• Blessed Unrest
  In his new book, Paul Hawken looks at the history of the environmental movement and predicts its future.
  (tags: green design environment paul-hawken history books)

• Consumed - Benjamin R. Barber - Books - Review - New York Times
  Benjamin R. Barber
  (tags: consumer review culture books markets citizens globalism)

Random spheres 01 is my first foray into using 3D sphere and light functions in Processing. Above and below are a few stills (click to enlarge), and here’s a short movie of the results (932 KB .mov).

I have been experimenting with filter() to blur and posterize in Processing, and Random bezier blur & posterize is the result. Above are a few stills (click to enlarge), but it works best in motion. Here’s a short movie of the results (824 KB .mov). If you let it go for a while, it makes for a soothing light show. It runs as a Java applet here, but you can download the source code to save image sequences or rework.

• Core77 - 1000 Words: A Manifesto for Sustainability in Design
  By Allan Chochinov
  (tags: Design sustainability green manifesto writing architecture efficiency materials products)