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December 2012

12 for ’12

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Well, the world didn’t end and so it seems like reason enough to celebrate with a brand new top albums list for the year that was.  Now, the savvy reader will have noticed that there are actually 13 covers in the list below so that means that a) I didn’t stick to my resolve to stop cutely choosing the same number of albums as the second part of the year – it won’t be fun anymore by 2027 and b) I kept with tradition and sent an extra selection on through.  One item of note with 2012’s choices is that they nearly all sound like they came from the same sonic landscape.  Not even intentional – has my taste started to settle? Ah, at least old age will sound great…

 

Hartmut Esslinger’s designs warm my soul

“…in essence, bad design was both the symptom and a contributing cause of apple’s corporate disease. steve’s desire to end the disjoined approach gave birth to a strategic design project that would revolutionize apple’s brand and product lines, change the trajectory of the company’s future, and eventually redefine the way the world thinks about and uses consumer electronics and communication technologies.”

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