturday
29Aug2009

are we turning into customusers?

Infact, it seems that the things we want to acquire today are mechanisms to allow us to do stuff.. rather than things in their own right. The only point of owning something is to be able to have control of it so you can use it whenever you like. Ownership equates largely with convenience.

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Saturday
15Aug2009

revisiting the cafe 

Updated on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 11:02PM by Registered CommenterVincent Turner

it's interesting that our intent to be efficient often drives a reality much different

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Friday
17Jul2009

an entre to opera

A little aside from my usual posts on innovation, design and change to tell you about a more personal experience of mine in recent times.

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Sunday
28Jun2009

balancing form and function

Beautifully 'designed' items of form and function, in so far as they do something and look nice. One caught my eye particularly, a rock covered in orange calfskin leather masquarading as a paperweight.

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