Hasta La Ideas

Jon Kolko, just back from the conference down south, has some provocative ideas about industrial design and future of the IDSA. Here’s the start:

I’ve just returned from the IDSA conference in Miami, and I’m both convinced that, in ten years, there won’t be an IDSA conference to go to – and that isn’t a bad thing. I don’t mean this in a disparaging sense; I enjoyed the conference, caught up with old friends, made new friends, and learned a bit. But a trend that I’ve observed at past conferences is only more evident this year, and it’s patronizing to continue to skirt what is becoming increasingly obvious: the IDSA has served a valuable role in the evolution of design as a professional discipline, and has helped advance the field to a point where the IDSA is now essentially irrelevant. Design has outgrown “Industrial Design”, and a professional organization cannot exist only in the form of self-maintenance.

I’ll explain, as I realize this may come across as both pretentious and self-righteous (and I intend it to be neither).

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Back in early August, there were some big concerns in the San Francisco art community that GAP founder Donald Fisher might have been looking to place his massive art collection outside of the Bay Area, perhaps as protest after seeing his years of work go up in smoke when he finally had to pull the plug on building a museum in the Presidio. But now all San Franciscans can rest easy as they breathe a collective sigh of relief with the news that Fisher has struck up a deal with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, who will be hosting the more than 1,000 pieces of artwork he owns for at least the next 25 years. How’d SFMOMA convince him? Promising to add a whole new wing always tends to grease some wheels. Here’s a bit:

Works from the Fisher Collection will be on display in a new wing that will also incorporate art from the museum’s collection. In addition, works from the Fisher Collection will be interwoven with SFMOMA’s modern and contemporary holdings in existing galleries. Together, they will form one of the world’s most important collections of art of the past 50 years, the museum said.

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Today’s first post is a quick one. I simply want to direct you to a fun feature that ran last week over on Lifehacker: “Nine Workspaces Where Famous Folks Get Stuff Done.”

We’ve shown Al Gore’s piled space here on Unclutterer before, but the others are new to us. I especially love the video of David Allen’s desk — simple and extremely productive:

Now I’m really curious what all of these famous peoples’ assistant’s desks look like …

Go on and check out the article, and then come back here and share your reactions.