**!!!!GiRL PoWER!!!!**

Well really power to everyone. It looks like consultancies are pushing for design that is a lot more female friendly. We all know this 'is man's world', but that doesn't mean we have be confused in it. This new consciousness for more female friendly design was inspired by an internal movement (femmeden) at Smart Design which was founded by four international women: Erica Eden (American), Agnete Enga (Norwegian), Yvonne Lin (Chinese-American), and Gina Reimann (British).

We are dedicated to drawing connections between social, cultural, and economic changes in design to satisfy the unmet needs of women consumers.

How refreshing...their grassroots revolution works on everything—from lowering out of reach shelving for the average 5'2'' american woman, to illustrating inherent gender differences that are vital to understand for the success of good design. (yea—big things poppin)
Work to improve the female (consumer) experience people!! There are more of us anyway.

Cheers!
ps: check out the blog for lady business near you.

The Price of Your Dream

The world according to Godin tells us to be careful about turing our talents and passions into bankable bucks. Sure it seems cool to make money off your lyrical skills, but you might just end up selling out and thrown into commercial land. He says making money off yourself calls for you to corrupt the beauty of it. Not cool in my book. Godin says maybe instead of doing what you love, find something you can love to do. He tells a story of a friend who had a passion for music and found a job doing pr for a record label. He ended up HATING IT! He got stuck in the crazed and frantic world of pr without coming remotly close to actually working with music. He was SOL as someone may say.

PROCEED WITH CAUTION MY PASSIONATE PEERS! The love of you life may leave you in tears.


AhThankyou.

-SNEAK PEEK-

hey hey! some some cool class happenings going on today 10.16.08
we had Nusrat Durrani guest lecture & present in our class today.
here's something he's & mtv world has been working on...DRUM ROLL PLEASE....PULL BACK CURTAINS..!!

MTV IGGY!!! whoooooo hoooo. man this is cool folks.
it was so intresting how he pulled from his travel experiences and passion for music to create this new global network.
this thing is so spot on with the world today it's crazy! it fits perfectly with our blogging and interconnected society. we want customization and the ability to share and learn about personal experiences. it's awesome. he said he didn't think we were ready for it in the pass, i'd agree. but now, this what we're asking for. intelligent, informed, diverse, passionate connections.

tune in or get tuned out.

IT's the BEEEEEEEST OF BOTH WORLDS! : DESIGN EDUCATION & ADVOCACY

"Peace" by Daniel Chang, Graphic Design, a final poster from a transdisciplinary studio, instructors Martha Rich and Esther Watson, Illustration

LINK UP: Deserve Your Dream: Design Education & Advocacy by Mariana Amatullo

THE GOAL: "Generating tangible solutions that make a lasting difference in people's lives."

Where are we supposed to go? What is our destination? I answer you: forward & the future. How do we get there?
allow me to copy & paste:

When it comes to social-impact messaging, the key advice is don't be drab; make it intriguing and make it look as fabulous as the new beer commercial. Generate mileage by utilizing the same attention-grabbing strategies you would for a consumer-based product.

**DouBLE TiME PROducT Design**

"Toast-It Notes
Multitasking at the next level"
http://laughlines.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/toast-it-notes/

man this is a coooooool toaster.

these crusty creation will have you informed and well fed :)
today's world is all about duality & functionality. we want more bang for our buck. with our crazy morning rush, who has time to look at the fridge for mom's last minute posting. "not i." said the student. now you don't have to. throw some chicken scratch on white board-set to brown-and your note is toast!...literally.

ps: it's also a great way to save the trees

With Our Powers Combined...

First let me just say I picked this article because I liked the picture, thus I am unbeknownst as to what is really going on. But the title was pretty long—so I have made a few hypotheses...essssss. too many s-es. haha. anyway! on to the article!


peep the link:
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