Long way to go for Germany… UK Government Digital Service Design Principles

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Fantastic Anatomical Cross-Sections made from Paper by Lisa Nilsson

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found by Peter Glaser

What happened in my birth year?

… The 1970s were indeed a special decade. Women’s liberation continued. The hippie culture faded. There was an opposition to the Vietnam war, and nuclear weapons. The environmentalist movement began. Tom Wolfe coined the decade the “Me decade” due to a new self-awareness. Mao Zedong died and the market began to liberate in China. There was an oil crisis. After the first oil shock, gasoline was rationed in many countries. In Eastern Europe, Soviet-style command economies begin showing signs of stagnation. The Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, witness the kidnapping and murder of Israeli athletes by Palestinian Arab terrorists. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. The Who, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, Bee Gees, Abba and others play their music. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all die at the age of 27. The space mission Apollo 13 nearly ends in disaster. Egypt signed the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. There was a revolution in Iran. The world sees its first general microprocessor. The C programming language makes its debut. Consumer video games show up on the scene. Microwave ovens become commercially available. Margaret Thatcher was victorious in the UK elections. …

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Learn to code at Codecademy / nice tutorial!

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“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” Oscar Wilde

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Where Children Sleep | Portraits and Pictures by James Mollison

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Stories of children around the world, told through portraits and pictures of their bedrooms.

Found by Colleen.

‪10 Bullets. “Working to Code” is a movie series designed for members of the Tom Sachs studio team.

“The kitchen table must remain clean all times…”

Genius.

Shared by Meister Florian.

Random Pictures from the Hamburg Museum of Ethnology

Always worth a visit http://www.voelkerkundemuseum.com/

Leading Innovation: Process Is No Substitute – Ryan Jacoby, IDEO on Vimeo

This is the whole talk – you find the essence of the seven deadly sins here: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663192/the-seven-deadly-sins-that-stiffle-innova…

d.school 2010 Design Thinking Bootcamp Bootleg for free download.

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A working document that captures some of the teaching impart in the d.school “Design Thinking Bootcamp,” course. The guide outlines each mode of a human-centered design process, and describes a number of methods which may support your design thinking throughout the process.

New: Interaction Design at California College of the Arts / Kristian Simsarian (IDEO) is founding chair

They are still looking for students and faculty. So check out: http://www.cca.edu/academics/interaction-design and have fun!

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