

John Thackara has just published an extensive and in-depth interview that was done with him and Sunil Abraham for this month's Cluster magazine in a special issue published for the World Congress of Architecture which opens later this month in Turin, Italy.


Lots of good content in the 9th issue of Ambidextrous Magazine, the design journal of the Stanford d.school, currently available online:
Two great reads for the designer, student, and client alike--you might even want to print these out (heavens!) On Design Observer, Julie Lasky publishes her recent commencement speech at Cranbrook. There are way too many paragraphs to pull, but the blogosphere will like these two:

Steve's got a nice romp through some inter-cultural design collisions--from subway card swiping to the inevitable potty conventions. Here's a little taste:

Job-getting guru, RitaSue Siegel, has just published the revised version of 'Get A Design Job'. An authority in the industry, this manual offers insights into everything from Resume tips to Research. First conceived as a series of articles for Innovation magazine in 1993, the 2008 version has grown to include information on a variety of topics that influence not only the job-seeker, but the Design Industry as a whole.