Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
@bonnezab.bsky.social
design studies person
Prof, Emily Carr University
Gen Editor, Bloomsbury Design Library
ecuad.academia.edu/BonneZabolotney
researchgate.net/profile/Bonne-Zabolotney
www.bloomsbury.com/ca/designing-knowledge-9781350319790/
Prof, Emily Carr University
Gen Editor, Bloomsbury Design Library
ecuad.academia.edu/BonneZabolotney
researchgate.net/profile/Bonne-Zabolotney
www.bloomsbury.com/ca/designing-knowledge-9781350319790/
Reposted by Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
July 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Siegfried’s Long Call from Twilight of the Garage (Gäragerdämmerung)
"Waymos don’t have human drivers, they’re devoid of humanity,” she said. Destroyed robot taxis are “symbolic of the attempts, throughout the history of this country, by the tech industry to strip us of community.” www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-weapon...
The weaponization of Waymo
How protestors turned torched Waymos into icons of the anti-ICE demonstrations
www.bloodinthemachine.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"Waymos don’t have human drivers, they’re devoid of humanity,” she said. Destroyed robot taxis are “symbolic of the attempts, throughout the history of this country, by the tech industry to strip us of community.” www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-weapon...
We had a great Canadian Design Studies class today, discussing a very (limited) history of Service Design, as exemplified in Canadian wheat/dairy/livestock Pools and Federated Co-ops. (image from: everettbakerslides.smugmug.com/Photography/...)
March 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We had a great Canadian Design Studies class today, discussing a very (limited) history of Service Design, as exemplified in Canadian wheat/dairy/livestock Pools and Federated Co-ops. (image from: everettbakerslides.smugmug.com/Photography/...)
I didn't actually know about the restrictive IP laws brought about by fair trade. This is throttling Canada's right to repair, our right to jailbreak devices, our right to modify/adapt devices. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #Canada
What if Canada stopped upholding U.S. tech companies’ intellectual property? - CCPA
The following article was originally published by Cory Doctorow on his blog. It is reprinted here with his permission and under the terms of its Creative Commons 4.0 licensing.
www.policyalternatives.ca
March 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I didn't actually know about the restrictive IP laws brought about by fair trade. This is throttling Canada's right to repair, our right to jailbreak devices, our right to modify/adapt devices. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #Canada
Not one but TWO pairs of blue herons building nests at Hastings duck pond late this afternoon. So amazing to watch.
February 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Not one but TWO pairs of blue herons building nests at Hastings duck pond late this afternoon. So amazing to watch.
This 1949 memo from the T. Eaton Company archives, at the beginning of Canada's Good Design Movement, is still timely. When they refer to "foreign exchange" they are referring to the tariffs the US still had in place in 1949
February 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This 1949 memo from the T. Eaton Company archives, at the beginning of Canada's Good Design Movement, is still timely. When they refer to "foreign exchange" they are referring to the tariffs the US still had in place in 1949
Canadians - I have cloud storage on google and apple, which I think I should move. Are there any Canadian-based cloud storage places I should be looking at? #canadasky
February 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Canadians - I have cloud storage on google and apple, which I think I should move. Are there any Canadian-based cloud storage places I should be looking at? #canadasky
Design Scholars + Educators! Bloomsbury Design Library is calling for proposals! If interested in contributing, pls use these links to submit a proposal.
Design Bibliography: lnkd.in/gqUvzhCT
Lesson Plans: lnkd.in/g7y-xwYe
Designer Biography: lnkd.in/gjXabuEA
Encyclopedia Entry: lnkd.in/gF3G-jyv
Design Bibliography: lnkd.in/gqUvzhCT
Lesson Plans: lnkd.in/g7y-xwYe
Designer Biography: lnkd.in/gjXabuEA
Encyclopedia Entry: lnkd.in/gF3G-jyv
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Design Scholars + Educators! Bloomsbury Design Library is calling for proposals! If interested in contributing, pls use these links to submit a proposal.
Design Bibliography: lnkd.in/gqUvzhCT
Lesson Plans: lnkd.in/g7y-xwYe
Designer Biography: lnkd.in/gjXabuEA
Encyclopedia Entry: lnkd.in/gF3G-jyv
Design Bibliography: lnkd.in/gqUvzhCT
Lesson Plans: lnkd.in/g7y-xwYe
Designer Biography: lnkd.in/gjXabuEA
Encyclopedia Entry: lnkd.in/gF3G-jyv
It feels like there has never been a better time to examine Canada's Good Design movement and its economic/socio-political raison d'être.
February 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
It feels like there has never been a better time to examine Canada's Good Design movement and its economic/socio-political raison d'être.
If you saw Mark Carney on The Daily Show and are interested in how he sees the world economically, listen to the 2020 Reith Lectures from BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Mark Carney - How We Get What We Value, From Moral to Market Sentiments
Why have financial values come to be considered more important than human ones?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 5:24 AM
If you saw Mark Carney on The Daily Show and are interested in how he sees the world economically, listen to the 2020 Reith Lectures from BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This week, my husband rediscovered a few old photos that were given to him by a family friend about 20 years ago. I had a look and lo and behold: Andrew King posters in the wild! Hiding in the foreground.
January 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This week, my husband rediscovered a few old photos that were given to him by a family friend about 20 years ago. I had a look and lo and behold: Andrew King posters in the wild! Hiding in the foreground.
Reposted by Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
On this day in 1924, Yvonne Brill was born in Winnipeg.
She invented the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster, which today keeps satellites in orbit.
Her work revolutionized rocket science and changed humanity's future in space.
Let's learn about her :)
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She invented the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster, which today keeps satellites in orbit.
Her work revolutionized rocket science and changed humanity's future in space.
Let's learn about her :)
🧵1/10
December 30, 2024 at 5:43 PM
On this day in 1924, Yvonne Brill was born in Winnipeg.
She invented the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster, which today keeps satellites in orbit.
Her work revolutionized rocket science and changed humanity's future in space.
Let's learn about her :)
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She invented the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster, which today keeps satellites in orbit.
Her work revolutionized rocket science and changed humanity's future in space.
Let's learn about her :)
🧵1/10
I had the pleasure of working with Joe on Vancouver Opera posters.... in 1998! An entire career ago. He was a kind, courageous, and creative man. What an icon.
Just heard Vancouver legend Joe Average has died. Big loss for the community. www.createastir.ca/articles/joe...
Vancouver artist Joe Average receives Order of BC as mural marking 40 years of HIV rises — Stir
Massive Granville Street artwork is a colourful testament to painter’s advocacy and charity work
www.createastir.ca
December 28, 2024 at 9:37 PM
I had the pleasure of working with Joe on Vancouver Opera posters.... in 1998! An entire career ago. He was a kind, courageous, and creative man. What an icon.
I'm working on my Canadian Design History syllabus. In my other survey course, I explain how Vancouver was clear-cut, part of False Creek filled in with earth removed from "the cut", Sumas Lake filled in, etc as ways to intently manipulate/design natural elements.
December 27, 2024 at 9:39 PM
I'm working on my Canadian Design History syllabus. In my other survey course, I explain how Vancouver was clear-cut, part of False Creek filled in with earth removed from "the cut", Sumas Lake filled in, etc as ways to intently manipulate/design natural elements.
Honestly, about 15 years ago I thought the freighters were going overboard with foghorns. I could hear them going off day and night. And then I discovered I had a horrible inner ear infection.
Foghorns have staged a coup in Vancouver
December 4, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Honestly, about 15 years ago I thought the freighters were going overboard with foghorns. I could hear them going off day and night. And then I discovered I had a horrible inner ear infection.
Reposted by Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
My brain at 3:00 a.m.:
December 3, 2024 at 1:51 PM
My brain at 3:00 a.m.:
In the underground parking lot at Emily Carr University. What would you call this, a Gaggle of Gagworthy Go-carts?
November 20, 2024 at 1:40 AM
In the underground parking lot at Emily Carr University. What would you call this, a Gaggle of Gagworthy Go-carts?
Reposted by Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
Doctors open two unsanctioned overdose prevention sites at Vancouver Island hospitals: Physicians and volunteers say they plan to run the sites for at least the first three days of this week to protest inaction on harm reduction services
Doctors open two unsanctioned overdose prevention sites at Vancouver Island hospitals
Physicians and volunteers say they plan to run the sites for at least the first three days of this week to protest inaction on harm reduction services
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Doctors open two unsanctioned overdose prevention sites at Vancouver Island hospitals: Physicians and volunteers say they plan to run the sites for at least the first three days of this week to protest inaction on harm reduction services
Reposted by Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
A Little Egret takes some time out to reflect on its day, photo taken at Lyn Coed y Dinas in mid Wales.
#LittleEgret #ornithology #birds #nature #reflection #NaturePhotography
#LittleEgret #ornithology #birds #nature #reflection #NaturePhotography
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
A Little Egret takes some time out to reflect on its day, photo taken at Lyn Coed y Dinas in mid Wales.
#LittleEgret #ornithology #birds #nature #reflection #NaturePhotography
#LittleEgret #ornithology #birds #nature #reflection #NaturePhotography
Reposted by Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM
May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
I'm not sure how many design history profs are here, but I could use some feedback. I am putting together a dhis lecture on design and consumer capitalism as a follow up to my consumer culture lecture (which typically ends in the 20th century).
November 11, 2024 at 9:03 PM
I'm not sure how many design history profs are here, but I could use some feedback. I am putting together a dhis lecture on design and consumer capitalism as a follow up to my consumer culture lecture (which typically ends in the 20th century).
I’m at a point in my research where I need to have more extensive conversations about this recurring issue in Canadian Design History.
November 11, 2024 at 5:03 AM
I’m at a point in my research where I need to have more extensive conversations about this recurring issue in Canadian Design History.
Reposted by Dr. Bonne Zabolotney
‘Great Cree Indians’ vs ‘Fast Ojibway Indians.’ Cree and Ojibway hockey tour of Ontario and northern States. Photographed in Toronto on January 11, 1928.
📷 Unknown | Library and Archives Canada
📷 Unknown | Library and Archives Canada
November 8, 2024 at 4:31 PM
‘Great Cree Indians’ vs ‘Fast Ojibway Indians.’ Cree and Ojibway hockey tour of Ontario and northern States. Photographed in Toronto on January 11, 1928.
📷 Unknown | Library and Archives Canada
📷 Unknown | Library and Archives Canada
The last tweet I authored, from 2023: Almost 100 years ago, the City of Vancouver Engineering department enjoyed their 2nd Annual Dinner, where they gave toasts and enjoyed a meal presented to them in a menu as information design. I'm in love with this crazy thing.
November 7, 2024 at 5:10 AM
The last tweet I authored, from 2023: Almost 100 years ago, the City of Vancouver Engineering department enjoyed their 2nd Annual Dinner, where they gave toasts and enjoyed a meal presented to them in a menu as information design. I'm in love with this crazy thing.