Posts By: jeffgoldenson

/ro͞ot akˈsesəbəl   1. In computing, granting full permissions to manipulate all files or programs; superuser   LABRARY popped up in the heart of Harvard Square.  It didn’t take long until we realized the space was perhaps of the most valuable thing we had. View Larger Map People wanted to borrow it. As soon as… Read more »

I went to IDEAS CITY on a kind of field trip.  I wanted to see the things people’ve been thinking about and wanted to see how they communicated their ideas and projects in a “festival-like” fashion.  It was also an excuse to get down the city and see friends.   I’m using booth 16, The… Read more »

The Hobby Shop at MIT is in its 75th year.  I was a grad student at the MIT Media Lab, which has an amazing shop with every tool I could want, but I would go to the other side of the campus to make things at the Hobby Shop. I always felt welcomed there.  And… Read more »

  YTA Architects / Find original post here YTA’s “Bibliotheca Digital”, or single family media room and it’s corresponding explanation — captured something that I’d been feeling. Two excerpted comments of theirs really resonated: “This library …created a space where high-tech contrasts with raw matter …creating dialogue and balance.”   “vintage elements maintain the memory of the… Read more »

The Eames’ for IBM @ World’s Fair, 1964

The relationship between online and offline came up in many different forms at LABRARY. How should LABRARY or any other physical environment live both online + offline? this is what I mean by hybrid space. Notes from the week VOICE How can you give a space a recognizable voice. Here’s a sketch (recorded in my… Read more »

It’s been a little tough reaclimating since LABRARY / Library Test Kitchen Fall 2012. A lot of energy was put into that endeavor by a lot of people. I threw together a draft video of the LABRARY experience for those that weren’t able to come by: LABRARY – Draft – from Harvard Library Innovation Lab… Read more »

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