Notes Design

When I read articles by Alice Rawsthorn, the design critic of the International Herald Tribune and the former director of the Design Museum in London, I am always somewhat irritated with her very strong focus on designed objects rather than on the design process.

In her latest story on what constitutes good design, she (briefly) addresses two topics that are so important in contemporary design: design that "shapes our experience" and the cradle-to-cradle approach ("the way it was designed and made, and will be eventually be disposed of").