Category Archives: miscellany

The following is a fantastically creative obstacle course designed by Melvin the Machine. If you haven’t seen this before, I highly recommend you watch it. If you have seen it before, I challenge you to watch it again and think … Continue reading →

While looking through the exercise menu, the one titled “Bad Design” caught my eye.  Though I did not end up doing what was prompted by the exercise description, it made me think about what this phrase means.  To me, bad … Continue reading →

On Wednesday we talked a little about the “Carnegie Plan”, which for many years articulated CMU’s educational philosophy.  It used to be in the undergraduate catalog; there are several similar versions.  One version is the last page of a technical … Continue reading →

Today I attended a lecture by Scott Klemmer, an HCI professor at Stanford who was on our campus to accept the Katayanagi Prize. He talked about many varied topics, including the work of Steven Dow. Klemmer’s main focus was the idea summarized by Picasso’s alleged quote: … Continue reading →

Last week we discussed working on a computer versus working with a pencil and paper, and what the result on process and development is. I agree that the computer doesn’t allow for looking back at every step, but what makes … Continue reading →

I thought everyone would have a fun time taking this quiz I randomly found on Google http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/thinker_quiz/ Enjoy! -Richa Date

Just for fun: here’s a cute site with popup quotes on design by various people. http://quotesondesign.com/