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It’s generally not such a big surprise to find any of these words in works of social interaction, diplomatic institution policies, laws and belief systems. Question is, how do we get from the 4 word PLUR acronym meaning peace, love, unity and respect to a visual pattern that occurs across centuries, is included in visual designs and depicted on walls, posters, books, t-shirts, but most importantly in people’s minds.

Today I am going to continue a discussion we had about using multiple fonts and colours with respect to some Web 2.0 design trends, this time focusing our attention on colour (diversity) and why would someone incorporate it into design. First, let’s define PLUR:

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Before you start yelling that I’m out of my mind and that my math background should have made me come to my senses let me first state some facts:

1. The British really make a fuss over Stonehenge and launch „no-evidence” theories every decade.
2. It’s surely not been just one time you watched a Discovery Channel Program about Atlantis/ an ancient civilization that taught us a lot of stuff we wouldn’t normally know etc, etc
3. Jung is the one who introduced the theory of synchronicity, the idea being that similar things that happen in the same time actually DO have a connection that our minds see.

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Bristol and Illinois in the fight for supremacy for the better self-healing material offer some cheap and practical ways to repair composite materials. Sounds way too technical, right?

That’s what I thought… but let me put it nicer:

You often get scratched or hit or injured and rejoyce at the fact that your body has the power to heal itself. For many years, many of the creative people lived in sorrow, because they could not replicate some of the most ingenious aspects of nature, among them - self-healing. If they could design and build a mechanism that solves this problem, then whatever thing possessed this characteristic would have a bit of the unexpected, a bit of the autonomy, a bit of the life nature has. Read more

today is like no other day… and on this special day I’m walking, I’m talking but most of all, I’m typing…
today, I feel the touch of perfection and that’s because on Xmas, you have all the time in the world to focus on actions rather than on planning or criticizing them. So, yes, I can lay back, relax and focus on it. Now, whatever that it is for you, for me it at this moment means writing about my free-time-generator - Xmas. Read more

I’ve recently had a dispute with one of my pals. He’s a journalist and an independent writer and seems to have a lot of guts, wit and sense of twisting words to anyone’s dismay or astonishment.

The object of dispute is the other project listed on this site, Consumer Child, it’s design to be more exact.I ain’t sure you keep track of design trends, I do and I’m keen to remind you that last year we had loads of sites showing off at least four colors(usually red, yellow, blue and green) and a sense of “diversity” and “cultural diversity” and “social stuff” floating around.

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Last year I’ve been to a national conference on economics, tech-stuff, entrepreneurship, media and more.
Last year I was a fresh graduate with the wish of becoming someone.
Last year I needed to break free from all conventions and put on a new set of rules.
Did I choose the right ones? No.
If you find yourself in the same situation, will you be able to choose better? Yes. Read more