Author: Catherine Hofmann
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Type-Cartography
Axis Maps have created fantastic typographic maps for select cities. Each street, beach, body of water, park and hospital area is made of it’s respective name in various sized fonts. They are based out of Wisconsin but have quickly spread into 4 new locations. Chicago San Francisco
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Presidential Endorsement
A single-issue voter is not voting in the interest of the nation. However, I may be a double-issue voter for the 2012 presidential election: Women’s Rights Environmental Protection VOTE OBAMA [plus, he loves the Tarheels]
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I Look Good I Feel Good I AM Good Pop made me repeat this in mirror every day before walking 3 blocks to school. It works.
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NYC
I just booked a flight to NYC for my birthday in July! This might have to be an annual trip – I have been in July at least 4 times since 2007. New York is a great example of population density, public transit, architectural styles, racial and linguistic diversity and large central parks. I could lose myself in…
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Gandhi’s List of Blunders
This list contains “the seven blunders that human society commits, and that cause all the violence,” according to Mohandas Gandhi. He gave it to his grandson in 1947, 3 months before he was assassinated. Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce without morality. Science without humanity. Worship without sacrifice. Politics without principles. 60…
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American Interference
It is amazing to see how much the government has interfered with the politics of other countries – and this only documents interventions since either 1939 or 1945 (start and end dates of WWII). A few summers ago I made a chart of wars the United States has been involved in since 1776 along…
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Skatepark converted the Church
Skaterham, Surry, England. What a cool way to re-purpose an old building!
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Thoughts on Car Commercials
I don’t understand all the car commercials – isn’t a car supposed to be a durable good? These ads suggest that a new car should be bought every few years! These companies went bankrupt because supply was much higher than demand and the plants were losing money. Declining revenues yielded job loss, which is apparently…
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If Women Counted – a book on feminist economics
“This is a revolutionary and powerfully argued feminist analysis of modern economics, revealing how woman’s housework, caring of the young, sick and the old is automatically excluded from value in economic theory. An example of this pervasive and powerful process is the United Nation System of National Accounts which is used for wars and determining…
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Public Art in Switzerland
Each year artists are allowed to use public space in the village of Vercorin as their canvas. This is a great way to get the public to interact with their public spaces and bring color and new perspectives to the village. Lang/Baumann’s Street Painting #5 Felice Varini, Cercle et suite d’éclats, Summer 2008 http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/?s=vercorin
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Lesson Plan
Perhaps we could endeavor to teach our future the following: How to focus intently on a problem until it’s solved. The benefit of postponing short-term satisfaction in exchange for long-term success. How to read critically. The power of being able to lead groups of peers without receiving clear delegated authority. An understanding of the extraordinary…
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Savannah, GA
I was in Savannah over a long weekend and I can’t stop thinking about it. The layout of this city, America’s first planned city, is superb for getting around town quickly – especially on a bike. (It was a little rough on the cobblestones but next time I might take a wide, knobby-tread bike instead of my…
Catherine R. Hofmann 