Comments on: Layout Sneak Peek http://www.minesf.com/gooddesignbook/2010/02/01/layout-sneak-peek/ This site documents the progress and process of writing and designing our new book. We'll use this space to share insights and sneak previews, and to solicit content and ideas from you. Updates every Friday. Sat, 15 May 2010 18:25:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.minesf.com/gooddesignbook/2010/02/01/layout-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-116 admin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:30:31 +0000 http://www.minesf.com/gooddesignbook/?p=366#comment-116 Here's an excerpt of the writeup on the piece you are questioning: ...Stefan Sagmeister’s “Obsessions make my life worse and my work better” ended up being emblematic of the experiment. Constructed over eight days with the help of 150 volunteers who meticulously placed 250,000 Euro cent coins, the calligraphic streetwork lived only for a day before thieves (and then the police) swept it away. Despite its fleeting existence, this work still managed to celebrate the best in human nature — creative collaboration, volunteerism, and an underlying optimism that the beauty of a public artwork would not be disrupted for chance at $35,000 in loose change. Here’s an excerpt of the writeup on the piece you are questioning:

…Stefan Sagmeister’s “Obsessions make my life worse and my work better” ended up being emblematic of the experiment. Constructed over eight days with the help of 150 volunteers who meticulously placed 250,000 Euro cent coins, the calligraphic streetwork lived only for a day before thieves (and then the police) swept it away.

Despite its fleeting existence, this work still managed to celebrate the best in human nature — creative collaboration, volunteerism, and an underlying optimism that the beauty of a public artwork would not be disrupted for chance at $35,000 in loose change.

]]> By: A. http://www.minesf.com/gooddesignbook/2010/02/01/layout-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-115 A. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:23:11 +0000 http://www.minesf.com/gooddesignbook/?p=366#comment-115 What good cause is the Sagmeister piece supporting? What good cause is the Sagmeister piece supporting?

]]> By: Morgan Smail http://www.minesf.com/gooddesignbook/2010/02/01/layout-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Morgan Smail Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:11:57 +0000 http://www.minesf.com/gooddesignbook/?p=366#comment-114 looking really good fellas. great decision to give that last piece an entire spread. great flow and variety looking really good fellas. great decision to give that last piece an entire spread. great flow and variety

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