Here is a question for all of you math and science geeks out there: have you ever wondered what randomness looks like? Well, embrace your inner nerdom and get excited, because I have seen it, and it looks pretty awesome! In an experiment in mathematics and physics entitled Random Walk, Daniel A. Becker shows the mysterious interaction of chaos and order in randomness. The results are quite insightful – you’ll be entertained, whether you are a designer or a statistician. 
Random Walk consists of 14 double-sided A2 posters contained in a transparent plastic …

Are you bummed about the economy? Does the stock market have you down? Don’t you wish you had something ‘priceless’ to invest in? If so, check out Trust Art. It just might be what you are looking for. 
A new venture that was launched in partnership with BBH New York and SquareSpace, Trust Art supports 10 emerging artists with visionary blueprints for projects on a one year timeline. Each artist’s proposal is steeped in cultural, environmental, and economic value, and has the potential to engage large contingents of society. 
Trust Art sells $1 …

Now that the Swine Flu is on the verge of an all-out pandemic, I wanted to investigate how the art community is responding to the crisis. I have been sitting at my favorite local coffee shop for the past few hours, just tapping away at this keyboard and passively observing passers-by. The experience has been an eye-opening one, to say the least. You know, Houstonians are a rare breed when it comes to crisis preparedness! It seems to me that the average Texan’s awareness of the Swine Flu outbreak falls somewhere …

Last month I blogged about how you can get through a long day at work just by adding a few creative office supplies to your desktop. Today it occurred to me that you could have just as much fun, at a much lower cost, by simply being creative with what is already on your desktop. If you are in between meetings and would like to give this a shot, I suggest that you start with the most accessible office supply out there: the Post-It Note. You have all seen them, those …

I used to work as a management and strategy consultant, and what I found most difficult about that job was the perpetual lack of stability. One day I was living in New York, and the next I was moving to Turkey. Exciting? Yes. A pain in the bum. You bet. Don’t get me wrong, I am always against monotony. After all, that is why I steered clear of a traditional 9-5 job in the first place. The thing is that, routine is not necessarily always a bad thing. And if anyone …