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Salt Lines

Salton Sea: the salt line
How our relationship with salt is affected by salt lines in nature, or on ourselves.



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04 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Salton Sea
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Edge Textures

04 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Salton Sea
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Art in the Community

Designers are often striving for purity of form – objects stripped down to their essence. But what happens when the purest form is for a …
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Ice ‘n Ammo

A whole lot of cultural assumptions wrapped up in these convenience store signs. What do you mean your 7/11 doesn’t sell ammunition? Not even under …
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Defective Cards

04 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Mojave
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The contexts in which we present cards, and the likelihood of those cards beings considered defect and by whom? How defect or otherwise suspect cards …
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Lids Sealed, Lids Popped

04 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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Nodding Donkeys

02 Apr 2010

In: Beverly Hills, Cultural Norms
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Interesting to see how neighbourhoods deal with and build around necessary infrastructure. For a short video oil rigs/nodding donkeys tucked in and around Beverly Hills …
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The Lifestream of Objects

My first was a beat up, lime green 1968 Chrysler Newport bought for $390 from a used car dealer in Sante Fe – my …
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The Commute

31 Mar 2010

In: Today's Office, Topanga State Park
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Despite LA’s all-year-round fair weather my morning bike commute is perky enough to snap fingers. It’s not the ride down to the ocean that does …
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Firsts

31 Mar 2010

In: Downtown, Today's Office
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Jostling for space with Chinese expats renewing their travel documentation; jaded business folks trying for a quick turn-around; tour group reps processing dozens at a …
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