Monthly Archives: October 2009
Industrial Design Melbourne
This year, like every year at this time, a whole bunch of design students will leave university to enter the profession. And as with this time every year the prospect of making a living from design is scary! So I … Continue reading
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In the recession
Barry Katz – writing in ARCADE says: But what of the legions of unemployed designers? Happily, in a truly restorative world there would also be more design. A lot more of it. But design of a different sort, practiced by … Continue reading
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who do I want to be as a professional?
Tales from an Unemployed Interior Designer Now I’m faced with yet another problem (in addition to all those associated with searching for a new position in this economy); if my job is not coming back in any way, shape or … Continue reading
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on Design Forums
Why has the level of discussion in “design forums” degenerated so quickly? Maybe because they’re not populated by “designers.” Greenfield explains … A List Apart: Articles: The Bathing Ape Has No Clothes (and other notes on the distinction between style … Continue reading
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Stimulus Program For Unemployed Designers
Job Stimulus Program For Unemployed Designers – jobs.roanoke.com With unemployment at a 25-year high, and an estimated 3.3 million jobs lost in the last five months, a leading design software company has created its own stimulus package-providing unemployed engineers and … Continue reading
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Don’t give in to shamefaced cringing and glum, hand-wringing humility
Product Panic: 2009 In 2009 you might be unemployed, like those moguls at the top of the financial food chain, so it’s necessary to look busy, preferably at some advanced and exotic activity. Don’t give in to shamefaced cringing and … Continue reading
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Unemployed Print Designers
This is a story about adapting to change. What is ID today – you may well ask. An Open Letter to Unemployed Print Designers | Chopped Fresh Poor, poor little print designer. You have been working exclusively in Quark, InDesign … Continue reading
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Fit for work?
I was looking up ‘unemployed designers’ and came across this. Unemployed Anonymous – Support group for recently graduated industrial designers | LinkedIn Unemployed Anonymous is a ‘support group’ created for and by recently graduated industrial designers from the TU Delft, … Continue reading
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Tamil and Australian aboriginal languages
I sat and watched Ten Canoes the other day. The language in it sounded like Tamil. Which was a surprise. Just like years ago I realised that Japanese and Tamil words were interchangeable in a sentence. So I went looking … Continue reading
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AIATSIS
About AIATSIS The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is the world’s premier institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, past and present.
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National Archives link
Muslim Journeys From the Afghan camel drivers who helped open the continent’s vast interior, to the Turkish families who answered a call for willing workers in the 1970s, Muslims have contributed much to Australian life. They journeyed to an unfamiliar … Continue reading
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Reconciliation Australia
Who is RA? – Reconciliation Australia Reconciliation Australia is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that was established in 2000 by the former Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. We are the peak national organisation building and promoting reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians … Continue reading
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January 26, 1938
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Blog psipunk
Future Transportation – You don’t stand gawking at a taxi, unless it’s an Enzo, but the Mazda Taxi concept could make you stare every time you see it. The concept, developed as a taxi, keeps the specific requirements of the … Continue reading
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Sketch for a Course
Design and the Indigenous: Exploring contemporary Aboriginal Australia The title took some constructing – but I am happy with this, and the fact that the title does not commit to a position or angle. The next task is to establish … Continue reading
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MacIntyre on Windschuttle
Posted to mark the reading of History Wars!Stuart Macintyre | Reviewing the History Wars | Labour History, 85 | The History Cooperative He misreads those whom he castigates. Windschuttle repeatedly alleges that Reynolds and Ryan sought to depict the frontier … Continue reading
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Chatwin’s Songlines
I post this as a marker for having read Chatwin’s Songlines.Book Review – Songlines – [1989] AboriginalLB 12; 2(36)pg19 All of Australia when viewed from the standpoint of a songline is a sacred site. How does one sort out the … Continue reading
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Week 3
This is week 3 of my immersion into the area of the Indigenous. I had made a call some time ago till 3 weeks ago that I could transfer my discourse of ‘the other’ from India into that of comprehending … Continue reading
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The problem with the iphone
The iphone is popular, attractive and with its apple istore provides a convenient way to release software to the user. With all these strong points, it is easy to see why many people choose to use it as a basis … Continue reading
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