http://www.davidzach.com/blog/think.htm/ Fads, trends and principles as reported by David Zach, futurist. en-us 2005-09-18T18:48:12-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000128.htm I'm speaking in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 27th at ERA05, (no, not a retro feminist convention) a design convergence conference. Bringing together designers of Interiors, Industrials and Graphics, this conference is looking at the both the growing influence of design... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-09-18T18:48:12-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000127.htm Here's a free download of a short talk I did in 2004 for the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. I was on their board for a few years and this talk, Confessions of a Surprised Futurist, was... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-08-31T22:27:02-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000126.htm A Flash project looking at the future of the news media from the Museum of Media History in Tampa Bay, FL. I don't know much about it, but it's a rather intriguing history and future of the fourth estate. Epic... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-08-30T08:33:15-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000123.htm Some of you know that I have a rather intriguing collection of art deco antiques, mostly gathered over the past 16 years in between talking the talk and growing old while waiting in airports. In January 2005, Milwaukee Home magazine... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-08-21T14:32:21-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000125.htm In mid-June I attended the American Chesterton Society's three day conference held annually at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Dale Ahlquist, the executive director of the society, is not only one of the funniest people I've... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-08-21T14:06:54-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000124.htm Maybe we're about to radically change the operating system of the human condition. If so, then this would be a really good time to make backups of our civilization. Bruce Sterling... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-08-21T13:51:07-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000122.htm While I'm on the topic of defending Western Civ, it might also be a point to suggest this website The Museum of Unworkable Devices. I never took Physics, but this is a well explained site on why those perpetual motion... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-07-27T21:33:48-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000121.htm OK, I have no reason to suggest Think Geek other than for the simple and pure reason that I love this shop. Having always been a geek (albeit perhaps a bit more eloquent than the average geek) this website is... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-07-27T21:31:27-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000120.htm Just in case you understand that now might be a really good time to be able to defend the achievements of Western Civilization, here's a site, Squashed Philosophers, that offers quick summaries of the best of Western thought. I have... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-07-26T09:51:06-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000119.htm Well, how exciting that spammers have discovered my site. Each day I end up clearing out about 5 "comments" that are really porn links or some other such notion that has made the Internet so popular. (Somehow I suspect that... About this journal dmzach 2005-07-14T14:09:51-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000118.htm This site, Trailers of Historically Significant Movies is a segment of the Digital History website. If you don't have time to rewatch all those movies, here are the quickie versions. Some of the links didn't work, but it is a... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-07-12T14:51:36-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000102.htm I've had to re-edit my entry on design*sponge, which is a rather nice site giving a daily dose of cool new consumer products. Then last week two people wrote to me explaining that Grace Bonney, aka design*sponge is a bit... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-06-11T10:20:44-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000099.htm This chick is cool. Her name is Régine Debatty, she looks all of early 20something, is Belgian, studied Classics (yeah!) and works in Italy as a new media consultant, after having such jobs as a go-go dancer, secretary and a... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-05-11T09:46:56-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000117.htm The Cool Hunter is another one. If I find many more of them, they're not going to be cool anymore.... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-04-15T20:20:10-06:00 http://www.davidzach.com/blog/archives/000116.htm Josh Spear: The Pulse of Cool is another cool hunting site. I have no idea which one came first. Don't really care either. I just like them and appreciate it when someone does primary research before I have to.... Fads, trends & principles dmzach 2005-04-15T20:12:34-06:00