Some personal thoughts and experiences that led to start building The New Constructivist project last year along with the audio show to launch May 1, 2018.
originally posted on thenewconstructivist.org
Some personal thoughts and experiences that led to start building The New Constructivist project last year along with the audio show to launch May 1, 2018.
originally posted on thenewconstructivist.org
By bene • February 10, 2018
Though the economy is ever-present in news and politics, we rarely examine its fundamentals – and never with nuance. In this collection of essays published over 40 years ago, Schumacher shines a light on our systems, remarkably similar then, questioning the mythologies we’ve adopted and offering alternative approaches.
Continue ReadingBy bene • November 29, 2017
I came to The Conference in Malmö, Sweden as a user experience designer in transition and found it not just inspiring but profound and moving, even tearing up a few times. This past year I’ve been following a a few vague, disparate leads looking for a more holistic vision of design which amazingly materialized at this one gathering. It felt like thee new new and the most interesting potential future to be a part of.
Continue ReadingBy bene • August 27, 2016
If anything is a big influence on me, it’s David Lynch. He’s really into presenting something but not explaining it. It’s just ‘This is an image, this is an idea, isn’t it cool?’ — Black Francis
Art is a strange place for a teen, which is often the point. There is the budding inclination to look for *something else*. You can get stuck in the infinite searching trap, looking for what’s next or what’s weird, and gradually congeal into the much-maligned hipster. Or you can follow the promise of art and find something that speaks to you – or shows you something you need to see.
Continue ReadingBy bene • October 24, 2014
Stephen Colbert introduced an innovative creative approach to testimony in a house committee on immigration.
https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?295639-1/immigrant-farm-workers
Continue ReadingBy bene • September 26, 2010
design (and other works) by colombene gorton
By bene • October 12, 2020