Tudo o que foi publicado em agosto, 2008

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About design as a professional field in Brazil

I’ve just published an article about a discussion that has been going on for decades in Brazil. Should design professionals have a regulation or not? This article is actually a letter I wrote some time ago, to a colleague that was gathering people to discuss this subject. Take a look at it: Sobre a regulamentação […]

sexta-feira, 22 de agosto de 2008

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Feira Moderna printer-friendly

I just made some improvements on this website. Now it’s also “printer-friendly”: when you print a page, no menus, no sidebars and no search fields are printed, only the “core” content. This is specially useful for the ‘Articles’ section. I guess some people will find it strange, because this way “what you see is NOT […]

quinta-feira, 21 de agosto de 2008

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Helvetica film, autorship and subjectivity

It’s been a while since the release of Helvetica, a film by Gary Hustwit. I only got to see it now, although I already knew about it a long time ago. Helvetica it’s not only a nice documentary about Helvetica typeface. It’s a very interesting film about how designers from different times thought typography should […]

quarta-feira, 20 de agosto de 2008

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Internet to the people

Those who read my post about Copacabana’s wi-fi free network might think that I’m against investing public money in free Internet access. That’s not the case. In fact, I’ve been discussing how Internet access can decrease social gaps, build bridges among different cultures, and help to improve our lives. This was basically the subject of […]

quinta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2008

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Worst internet banking 2

And again, Banco do Brasil surprises me with it’s lousy internet banking. I’ve recently changed my computer at home, and, as nothing can be simple with the worst bank in Brasil, I just can’t use their internet banking until I have my computer registered in their system. To do so, I receive a code, that […]

sábado, 2 de agosto de 2008

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