It’s hard to believe, but with dropping milk production in Europe and an increased demand for butter around the world there is a shortage of butter in France. At the same time, there has been…
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3 trends shaping the design industry
This article broke this morning in Co.Design: “3 Big Ideas Shaping a Design Industry in Flux”. The design industry is changing rapidly and I’m starting to see more news bits and pieces written about the…
The role of the humanities, design, and aesthetics in our energy future
The words humanities, design, and aesthetics are not words that I would normally think to use with the word energy. However, they are used together in this article in MIT News: “Energy transition through aesthetics…
The two economies of the U.S.
I spotted a few articles today that describe the United States as having two economies. Here are the links: Ray Dalio makes a case for viewing the U.S. as two economies (Financial Post) Our Biggest…
Disney is getting into the blockchain business
Through a spinoff company named Dragonchain, Disney has entered the blockchain technology business. It joins companies such as Aeternity, ContentKid, Dfinity, Chain of Things, Flowchain, Decissio, and Cognate among others. What does Dragonchain do? Nat…
The merger of machine learning and human-centered design
IDEO has acquired Datascope, a Chicago-based data science company. The impact of the merger is that IDEO will now be able to tap into the power of data, algorithms, and machine learning to supplement it’s…