He says China is teaching their children English in the third grade. By 2010 China will be the world’s largest English speaking nation. So I’m not sure what that means. It’s one of those very utilitarian languages that is pretty ingrained already as the preferred language of business. Maybe that means it behooves you to befriend a Chinaman before you go shitting all over opium dens and deep fried starfish on a stick.
Rob Forbes gives this talk at TED.com about ways of seeing. He raises a point about design saying it’s increasingly difficult to find design that represents a unique culture, regarding globalization. He also has a lot of interesting photographs in this presentation that show how design and culture are entwined.
From TED.com:
Rob Forbes, the founder of Design Within Reach, shows a gallery of snapshots that inform his way of seeing the world. Charming juxtapositions, found art, urban patterns — this slideshow will open your eyes to the world around you.
There is so much cool art out there by so many unknown underground snarling sparkling artists, I keep this thing as a sort of inspiration diary of all the amazing creative noise going on off the mainstream. Visit my artfolio at http://rishisatsangi.com.
