During the short seven months (August 2, 1990–February 28, 1991) that the Gulf War raged in the Middle East, I was at work on a book, Public Therapy Buses, Information Specialty Bums, Solar Cook-A-Mats and Other Vision...

Cartoonists have a crazy streak. They can’t he...  ...bathroom furnishings? The studies above show some possibilities . Notice how these designs, though seamlessly inte...

Most articles of apparel are subject to what mig...  ...’s business clothing. In my July 13 blog in the Museum of Possibilities , “Cutting Edge Office Wear,” I offered some u...  ...dge Office Wear,” I offered some unusual design possibilities for business wear, though...

For a time in the late 1950s while I was an unde...  ...to construct. If you don’t believe me about the possibilities with ceramic homes, look up the work of architect...

Surely among the keen followers of Neatorama there must be some like myself with a tendency to hold onto obsessive thoughts, fixed ideas and strange schemes for decades. I have entertained this idea for at least thirty y...

The title of this article, Cutting Edge Office Wear, is intentional word play. It ties in with the fact that thirty-five years ago, I predicted that there would be a fashion trend of clipped, torn or ripped clothing in t...

Sleeping while at work is generally considered to be unacceptable behavior by most U.S. employers. With some types of work falling asleep can be dangerous, while with other types such as office work, falling asleep impl...

Every time I read of a home invasion robbery, or an in-the-window abduction of a sleeping child, I feel angry and also frustrated. Why should we be so vulnerable in our homes? I’m annoyed with architects. Why aren&...

It has always been my habit to give an idea &ndas...  ...le, letting it have full reign to explore its own possibilities . The flip side of this liberal and undisciplined...

In the fall of 1983 I experienced a prophetic flash: At some time in the future, automobile chassis design would no longer be constrained by a rule that dictates that a car body be bilaterally symmetrical. Of course,...