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Hi, my name is Alissa. I'm a writer, a gelato-eater, and a walker in LA. You can learn more about me here.All About Gelatobaby
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- Thanks to my oh-so-lovely editor @noahr, I am now the face of Facebook's "Subscribe to" feature on @FastCompany. http://bit.ly/9mbRrR
- @feltandwire Thank YOU!
- @jenniferdaniel We'll convert you!
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- @thisiscchs Yes! That's Keith's old Beemer which I have driven exactly once.
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You can find my writing most days at Fast Company, where I write about design and sustainability each week as a Designers Accord case study. I also write a column for GOOD called Design is a Verb.
- Where My Ladies At?
GOOD, August 2010
Why aren't there more women in industrial design? - At Home with Ed Begley, Jr.
Dwell, June 2010
I visited LA's greenest celebrity to talk about gardening, solar panels and riding the bus. - Hello, Angels
The Architect's Newspaper, May 2010
The ups and downs of LA's 109-year-old funicular train. - Why I Write About Design Now
GOOD, May 2010
How we need to cover the design industry: Without a chair in the world. - Here's Why the Banksy Movie is a Banksy Prank
Fast Company, April 2010
The world's most famous street artist makes a documentary? I'm not buying it. - If You Lived Here, You'd Be Urban By Now
GOOD, Spring 2010
The case against fake "walkable urbanism" developments which are neither walkable or urban. - Why Can't the World's Best Architects Build Better Websites?
Fast Company, March 2010
Loading... - Reading a City
GOOD, Winter 2010
How streets in NY and LA instruct us to move through them. - iPad Name Not the First Choice for Women. Period.
Fast Company, January 2010
Sure, Apple's newest product is cool and all, but about that name... - Will You Makeover My Valentine?
Studio 360, January 2009
I talk to Kurt Andersen about greeting cards, dangerous love, and why Cupid's stupid. - The Fake Freeway Sign that Became a Real Public Service
GOOD, January 2009
Artist Richard Ankrom's act of guerrilla public service improved the commuter experience. - The Decade in Design
GOOD, December 2009
Ten years of Apple, starchitects and design for change.
- Where My Ladies At?
Gelatoing
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Speaking
- Three Voices in Design
Margaret Griffin, Jennifer Siegal and Julie Smith-Clementi, moderated by Alissa Walker
September 16, 7-8:30pm
Ilan Dei Studio, Venice Beach
- GOOD Design: Bay Area
Another event in our popular series, where designers solve city problems proposed by urban leaders.
September 30, 6pm
SPUR, San Francisco
Category Archives: DnA
On Today’s DnA: Design books!
It was a great year for design books (especially a certain architectural walking tours guide that would make a great last-minute stocking stuffer)! A bunch of my favorite design writers published books that go far beyond the typical pretty picture … Continue reading
On Today’s DnA: Billboard blight
Besides having Sir James Dyson on today’s show, whose super-sucky products I have always patronized—from my pink vacuum cleaner to the only hand dryer I have ever taken a photo of (I seriously dried my hands three times)—a highlight has … Continue reading
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On Today’s DnA: Relevance vs. Extravagance
Tomorrow is, symbolically at least, an interesting day. For those of us who have working credit cards and travel budgets, it’s the launch of the Milan furniture fair. And of course for the rest of us, it’s Earth Day. With … Continue reading
Posted in DnA, Fast Company, building, designing, greening
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