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UTOPIA: POLAROID
March 30th, 2010 by Maxine
I’ll venture to call Polaroid film a utopian idea, at least when it was first proposed: the idea was shocking–shake your film in plain air and watch the image emerge. In February 2008, Polaroid ceased to make Polaroid film, opting to focus entirely on digital products. MATTER: BLOCKS REDUX
August 5th, 2008 by Maxine
We can’t help but feature blocks here, once again. We’ve found a company that combines two of our interests: wood blocks and intentional communities, or utopias. The Bruderhof, a communal society founded in Germany, moved to Paraguay, and settled, finally, in North America (on several different sites or “hofs”), make their living with simple wood toys. If you’re interested in [...] MATTER: OUR NEEDS
July 24th, 2008 by Maxine
I have long held a fascination with objects designed for ”special needs” populations. Collectively, the range of our special needs is unspeakably large, but several companies are determined to satisfy them, with designs and objects that I find heartening; someone has considered our daily challenges and came up with a 4-foot shoehorn for those who [...] Utopia: Shakers
January 6th, 2008 by Maxine
The Shakers are famous for their bureaus, sewing tables, dressers, flat brooms, and boxes. One Shaker sister gave voice to the popularity (read: commodification) in a BBC documentary, titled “I Don’t Want to Be Remembered as a Chair. Some of us can think of worse legacies, of course. Few people know that aside from the fine furniture, the Shakers [...]
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