This weblog is created to share information and stories about contemporary design, culture, and politics. Each day will afford new opportunities to share and make connections between the goings-on of these disparate, yet inter-connected worlds. As citizens of cities, it is our duty and privilege to be informed of movements within the design world. Going beyond just design may begin to stretch what we do and begin to make "gray" areas where we intersperse ourselves into other area of the contemporary discourse, creating hybrid subjects and research topics.


Let's begin by posting the goings on in Italy, a place close to my heart, where Silvio Berlusconi finally conceded his prime minister post, after nearly a month in denial. This guy has been a pain in the side of many Italians. I personally am quite relieved he has let go of his little throne, so to speak: Berlusconi loses.

With Prodi's center-left party coming to party, Italy will surely dis-align itself with the current American regime, creating tighter ties with Europe. Can design in Italy begin to establish momentum and begin to carry the weight of its Dutch, German, and French contemporaries?