Tag Archives: design

Book Review: Color: Light, Sight, Sense

Posted on June 1, 2018 by

Color:  Light, Sight, Sense, by Mortiz Zwimpfer I honestly do not know if I would have read this book had I not been casting a wide net for a reading challenge I took to read several German books in translation.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Undeniable

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

Undeniable:  How Biology Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed, by Douglas Axe I have heard about this book and author for a while, and was pleased to finally be able to read it.  As someone who is generally familiar … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Modern Masters

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

Modern Masters:  Contemporary Architecture From Around The World, by Steve Huyton [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Edelweiss/Schiffer Publishing.] The ideal reader of this book is someone who is looking to build the sort of home that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Heavy Timber Structure`

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

Heavy Timber Structures:  Creating Comfort In Public Spaces, by Anthony F. Zaya and Timothy Diener [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Edelweiss/Schiller Publishing.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] In reading this book, it is important … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Rustic Retreats

Posted on July 9, 2017 by

Rustic Retreats:  A Build-It-Yourself Guide, by David & Jeanie Stiles Although I do not consider myself the most handy person when it comes to constructing buildings [1] or anything else of the kind, I found this book to be very … Continue reading →

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Living In A Box

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

There is little that is new about container thinking.  Although I am not a particularly handsome person myself, I happen to know quite a few people whose approaches to their own physical attractiveness is highly ambivalent.  On the one hand, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Limits Of Artificial Intelligence

Posted on December 25, 2016 by

The Limits Of Artificial Intelligence, by Jacob T. Schwartz As someone who often ponders questions of design and intelligence from a variety of different angles [1], I am often intrigued by the problem of computers and artificial intelligence.  After all, … Continue reading →

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Why Does This Exist?

Posted on December 13, 2016 by

As someone who spends a great deal of time writing reviews about books, movies, and occasionally other products, I often wrestle with the question of why something exists.  When one is dealing with creations, one is led inevitably to questions … Continue reading →

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The Re-Branding Of CONCACAF

Posted on October 10, 2016 by

I have a confession to make.  I like soccer [1].  I like it enough to have enjoyed watching it in sports bars, and enough to have seen a couple of games of the 2008 Olympic Qualifying tournament for North & … Continue reading →

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Book Review: At Home With Books

Posted on October 2, 2016 by

At Home With Books:  How Booklovers Live With And Care For Their Libraries, by Estelle Ellis, Caroline Seebohm, and Christopher Simon Sykes I will be the first to admit that I read books sometimes as aspirational reading.  As someone who … Continue reading →

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