Weekend 296.0
“I hope you are teaching Quality to your students.” — Sarah to Phaedrus (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) (1) Commuting: The Joys of the Brompton Bicycle (2) Northampton’s Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Design
Weekend 288.0
(1) These 20 Pictures Of Expo 67 Will Leave You Speechless. There Are No Words (1a) ‘Norman Bel Geddes: I Have Seen the Future’ (WSJ) (2) As City Cycling Grows, Continue Reading →
Weekend 285.0
(1) ‘Non-Stop’ by Jack El-Hai: How a small local carrier grew into the most debonair of airlines before declining into “Northworst.” (WSJ) (2) 20 Odd Questions for Designer Marcel Wanders Continue Reading →
Weekend 278.0
(1) Linden Green: Design’s Color of the Season (WSJ) (2) Book Review: ‘Why We Build’ by Witold Rybczynski | ‘How Architecture Works’ by Rowan Moore (WSJ – Registration Required) (3) Continue Reading →
Weekend 277.0 (Autumn Biking Adventures)
(1) This App Will Help You Find A Quiet Space In The Loud, Bustling City (1a) Metro-North Commuters Slog to Work: After Power Outage, It Could Be Days Before Normalcy Continue Reading →
Weekend 274.0 (Baskets Encouraged)
Finished A History of Capitalism According to the Jubilee Line by John O’Farrell and The 32 Stops by Danny Dorling. The latter is a clever work using facts to provide Continue Reading →
Weekend 250.0 (Where Orwell meets Nordlinger)
“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous — to poetry.” — Thomas Mann (1) The Wall Street Journal is publishing most its newest content Continue Reading →
Weekend 249.0
(1) In the New Campaign, Honda Proves that “Things Can Always Be Better” – The advertisement features a Brompton
The Possible Present
“The EPCOT system features trains consisting of four attached cars, with each car seating up to four guests. The trains are much larger than either the Disneyland or Magic Kingdom Continue Reading →
Weekend 239.0 (Cycling Weekend)
(1) My Orange Brompton: A blog for those who want, own or love Brompton Folding Bicycles. (1a) This cat has great taste in colour (and he seems to have a Continue Reading →