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		<title>At Large: ICFF Eve</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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On the eve of ICFF 2010, the events surrounding the show begin in earnest. ICFF is the hub, but all the other events are what really make it a design week. You have to pick and choose which events to attend because there are too many going on at one time all over the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Large: BKLYN Designs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 18:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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The spring design season has officially kicked off with the opening of BKLYN Designs this morning. I was able to attend the press preview and avoid the (hopefully) crowds. We will have a full wrap-up of the show next week. But for now, I wanted to share a couple of things that caught my eye [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Publisher at Large: Lego and Architecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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When I was young, my go to toy was a big box of Legos. A mish-mash of colors, shapes and sizes of bricks were at my disposal. I had corner pieces, bricks with holes for wheels and even slanted pieces for roofs. If I wanted a toy my mom wouldn’t buy for me, I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Publisher at Large: The Liège-Guillemins Railway Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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After spending a week in Belgium it was time to venture out. The location of Ghent made many destinations possible including Paris and Amsterdam. But family comes first and it was time to visit relatives in Germany and introduce them to my (very) new fiancé. So we went to Brussels to catch the train to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Publisher at Large: Belga Queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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At first glance, Ghent, Belgium might not seem to be a great city for the modern design enthusiast. It is clearly an old city steeped with history. However, while the city has worked to preserve it&#8217;s history and especially the medieval look of the city center, most of the preservation is of the building façades. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu Dot&#8217;s Real Good Experiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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November 4th &#38; 5th, Blu Dot launched the Real Good Experiment. The experiment was inspired by the tendency for New Yorkers to leave stuff out on the sidewalk they no longer want and other New Yorkers tendencies to snatch up said items rather quickly. The Real Good Experiment involved Blu Dot to put out 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Publisher at Large: Design Market-Ghent, Belgium</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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This is the first of many posts of my travels to Belgium and Germany. I am in the city of Ghent located 53 km northwest of Brussels. Ghent is one of the oldest cities in northern Europe and the history shows.
I am staying at the Ghent River Hotel in the heart of the city. Just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LFTP: Final thoughts on PCDF 09</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s been a week now and I&#8217;ve had some time to reflect on the triumphs and tribulations of this year&#8217;s PCDF.
For obvious reasons, the show was smaller than last year which was part of the reason of the change in venue. The Anchor Manufacturing Building turned out to be an aesthetic match for the show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LFTP-PCDF &#8217;09</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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OK. So I think I&#8217;ve missed three Fridays in a row for this letter. I have a really good excuse, though. You see I have been very, very, very hard at work making sure that, despite the difficult times for the design community, PCDF persists and is better than ever. I won&#8217;t lie; it&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LFTP: Radical Innovation</title>
		<link>http://www.kontaktmag.com/blog/lftp-radical-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Crossland</dc:creator>
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What is the importance of design in a down economy? 
This will serve as an introduction in a series because the terms and definitions are so broad, there is no chance it can be covered in one post. I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about the importance and relevance of design in a down economy. There are [...]]]></description>
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