Field Trip to DDC
It is finally spring and nothing gives me more incentive to leave my desk to go play and discover design in the city than a little warm-ish weather. First stop this week was DDC at 136 Madison Ave. So here is some advice to my fellow designers: leave those desks and go and explore! There is nothing better than being inspired by the real thing.
The Bruco chair by Sophie Larger, the TwentyTwo chair by Jaime Hayon and this beautiful yellow drawer cabinet by Patrick Norguet.
Bhut commented:
I have to go out on a limb here and dispute ehhtewr we even need, or should want, a "mental health SYSTEM" per se. I think that any system that is organized enough and thorough enough to guarantee prevention of these freakishly rare mass murders would also snare and/or label and ostracize many, many people who are just odd but harmless. If there is a bright dividing line that predicts who will exhibit violent behavior and who will not, if there is some formula by which the two can be separated with more than 99% accuracy, then there are just not enough people in our society willing to be trained in this algorithm of evaluation and to spend their lives doing it.In short, it would require tens of thousands of professionals that are just as smart and dedicated as Dr. Helen. People like her are just not that common.
