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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 22 Oct 2018
Edition-120 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About product cycles of nine hours: https://innovator.news/interview-of-the-week-pablos-holman-7f5122149c62 About the coming explosion of companies: https://medium.com/@opencorporates/fireflies-and-algorithms-the-coming-explosion-of-companies-9d53cdb8738f About 50 questions to help you re-imagine the future: https://www.boardofinnovation.com/staff-picks/what-if-questions-reimagine-the-future/ About the ReWire (art) festival and how it reveals… Read more
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What is your signature?
A relatively short essay on what may capture your identity: about titles, maps, codes and signatures. What’s your title ? Your title is what is on your business card. It is what you put in the about us section of your website, or in the profile information of your social media. But how much of… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 15 Oct 2018
Edition-119 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About nine sci-fi subgenres for understanding what’s to come: https://howwegettonext.com/exploring-the-future-without-cyberpunks-neon-and-noir-8e23562819e3 About vulnerability in a Japanese bathhouse: https://therumpus.net/2018/10/naked-in-japan/ About a tale befitting the power and tragedy of the age of climate change: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wj9k3n/one-thousand-cranes About speculative… Read more
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Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 8 Oct 2018
Petervan’s Delicacies are back! After a couple of months of relative rest, I have started again my weekly curation of content that resonated at a higher quality level. In this come-back edition, also some older posts of the last couple of months that for some reason stayed alive in my memory. This is edition-118 of… Read more
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The illusion of constant renewal
I am probably the antidote of fashion. My standard outfit these days is made of worn-out t-shirts, old sports shorts, and plastic sandals (sort of). Nothing poetic for sure. So, it may surprise you that from time to time, I am inspired by fashion, their designers and their shows to present the spring/summer/autumn/winter collections. Koan-like… Read more
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Design used to be about sensitivity, beauty, and taste
As part of my search for a new job, I was introduced to an organisation focusing on using design-led engagements to support innovation and understanding customer needs (needs, not problems, see my previous post on the tyranny of the problem solver) Lyonel Feininger – Clouds above the sea – 1923 – Oil on Canvas Steve… Read more
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Artistic Interventions – Interruptions – Provocations
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