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Design Lessons From Japanese Schoolchildren
At the beginning of a Japanese child’s elementary education, he or she is typically given a backpack called a Randoseru. The backpack has firm sides and measures 30 cm high, 23 cm wide and 18 cm deep....
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While most companies are dangling the carrot of ludicrous deals this week–one of, if not the, busiest shopping week of the year–outdoor clothing company Patagonia has another message: Don’t shop if you...
View ArticleMy Genes Made Me Buy It
In this interview with Sociologist Gad Saad, he promulgates the idea that innate biological imperatives drive consumer behavior. Saad is the Professor of Marketing and the research chair in...
View ArticleKick Your Stuff to the Krrb
Selling stuff can be a pain. Most us use one of several channels: Word-of-mouth, yard/stoop sales, Craigslist or eBay. Word-of-mouth is okay for stuff we want to dump, but many us have issues selling...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Stuff Baby
Yesterday LifeEdited founder Graham Hill had an op-ed published in the NY Times. The autobiographical essay entitled “Living with Less. A Lot Less” tracked his progression from late-20s,...
View ArticleThis Hamster Should Win Nobel Prize in Economics
The Impossible Hamster is one of the most articulate treatises on economic growth and resource depletion we’ve ever seen. At LifeEdited, we try to stay happily apolitical. We think living a less, but...
View Article3 Principles from Burning Man for Living An Edited Life
Unless you’ve been living under a big, not-so-black rock, you know at least something about Burning Man. Beginning the last Monday in August in the desert of northern Nevada, the week-long extravaganza...
View ArticleThe Perfect Friday Night Date Movie
Prep the popcorn and get ready for some hardcore entertainment. “Consumed,” a recently-released movie by Journeyman Pictures (not affiliated with the Journeyman featured on this blog recently), is sure...
View ArticleIs Your Home Just a Place to Store Stuff…While You’re Getting More Stuff?
In this lecture, philosopher George Carlin expounds on such topics as the meaning of life (A: finding a place to put our stuff) and the nature of residential architecture (A: creating a place to put...
View ArticleWhat Will You Buy this ‘Buy Nothing Day’?
While large swaths of the American population ready their sleeping bags for Black Friday, with its midnight store openings and 99 cent flat-screen TV’s, another population is sleeping through the...
View ArticleMy Genes Made Me Keep It
From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, there’s a certain logic to being materialistic. In the olden days, folks couldn’t just run to Target and pick up a hypo-allergenic full-sized duvet. You...
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Korean Designer’s Simple Solutions for Ditching the Fridge
Refrigeration for small kitchens can be tricky. Typically, you have your choice of a humongous full-size fridge or tiny dorm-room model. The former tend to be around 80″ and the latter 30″. Often...
View ArticleMy Genes Made Me Buy It
In this interview with Sociologist Gad Saad, he promulgates the idea that innate biological imperatives drive consumer behavior. Saad is the Professor of Marketing and the research chair in...
View ArticleKick Your Stuff to the Krrb
Selling stuff can be a pain. Most us use one of several channels: Word-of-mouth, yard/stoop sales, Craigslist or eBay. Word-of-mouth is okay for stuff we want to dump, but many us have issues selling...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Stuff Baby
Yesterday LifeEdited founder Graham Hill had an op-ed published in the NY Times. The autobiographical essay entitled “Living with Less. A Lot Less” tracked his progression from late-20s,...
View ArticleThis Hamster Should Win Nobel Prize in Economics
The Impossible Hamster is one of the most articulate treatises on economic growth and resource depletion we’ve ever seen. At LifeEdited, we try to stay happily apolitical. We think living a less, but...
View Article3 Principles from Burning Man for Living An Edited Life
Unless you’ve been living under a big, not-so-black rock, you know at least something about Burning Man. Beginning the last Monday in August in the desert of northern Nevada, the week-long extravaganza...
View ArticleThe Perfect Friday Night Date Movie
Prep the popcorn and get ready for some hardcore entertainment. “Consumed,” a recently-released movie by Journeyman Pictures (not affiliated with the Journeyman featured on this blog recently), is sure...
View ArticleIs Your Home Just a Place to Store Stuff…While You’re Getting More Stuff?
In this lecture, philosopher George Carlin expounds on such topics as the meaning of life (A: finding a place to put our stuff) and the nature of residential architecture (A: creating a place to put...
View ArticleWhat Will You Buy this ‘Buy Nothing Day’?
While large swaths of the American population ready their sleeping bags for Black Friday, with its midnight store openings and 99 cent flat-screen TV’s, another population is sleeping through the...
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