Comments for the Compostmodern blog http://compostmodern.wordpress.com Tue, 05 May 2009 19:25:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Steven Heller interviews Compostmodern 09 speaker John Bielenberg by tom http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/steven-heller-interviews-compostmodern-09-speaker-john-bielenberg/#comment-27 tom Tue, 05 May 2009 19:25:29 +0000 http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-27 hi melissa, you can find the first two video postings of Allan Chochinov and Michel Gelobter here: http://www.compostmodern.org/videos.php the remainder of the videos will be posted in the coming weeks. thanks for your patience; because we are an all-volunteer team it takes us a little while to ready the video content for posting. hi melissa,

you can find the first two video postings of Allan Chochinov and Michel Gelobter here: http://www.compostmodern.org/videos.php

the remainder of the videos will be posted in the coming weeks. thanks for your patience; because we are an all-volunteer team it takes us a little while to ready the video content for posting.

]]> Comment on Steven Heller interviews Compostmodern 09 speaker John Bielenberg by Melissa Delzio http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/steven-heller-interviews-compostmodern-09-speaker-john-bielenberg/#comment-26 Melissa Delzio Mon, 04 May 2009 19:07:22 +0000 http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/?p=164#comment-26 If you really want Compostmodern to make a difference and impact designers around the world, you need to make the videos from the event free and easily available. I am writing a blog about the event, and was discouraged to find no supporting video except for a few random YouTube clips. If you really want Compostmodern to make a difference and impact designers around the world, you need to make the videos from the event free and easily available. I am writing a blog about the event, and was discouraged to find no supporting video except for a few random YouTube clips.

]]> Comment on Compostmodern 09 prompts designer Hilary Pittman to action by Don Savoie http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/compostmodern-09-prompts-designer-hilary-pittman-to-action/#comment-17 Don Savoie Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:57:13 +0000 http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-17 Hilary- That is fantastic. Good job. Hilary-

That is fantastic. Good job.

]]> Comment on Compostmodern 09 speaker Emily Pilloton thinks you could have a future with Amtrak. by Nicole Matisse http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/compostmodern-09-speaker-emily-pilloton-thinks-you-could-have-a-future-with-amtrak/#comment-12 Nicole Matisse Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:54:58 +0000 http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-12 Emily - I can't agree with you more! Last summer, my twin sister Zanetha and I decided to embark on a Slow Trip in honor of our attendance at Slow Food Nation, in San Francisco. We designed our trip to include Slow Living and Slow Food components along the way from Seattle to Eugene to San Francisco to Marin County to the Santa Cruz Mountains to Los Angeles. We decided that our mode of transportation for the entire trip would be as sustainable as possible and incorporate Amtrak trains, local buses, BART – while in SF, and, when a car was absolutely necessary, a full carpool. Our first day of travel was absolutely fabulous! Turns out we were on a brand new Amtrak train, so it was positively spotless. And, due to a last minute decision to prep some artichokes and aioli for the mid-afternoon trip down to Eugene, we arrived with minutes to spare. The conductor hastily scooped us on to the train and demanded we take the nearest seats immediately - hence, a free upgrade to business class. We were stoked when we (falsely) assumed that our Amtrak experience would carry on down the coast in a quiet and pristine environment, complete with plush, leather seats. Well, needless to say, the other totally chaotic and outrageously uncomfortable trips to SF and LA were not at all reflective of what we had pictured in our idealistic heads. NOT fabulous! We agree that Amtrak needs a systems-wide upgrade that embraces a more aesthetic experience that is more reflective of the romantic notion of Train Travel. And, we hope to see an innovative design team take on the challenge and engage Amtrak to overhaul the full experience from departure to arrival. xox, Nicole Matisse Matisse Design Studio Sexy. Sustainable. Fabulous! We design your life. www.thematisseaesthetic.com Emily – I can’t agree with you more!

Last summer, my twin sister Zanetha and I decided to embark on a Slow Trip in honor of our attendance at Slow Food Nation, in San Francisco. We designed our trip to include Slow Living and Slow Food components along the way from Seattle to Eugene to San Francisco to Marin County to the Santa Cruz Mountains to Los Angeles. We decided that our mode of transportation for the entire trip would be as sustainable as possible and incorporate Amtrak trains, local buses, BART – while in SF, and, when a car was absolutely necessary, a full carpool.

Our first day of travel was absolutely fabulous! Turns out we were on a brand new Amtrak train, so it was positively spotless. And, due to a last minute decision to prep some artichokes and aioli for the mid-afternoon trip down to Eugene, we arrived with minutes to spare. The conductor hastily scooped us on to the train and demanded we take the nearest seats immediately – hence, a free upgrade to business class. We were stoked when we (falsely) assumed that our Amtrak experience would carry on down the coast in a quiet and pristine environment, complete with plush, leather seats.

Well, needless to say, the other totally chaotic and outrageously uncomfortable trips to SF and LA were not at all reflective of what we had pictured in our idealistic heads. NOT fabulous! We agree that Amtrak needs a systems-wide upgrade that embraces a more aesthetic experience that is more reflective of the romantic notion of Train Travel. And, we hope to see an innovative design team take on the challenge and engage Amtrak to overhaul the full experience from departure to arrival.

xox,
Nicole Matisse
Matisse Design Studio
Sexy. Sustainable. Fabulous! We design your life.
http://www.thematisseaesthetic.com

]]> Comment on Compostmodern 09 speaker Emily Pilloton thinks you could have a future with Amtrak. by freeplaystout http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/compostmodern-09-speaker-emily-pilloton-thinks-you-could-have-a-future-with-amtrak/#comment-8 freeplaystout Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:08:45 +0000 http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/?p=117#comment-8 Thats stout! Keep up the great work! I'm a artist and designer who is very much influenced by the principals of permaculture design. I believe if more designers incorporated these principals which are based on natural processes we would make huge inroads. Perhaps you'll get inspired here: www.punkrockpermaculture.wordpress.com Thats stout! Keep up the great work! I’m a artist and designer who is very much influenced by the principals of permaculture design. I believe if more designers incorporated these principals which are based on natural processes we would make huge inroads.

Perhaps you’ll get inspired here: http://www.punkrockpermaculture.wordpress.com

]]> Comment on Eames Demetrios to put sustainability into context at Compostmodern 09 by mod*mom http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/eames-demetrios-to-put-sustainability-into-context-at-compostmodern-09/#comment-2 mod*mom Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:52:37 +0000 http://compostmodern.wordpress.com/?p=23#comment-2 i'm so excited about compostmodern + demetrios eames talk! i just found out about it + posted about it on my blog mod*mom. what an awesome event! i’m so excited about compostmodern + demetrios eames talk! i just found out about it + posted about it on my blog mod*mom.

what an awesome event!

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