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Seoul Commune 2026 investigates the viability of an alternative and sustainable community structure in the overpopulated metropolises of the near future. The imagined community is integrated within the ever-accelerating developments of the digital environment and ongoing rapid social change. Seoul Commune 2026 presents a concrete architectural and urban proposal that entirely reconfigures, and consequently develops the existing towers in the park form. Seoul Commune 2026 unites towers and the park in a balanced way. It forms a complex network of private, semi-public, and public spaces.

The country's leading online retailer has been doing a lot of things right lately, and Goldman Sachs' James Mitchell thinks that the future will only get better for Amazon. He sees sales growing at an annualized clip of more than 20% over the next decade. The buy rating on Goldman's conviction list pegs a $98 price target on the stock.

1. Retail's weakness is Amazon's gain

2. Amazon is a triple threat in digital delivery

Gourd Bottle Tower matrix + Honeycomb Matrix

Social Computing Reading List I. Broad Marketing/Business Theory Focused The Cluetrain Manifesto Christopher Locke The Purple Cow Seth Godin The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More Chris Anderson The Age of Conversation Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing Out of Sync? Seth Godin The Open Brand Kelly Mooney and Nita Rollins II. Consumer Behavior/Case Study Focused Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Chip Heath & Dan Heath Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers (Kindle Edition) Robert Scoble Join the Conversation: How to Engage Marketing Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialogue and Partnership Joseph Jaffe Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution Howard Rheingold III. Tactical Focused Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking Andy Sernovitz Citizen Marketers: When People are the Message Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba   Posted by Brook Miller on April 8, 2008

Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style is on many a designer’s bookshelf and is considered to be a classic in the field. Indeed the renowned typographer Hermann Zapf proclaims the book to be a must for everybody in the graphic arts, and especially for our new friends entering the field. In order to allay some of the myths surrounding typography on the web, I have structured this website to step through Bringhurst’s working principles, explaining how to accomplish each using techniques available in HTML and CSS. The future is considered with coverage of CSS3, and practicality is ever present with workarounds, alternatives and compromises for less able browsers. At the time of writing, this is a work in progress. I am adding to the site in the order presented in Bringhurst’s book, one principle at a time. You can subscribe to an RSS feed for notification of new additions.

Nizuc, located on the Riviera Maya, is an exclusive resort property and private residences that incorporates world-class architecture and design, respect for and preservation of the natural landscape, while delivering a level of service, hospitality and warmth that redefines luxury. What began as a vision born from developer Alan Becker has been given life through the collaboration of a team of designers and hospitality visionaries. CSA created a luxury brand identity that embodies Nizuc - where Maya steps into the future