Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - May 11, 2009
When our editorial team decided to base the May 25 issue of design mind magazine around the theme of power (this is the third print edition and tenth overall), I began to get lots of different input from a variety of sources on exactly what the idea of “power” should be. Some sent over images of supercars and other very fast things. Some sent articles and photographs on Obama’s new presidency. Others sent information about alternative energy solutions like solar and wind power.
Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - December 19, 2008
I used to do a lot of traveling. First it was to see the graves of my literary heroes like Yeats (Sligo, Ireland) and Keats (Rome) and then it became something of a sight seeing tour – you know, a more traditional traipse to museums, temples, and historic and natural wonders.
Eventually, though, I traveled just to get away – to see how far away I could get, both literally and figuratively. I wanted to feel the distance, and I wanted to become completely removed from what I’d always known, to really step outside my own culture and experience what it was like to live in Sydney, Nepal, Thailand, or Honduras.
Blog Pattern Language
By Sam Martin - November 6, 2008
Yesterday – the day after an historic election – there was a run on the newspaper industry. People were buying hundreds of copies at a time of their local daily. When newsstands in New York and Washington sold out, crowds were said to have gathered at the Times and Post headquarters looking for copies announcing the new Obama presidency. There were also reports of pilfering at coin operated newspaper machines.
