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Design Is Not Always Elitist (thank god)

David Stairs
The editors of MIT Press and Design Observer have compiled a collection of essays to celebrate that weblog’s 15th anniversary. Culture Is Not Always Popular sports the same title as the presentation Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel made at the 2003 AIGA Power of Design conference in Vancouver B.C.,… Continue Reading →

On Swallowing and Being Swallowed

David Stairs
Control is the object of consolidation, what Nietsche once called the “will to power.”

Soul Searching
Consider the rise of multinational corporations. Monopoly is the capitalist ideal. Although shrouded in so-called antitrust laws preventing market domination— the idea being that competition is healthy for markets— captains of industry have always sought market dominance…. Continue Reading →

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