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First Aired - 10/06/2010 07:00PM
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This week on Burning Down the House Curtis speaks to Rich Thrush, industrial and product designer. They speak about the mad (and maddening) world of consumption, chairs that are more "statements" than they are comfortable, how simple product design can improve every day life, graphic design, the MoMA gift shop, and the mind-bending powers of the "Powers of Ten" short film. Finally, Curtis closes with a tribute to his little sister. This episode was sponsored by Tekserve.
Photo 1: Dietrich Lubs Braun alarm clock, 2: Niels Diffrient's The Freedom Chair, 3: Heller Stacking Melamine Dinnerware by Vignelli
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B.D.H. Intro- The Mad World of Consumption (7:54)
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Curtis B. Wayne, Heritage Radio Network, Tekserve, anything related to the Apple computer, devoted to sustainable life, www.tekserve.com, talking about the design of consumer products, industrial designers, Great Depression 2.0, Kaz Incorporated, Vics products, the mad world of consuming, huge wave of consumer goods coming out of the far east for the past 15 years, flood of goods after WWII, waves of breakthroughs, Target, an attempt to provide goods with good design, durable and beautiful, Dyson vacuums, Walmart people, access to disposable income, stretching up to Target, Rich Thrush,Knock It Off (10:42)
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Janice Joplin died forty years ago this week, Mercedes Benz, aspirational consumer attitude, industrial designers, product design, improving everyday life, the alternative is no design, no illusion of changing the world, one piece at a time, at a corporate level, a sense of democratization, Tata Motors, Jaguar, a super elite product, one does encounter a really good knockoff, a total ripoff of Dietrich Lubs Braun alarm clock, there are knockoff at all levels, Plagiaris knockoff museum, mock the design but lack the function, Gillette, high precision building, Proctor and Gamble, the world's largest company of that kind, parent company democratization,Levels of Resolution (22:30)
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Almost National Anthem, the cyclic spirit that this land is our land, a liberalizing democratic urge to have good design for everyone, good architecture for a low cost, so much of this look at me stuff, Massimo Vignelli, great graphic designer, Helvetica typeface, Heller diner wear, unbreakable, bringing good design to the masses, no zeal to promote anonymous products, products have become more complex, amazing mugs are still available, the MoMA giftshop, Aalto vase, The Memphis Group, a scalability of design thinking, 10/10/10, International Powers Of Ten Day, Eames' Powers of Ten, film, ourselves in the universe, as old as Methuselah, Charles Eames, Curtis meets Charles Eames, I'll answer all your questions in the speech, Eames' IBM movies, structural engineering, Norwalk Community College, structural calculations, high exponential values, Avogadro's number, the numerology of things, levels of resolution, a well-made consumer object, the high precision available in production these days, Toby Cumberbatch, Cooper Union, making structures out of garbage, a site to build this year's Garbage House, discarded water bottles, very beautifully crafted, temporary housing out of trash, no shortage of trash, the era of Vignelli, a little bit of delight in your everyday life, something you need can be beautiful, thinking more about usability, usability can be beautiful, beauty for beauty's sake, Motorola, Hasbro, look is secondary to function, function first, the commonality between architecture and product design, the subtle brilliance of Curtis's N.A.D. stereo amplifier, square green ON button, the power and the volume, the hierarchy of function, results-based design, watching the consumer use the product, designing medical apparatuses, hit the KILL button, designing for parents of sick children, a thermometer that calls the doctor,St. James Infirmary (8:18)
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what it's like to struggle with a product, Tekserve, Rich Thrush, Industrial Designer, positively 4th street, enfranchising your own organization first, transparency of communication, brand-name designers, handing it down from high on the mountain, Philippe Starck, The Ghost Chair, looks wonderful at the Hudson Hotel, Niels Diffrient freedom chair, perfectly ergonomic, architect's discount, what's the trade price?, trading products for products, Constance Anne Cash, 9 year battle against cancer, happy to have another day, how do we make life better, a good mother and a good friend, Hamlet's soliloquy, To die, to sleep, no more,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/17/2011 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants we're taken head first into a big sack of rice-related readings as Carmen and Alice break down the most delicious of all tall grasses. Learn how rice got here, how we first grew it abroad and at home, and what varieties grow well where. Rice to meet you!
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Rice from 6,000 BC to 1700 AD (11:10)
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Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, Groundworks Inc, Rice, Rice was brought to the states in 1685 by a ship, the ship was damaged by storm and exchanged rice seeds for repairs at port, by the 18th century rice became a major export croup in South Carolina due to slavery, what else is going to grow in the swamp?, tobacco and indigo, wind fan, grinding, winnowing, mortars, rice is like wheat or millet, rice grows wild in South East Asia, people first farmed rice in Thailand around 6,000 BC, Rice was spread around quite a bit by Alexander the Great, by 800 AD people in East Africa were growing rice, Chinese farmers first invented the rice paddy, paddies save water and help kill weeds, Louisiana and Mississippi are very tied to rice, rice was a major crop for colonists by 1700; especially Carolina Gold Rice, rice moved westward to cheaper land, mechanization lowered rice harvesting costs, Chinese immigrants' influx brought more rice to the states, .,Harvesting Methods (14:42)
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Carmen grew up eating Carolina rice, where does rice grow best for today's market?, the plant itself can grow up to 15 feet in deep water, rice is very obviously a grass, 90% of the rice grown in the US is consumed in the US, some Asian countries continue to produce rice by hand, mules and oxen cannot be used in traditional means of growing rice as they would sink into the soft soil, human hands were therefore needed, regulating water through the fields, planting by hand means dropping a seed into a hole made in soil with a toe then tamped down with foot, Carolina Gold was usually flooded 3 times, the sprout flow the stretch flow (for insects) and the harvest flow (to support the stalks), growing rice by hand is back breaking work, Middleton Place is a plantation in Charleston, winnowing, Native American or Wild Rice, Native American's harvesting methods were often sacred, harvesting by canoe, rice as commodity,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 12/16/2010 01:00PM
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This week on The Farm Report, Erin and Heather are joined by Dan Gibson of Grazin' Angus Acres. Grazin Angus Acres is a farm committed to raising the finest quality Grass-Fed and Finished Black Angus in a sustainable 2,000-acre eco-friendly environment. Dan talks about the challenges of raising grassfed and grass finished beef on a farm, and what complications arise when dry aging the meat. Tune in and learn how he transformed from a suit and tie Wall Street life to life on the farm. This episode was sponsored by Tekserve & The Lower East Side Ecology Center's "E-Waste Events". Find out everything you need to know about recycling your old electronics by clicking here!
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The Farm Report Introduction: (15:45)
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The Farm Report, Heather Hyman, Erin Fairbanks, Tekserve, Lower East Side Ecology Center, E-Waste event, www.tekserve, Heritage Radio Network, Dan Gibson, Grazing Angus Acres, family was affected heavily by 911, made the transition into farming, bought land first and had no idea what to do, about 300 head on his farm today, it takes 3 years to finish cattle on grass alone, processing 100 head a year, USDA, using small processors, Animal Welfare Approved, reviews everything about how the cattle are raised, they follow the cattle to the slaughterhouse, you have to be willing to go to the farmers market, not everybody at the farmers market is clean and organic, GrazingAngusAcres.com, Green Market,Segment 2 (15:31)
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conventional dairy was not for Dan, dry aging, processing, it's very important to the tenderness of the steak for dry aging, let is hang for 21 days, gives the enzymes an opportunity to break down the cell wall structure, makes meat less tough, some farms have problems dry aging grassfed beef because it enhances the flavor of the meat, if the flavor of the meat has a high protein flavor which is caused by grass it might not taste great, alfalfa is very high in protein, high urea smell, creates an off taste in milk or meat, cooking technique for urban kichens, color and caramelization, steaks and burgers, what about the rest of the cow?, farmers have been given incentive to use corn since World War II, there is a huge cost for having used all this corn, it's becoming more clear now, it's time for farmers to stand up, grassfed and finished black angus,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
