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The Professor Opines on the act of “Making” Through the Lens of a Pioneer in American Ceramics

June 25, 2015by The Professor Leave a comment

“Noted ceramicist Edith Heath died at the end of 2005 in Tiburon, California, at age 94. Why should it matter to you, the devoted design creator and consumer?” — from […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, The Professor

The Professor Opines on the Design Richness of a Single Poem

June 8, 2015by The Professor Leave a comment

paradox: the necessity of willful poetic misinterpretation to the design profession  The Professor wants industrial designers to read more poetry. He wants them to be inspired by words, not just things […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Macrotrends, Poetry, The Professor

The Professor asks a Question: “Does Form have to Follow Organ Failure?”

April 26, 2015by The Professor Leave a comment

  “Why must design for a patient’s comfort be a sick joke?” When the Professor asked the above question in 2004, he did so as both a patient and as […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Post-Market Product Alteration [PMPA], The Professor

The Professor and the Mystery of his Friend CP // The Enigma Man

March 28, 2015by The Professor Leave a comment

This is a different kind of essay for The Professor; not only is it longer but it also delves into the personal history of one of his best friends. Like […]

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History that Matters, Post-Credible Culture, The Professor

The Professor Offers Excerpts From an Artistic Life, or Rex Ray X-Rayed

February 23, 2015by The Professor Leave a comment

Rex Ray passed away the 9th of February 2015, a scant two weeks ago. Rex was the same age as The Professor [who is still stunned and reeling] so news of […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Passions, The Professor, Uncategorized

The Professor and One of the Good Parts of Childhood: Swimming in a Stream

December 24, 2014by The Professor 2 Comments

 There’s another part of the story concerning The Professor’s relationship with Nepaug Reservoir [see the earlier posts “The Young Professor Slept Outdoors Here: Nepaug Reservoir” of July 19, 2014 as […]

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History that Matters, Passions, The Professor

The Professor Makes the Case: Design and Business Getting Together

December 18, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

In 1985, The Professor wrote a short essay that was published in the pages of Innovation, the periodical published by the Industrial Designers Society of America. The article was entitled “Design, the […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Macrotrends, Post Industrial Landscape

The Professor’s 1st Foray Into Design Philosophy: “Chaos, Clarity, Post-Credibility and The New International Style”

December 7, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

Believing that a design philosophy was increasingly a necessity—and not a luxury as seemed to be the prevailing viewpoint at the time—The Professor decided to set down some of his […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Macrotrends, Passions, Post-Credible Culture

The Professor, Lunch and the Essence of Hartmut Esslinger

November 27, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

Memories are never simple—as authors as different as Marcel Proust, James Joyce, Primo Levi, and Dave Eggers have shown in their writing—but The Professor’s aim here is somewhat different: to reveal the essence […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, The Professor, Uncategorized

The Professor Speaketh: the International Design Conference in Aspen

November 13, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

In early 1996, esteemed colleague and designer-educator Thomas S. Bley invited The Professor to join with him in a presentation to be given the 6th of June at the International […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Post-Credible Culture, Post-Market Product Alteration [PMPA]

The Professor Opines on “When Design Matters”

October 31, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

NOTE: The following article contains the first usage of the term “designer-hackers” that The Professor is aware of—a phrase that since The Professor first used it [see point 03 below] […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Post-Credible Culture, Post-Market Product Alteration [PMPA], The Professor

The Professor Sees Lessons for his Students—and the Silicon Valleys of the World—in Dogtown

October 5, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

The takeaway: The story of Dogtown and Z-Boys has essential messages about creativity and commitment for students and professionals alike so watch it carefully, and watch it more than once. […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, The New Classics, The Professor

The Professor Yells, Shouts and Scores concerning “Scream”

September 7, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

No, The Professor is not the examining the existential yell/yelp of the Edward Munch painting. And no, he’s not focused on the nicely nuanced Sarah Michelle Gellar movie about a […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Post Industrial Landscape, Post-Credible Culture

The Professor Opines on the Idea that “Design is a Way of Discussing Life”

July 27, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

Back in the autumn of 1983, The Professor assumed the top editorial spot at ID magazine and ventured to Philadelphia to attend a symposium for the opening of the landmark […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters

The Professor Opines on a 21st Century Anti-Bowl

July 21, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

This short piece was originally written for the Museum of Contemporary Craft whose 2013 exhibition “Object Focus: The Bowl” put its emphasis not simply on the bowl, as curator Namita Wiggers […]

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History that Matters, Post-Credible Culture

The Young Professor Slept Outdoors Here: Nepaug Reservoir

July 19, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

The Young Professor spent most of his childhood being outdoors, unsupervised like most kids were at that time in the late 1960s-early 1970s, and generally running amok in rural Canton, […]

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History that Matters, Passions, The Professor

The Professor Looks Back: Cameras 1994

July 12, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

    Toward the end of 1993, Graphis magazine offered The Professor a project to produce a column on products. It was a bold move on the part of Graphis […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Post Industrial Landscape, Post-Credible Culture

The Professor: Self-Portrait in Products and Brands

July 9, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

In 1988, The Professor saw the work of Ashley Bickerton at Sonnabend Gallery on West Broadway in SoHo, NYC. It was a revelation. It was neither painting nor sculpture in […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters, Passions, Post Industrial Landscape

The Professor was there in 1983: the “DESIGN SINCE 1945” exhibition

July 5, 2014by The Professor Leave a comment

The creative climate of today makes it so easy, so natural, to forget the past. The Professor sees it in the business world all of the time, and in the […]

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Design Disciplines, History that Matters

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