Some of my Inspirations:

Friends (with websites)

Laurie Blavin Paulina Borsook Johnathan Bruck Valerie Casey Peter Christy (Far Leaves Tea) Denise Caruso Chip Clofine Douglas Coupland Steve deBrun Abbe Don Magdalena Donea Doris & Clancy, Ltd. David and Stacy Hertz (Syndesis) Michael Everitt Nathan Gebhard Ken Goldberg Susanne Goldstein Danny Goodman Jared Kopf Joe Lambert, Nina Mullen, and Massimo

Brenda Laurel or here and an interview with her the_living Drue Miller Pighed Marsha Plat Derek "Floyd" Powazek Marc Retig Josh Rubin Fabio Sergio Simon b Debra Solomon John "Halcyon" Styn > his webcam Dave Trewern Victoria Vitale c r y s t a l . w a t e r s Michael "Wave" Johnson Widget Works Jeff Wishnie Richard Saul Wurman Julie Zwillich

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People

Laurie Anderson Neneh Cherry Noam Chomsky Luigi Colani Charles and Ray Eames Gil Scott-Heron and Gil Scott-Heron Interview Gipsy Kings Giorgetto Giugiaro and ItalDesign Golan Levin Guerrilla Girls Athomas Goldberg Jenny Holzer Chris Issak Tibor Kalman k.d.lang Beth Lisick Madonna

Massive Attack Me'Shell Ndegeocello and here R.E.M. Red Hot Chili Peppers My Cousin, Joshua Redman and again here Ridge Vineyards Henry Rollins Roger Schank Jane Siberry David Small Phillipe Starck Spearhead Julie Taymor Tears For Fears Heidi and Alvin Toffler Frank Lloyd Wright

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Experiences

Books about Society and Culture: The Next Fifty Years edited by John Brockman Tomorrow Now Bruce Sterling The Third Wave, Heidi and Alvin Toffler Building a Bridge to the 18th Century, Neil Postman Natural Capitalism, Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough and Michael Braungart Sex, Time, and Power, Leonard Shlain The Alphabet vs. The Goddess Leonard Shlain Art & Physics, Leonard Shlain Snowcrash, Neal Stephenson Neuromancer, William Gibson The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson Idoru, William Gibson Generation X, Douglas Coupland Microserfs, Douglas Coupland Godel Escher Bach, Douglas R. Hofstadter Like Water for Chocolate (1993, Alfonso Arau) Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond Genome by Matt Ridley The Star Trek Universe (especially The Next Generation and Voyager) Gunn High School Class of 1982

The televisions shows Max Headroom and I'll Fly Away Books about unusual Languages: Babel-17, Samuel R. Delany The Embedding, Ian Watson The Languages of Pao, Jack Vance Design-related movies: The Information Machine (1958, Charles and Ray Eames) Why Man Creates (1968, Saul Bass) Powers of Ten (1978, Charles and Ray Eames) Blade Runner (1982, Ridley Scott) The Pillow Book (1996, Peter Greenaway) The Fifth Element (1997, Luc Besson) The Matrix (1999) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

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Places

COLORS Magazine The Fray The Institute for Learning Sciences Jenny Holzer's Truisms The NAMES Project Osmose and Ephemere by Char Davies Placeholder by Brenda Laurel Gunn High School

Tactile Dome Reservations: 415 561 0362 weekdays bewteen 10 AM and 4 PM General Public - $12.00 Exploratorium Interactive Technology Museum Palace of Fine Arts 601 Lyon St San Francisco CA 94123 WEB www.exploratorium.edu/ Theatersports around the world but expecially in San Francisco

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Things

Anything and everything designed by Charles and Ray Eames, but especially their fiberglass La Chaise and their Billy Wilder Chaise Anything and everything designed by Phillipe Starck Issey Miyake's fashions Tatsuo Miyajima

Most of Apple Computer's Industrial Design throughout its history. Most everything designed by Bang & Olufsen--especially the BeoCenter 9000. The Isdera Spyder 033i: view 1, view 2, view 3

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