“The way [Bob] Blaich had design at Philips organized, under one big office, with a team built around each brand or project, and designers moving around between teams, that’s a model of design management I’ve always liked. It’s tough; companies go through periods of time when they’re centralizing everything, and periods of time when they’re…more
Interesting film about the jazz legend ([Netflix](http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Charles_Mingus_Triumph_of_the_Underdog/1192049)) > Mingus’s personality ran like the color spectrum, from hot to cold. From beautiful to, well, you take it from there – John Handy, 6:00 > Charles was just testing people, to see how far he could go. And he went very far; most people did not confront…more
“What, I ask Stratyner, do the most distressed rich kids fantasize about when it comes to their family money? That they didn’t have it? ‘Rarely,’ he answers. ‘They’re not stupid.’ Having less? ‘No, not really.’ So what, then? He thinks for a long moment, then finally gives an answer. ‘That they’d made it themselves.’” –…more
Film mostly made of recovered footage, called “the Dead Sea Scrolls of jazz”. ([Netflix](http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Thelonious_Monk_Straight_No_Chaser/60003961)) > In the bebop period…the musicians weren’t obviously trying to please an audience, but they were playing their music their way. It was a real independent expression. – Harry Colomby, 11:40 In NYC you had to have a police-stamped card in…more