Tag: Mobil Oil

  • New Doc About A Pioneer Of Modern Design

    New Doc About A Pioneer Of Modern Design

    Architect Eliot Noyes was one of the leading pioneers of modern design during the mid-century, post-war boom in the United States. Educated by Walter Gropius at Harvard, Noyes did more than anyone to align the Modernist design ethos to the needs of ascendant corporate America. His impact on companies like IBM and Mobil Oil paved…

  • How Big Data Is Exactly What It Sounds Like

    How Big Data Is Exactly What It Sounds Like

    When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took to Capitol Hill to explain user data retention almost four years ago, he essentially sat in the hot seat on behalf of every entity that has ever collected and used personal information to craft better products. If that sounds like a massive catch-all, that’s because it is. However, Systems…