Category Archives: Culture

App Design Captivates Curmudgeon

November 30, 2011 – 8:58 am

I consider myself a technological curmudgeon. I didn’t used to be. Back in the day I was quite the audiophile, with an auto-reverse cassette deck and one of the first CD players in the neighborhood. But all that changed with kids, bills, and the general press of life’s business. Well, as the oft-repeated adage goes, [...]

By Chris Hill | Also posted in Technology | Comments (0)

Handsome is as Handsome Dan Does

November 9, 2011 – 4:23 pm

The original Yale Bulldog, Handsome Dan I (1889-1897), was the first live collegiate mascot, and this month he is reborn and then some. Larger than life and bronzed, he stands guard at Jensen Plaza outside the Yale Bowl – installed just in time for The Game against Harvard on November 19. The Bulldogs have lost to [...]

By Mark Simon | Also posted in History, Process | Tagged | Comments (1)

Really Scary Architecture

October 19, 2011 – 2:46 pm

The headline above could reference brand new edifices that preternaturally swoop and sway, hither and thither, as if a tornado had been an integral part of the design team. Or perhaps the “Orange Cube,” a commercial apparition in Lyon, France that appears to be a giant pumpkin-carving project gone awry (it’s actually more fun than [...]

By David Holahan | Also posted in Beloved Buildings | Tagged | Comments (0)

Badminton Cage Match

October 6, 2011 – 1:52 pm

It seemed like the sociable thing to do, signing up for the Badminton Open at the home office, forming a team with my marketing colleague Chris. Show the departmental flag, what, what! Hail fellows well met on the playing fields of Centerbrook! Pip, pip, cheerio, and all that tommyrot! How hard could it be? It [...]

By David Holahan | Also posted in Around Centerbrook | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Architects on the Big Screen

July 18, 2011 – 1:09 pm

When Hollywood requires a character who is intelligent but self-absorbed, attractive but socially awkward, dedicated to work but unhealthily consumed by it, it often casts an architect for the part. What follows is the first installment in a series titled “The Architect, According to Hollywood.” Much like a crime scene investigator, I will construct a [...]

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