Advocating Change at Compostmodern
An amazing roster of speakers with designs on inspiration
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Cheeky Craft from the North
Bowels, beavers, and more featured in a Nordic art exhibit at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Prelinger’s Land of the Lost
An upcoming screening highlights a vast collection of urban time capsules
Old-School Revelry
To celebrate the election, public space trumps MySpace
Poetry About Place
High school students from Philadelphia lyrically portray their surroundings.
Buried Treasure Island
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents inspired tours of historic land use throughout the Bay Area.
What’s to be Done with San Francisco?
As part of a month-long architecture festival, an exhibition gives the City by the Bay a progressive facelift
Investigating Intersection
A collection of essays picks up where Jane Jacobs left off.
Vive La (Craft) Revolution?
My co-worker must have been reading my mind after I mentioned that I would be attending a Friday-night panel titled, “The Politics of Craft and Design,” part of the American Craft Show at Fort Mason in San Francisco. “What politics?” she asked, speaking aloud the very thought that had piqued my interest in the topic. The panel, moderated by American…
A Walk in the Park(s)
Exploring design and development in the Motor City (minus the motor).
Going Carfree
A conference in Portland says “Live Free or Drive.”
Deep Craft
A new Web site advocates a fresh take on the craft tradition.
