Churtles, United Colors of Benetton, Now & Laters, capitalanthropy (but not capitalism), innovation, ethical couture, furniture, industrial design, nature, imagination, love, architecture, authenticity, sustainability, intelligent aesthetics, music, social entrepreneurship, equality, awareness, growing up without growing old, travel, world culture, the impossible.
Fig. 1.1 NOKIA 8801
Fig. 1.2 BARCELONA CHAIR
Classic 20th Century Modernist furniture design by architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe in 1929.
Fig. 1.3 PRISM GLASS TABLE
Made by designer Makio Hasuike. The angular beauty of this sleek glass table draws upon elegant precedents: the strict architecture of Marcel Breuer’s seminal work and the clean geometry of Le Corbusier’s “equipment for living.â€
Fig. 1.4 EAMES LOUNGE CHAIR & OTTOMAN
The Eames lounge chair and ottoman is the culmination of Charles and Ray Eames' efforts to create comfortable and handsome lounge seating by using production techniques that combine technology and handcraftsmanship. Its heritage goes back to the molded plywood chairs pioneered by the Eameses in the 1940s, and it's part of the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Fig. 1.5 VESPA PX150
This is the real deal, the original, the legendary, the classic PX, back in the U.S. after a 20+ year hiatus.* These brand new Vespas may have just come off the production line, but they're classic PX. Maintaining its original design and technical innovation, it is the only choice for those who want the traditional four-speed gear shift and a design that never goes out of style.
Fig. 1.6 BANTAM SOFA
To articulate comfort in every inch of the compact Bantam Sofa (2004), the design takes its lead from the softer, less machined breed of modernism that emerged in the United States in the 1930s.
The revolution, and the end of war and poverty. Ron Paul. Banksy. The Benetton family, Arundhati Roy, Jeffrey Sachs, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Yunus, Bruce Lee, David Ogilvy, Carl Jung, Gandhi, Benjamin Franklin, Abe Lincoln, Oliviero Toscani, Jimi Hendrix, Noam Chomsky, Thomas Jefferson, Audrey Hepburn, Claire Danes, Alexander McQueen, and Brangelina.
People's History of the United States, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time (big ups to Jeffrey Sachs!!), The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Books about Quantum mechanics, superstring theory, chaos theory and synchronicity is fabulous. Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Dancing Wu Li Masters. Anything by Jiddu Krishnamurti, Deepak Chopra, Chuck Palahniuk or Roald Dahl. Sophie's World. Power vs. Force. The Alchemist. Great Expectations. Siddhartha. Jonathan Livingston's Seagull. The Elegant Universe. The World's Religions. Emotional Design. Lastly, Bingo Brown and the Language of Love. Yeeah.
Ron Paul. Social entrepreneurs. Jeffrey Sachs. Banksy.