• cellar door: Demure Optimism
  Acknowledgement v. Optimism through the prism of fashion – though I think it reaches well beyond.
• “Technology” is the problem
  Helge Tenno follows up on McCluhan and Davies.
• Open plan vs. open to distractions « (almost) always thinking
  A strong argument in support of open floorplans for creative organizations.
• The Well-Constructed Document | Serial Consign
  Michael Place and stacked transparency. Beautiful to behold.
  (tags: design drawing graphic typography)
• Putting heads (and computers) together to solve global problems – MIT News Office
  Predictive solutions. Concept is within my grasp, but just barely.
• The Hofmeister Kink: A Lasting BMW Design Detail – New Media Campaigns
  Joel Sutherland on the staying power of little things. Easily one of the most fascinating things I've read in months.
• What Do You Mean? » House of Naked
  Evan at Naked wonders whether enjoyment is necessarily tethered to meaning (or, at least, finding meaning). I'm inclined to think not.
• This Much SADness | Serial Consign
  Greg Smith on a public art installation by Sung Lee Design. Gorgeous (and sad).
• Who Generates User-Generated Content?
  Mark Laporta reminds us that "user-generated content is as much a product of the space it’s created in, as it is of the users who create it". Good stuff.
• News from the Herd: You and me
  Deliciously biting take on youth marketing. Vicious…and dead-on. via Ruby Pseudo.

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4. links for 2009-01-15
5. links for 2009-01-12