dimanche, février 17, 2008

winners fo the recent Heroes of the week category...

I do believe very firmly that the skills of ethnography are useful in science and design.. and essential or tremendous innovations.


Heroes of the week: Donald A. Norman at the Segal Design Institute and Walter Herbst, KSM.
You can read more about Don Norman at his website
http://www.jnd.org/

Hero of last week: Emily A. Carter
http://prince-web1.princeton.edu/archives/2005/01/31/opinion/11842.shtml
http://prince-web1.princeton.edu/archives/2006/10/04/news/16045.shtml

Hero of the previous week Gerhard Ertl
see nobel prize site. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 for an award in surface science.

Heroes of the week prior: Sam Danishefsky. Daniel Kahne. Suzanne Walker.

for a little bit about Dan Kahne, whom I remember from my days in Tigerland (but who has now moved to Crimsonland) see
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/11.11/03-kahne.html
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There is an interface between design, art, chemistry, and creativity.. and what is vital is to seize this moment for the betterment of society. So... where do we begin?