Who needs a pottery wheel? Just get a printer

Whoa. Someone’s figured out how to print in 3-D ceramics. As in, design a cup on a computer screen, print it, fire it, drink from it.

Seriously, check it out.

SponCon art call

Got a note from the good folks at Home Resource that they’re looking for artists to contribute to their silent auction as part of this year’s annual Spontaneous Construction event. SponCon is awesome fun — I’ve participated every year I think — and in addition to having the opportunity to build something wacky, I love nothing better than catfighting with all the other earth-lovin’ peaceniks to get the last bid in on silent auction items.

Just kidding. I actually get really frustated every year by the silent auction because of all the folks who sneak their bids in at the last second (or, on more than one occasion, after the auction is supposedly over)…

…But that’s hardly unique to SponCon’s silent auction (I’d call it an epidemic around here), and really an issue for another day and another post. Like I said though, SponCon rocks; I’ve already got my team together for this year’s contest (which happens on Sept. 26; click here for info), and we are gonna be awesome. Or, at least, we’re gonna finish our project, unlike last year.

ANYWAY! I keep digressing.

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Armchair economics in the downturn

Finally, some good news in the realm of arts and economics: According to this New York Times piece that ran this week, design may be on the brink of a golden age, thanks in no small part to the very economic downturn that threatens high-end designers.

Modernism’s great ambition was to democratize design. [...]