Benjamin Hubert (born 11 March 1984, United Kingdom) is a British industrial designer and owns the design agency "LAYER".
Hubert has presented his work at events like the London Design Festival, Milan, ICFF, and Tokyo Design Week - and has received a number of awards, including the RedDot Design Award (Pod chair for De Vorm), iF Design Award (Maritime chair and Loom lamps), London Design Museum’s Designs of the Year. He has also been invited to judge awards programmes, including the BraunPrize 2015.
Career
Benjamin has worked for DCA Design, Seymour Powell and Tangerine. His own firm, Benjamin Hubert Ltd., was incorporated in December 2011 and re-branded as "LAYER" in September 2015 and employed around 15 designers in early 2016.<ref name="dezeen" />
Hubert has presented his work at events like the London Design Festival, Milan, ICFF, and Tokyo Design Week - and has received a number of awards, including the RedDot Design Award (Pod chair for De Vorm), iF Design Award (Maritime chair and Loom lamps), London Design Museum’s Designs of the Year. He has also been invited to judge awards programmes, including the BraunPrize 2015.
Career
Benjamin has worked for DCA Design, Seymour Powell and Tangerine. His own firm, Benjamin Hubert Ltd., was incorporated in December 2011 and re-branded as "LAYER" in September 2015 and employed around 15 designers in early 2016.<ref name="dezeen" />
Richard Duncan (August 21, 1932 - March 12, 2016) was the chief author of the Olduvai theory, a prediction of rapidly declining world energy production. He had an MS in Electrical Engineering (1969) and a PhD in Systems Engineering (1973) from the University of Washington.
Early life and education
Richard C. Duncan was born on August 21, 1932, in Tacoma, Washington, and raised in Alki Beach in West Seattle.<ref nameST.20160412/> His parents were Ethel and Bruce Duncan; he was the middle of three brothers, the others being Bruce and Donald.<ref nameST.20160412/>
Duncan attended Alki Elementary School, Madison Middle School, and West Seattle High School, from which he graduated in 1950.<ref nameST.20160412/> He obtained his doctorate from the University of Washington.<ref nameST.20160412/>
Career
Duncan worked at at his alma mater, the University of Washington, as a professor of electrical engineering and computer science.<ref nameST.20160412/> Other positions included working in recycling at Boeing, Puget Sound Energy, and, in Saudi Arabia, at Saudi Electric Supply Company.<ref nameST.20160412/> In the 1970s he co-founded the country's first curbside recycling program—known as the "ORE Plan"—in Portland, Oregon.<ref name=ST.20160412/>
Olduvai theory
The Olduvai theory holds that the ratio of world energy production per capita, which he denotes by the metric e, will peak as the extraction rates of fossil fuels fall increasingly behind demand, causing catastrophic social and economic collapse, starting with massive electrical blackouts worldwide. He suggests that humans would eventually revert to a stone-age style of living after the majority of the dies off over the coming century. In 1996, Duncan claimed that e had peaked around 1978.<ref nameJH.1996/> In 2000, the theory was revised to hold that the ratio would begin to decline around 2007.<ref nameDO.2000/> The peak was again revised in 2013 to have occurred in 2012.
He bases his theory on the fact that a steep rise in global population and petroleum use almost parallel each other but population increases at a slightly faster rate than does energy use.
Duncan's research data, compiled in partnership with geologist Dr. Walter Youngquist,<ref name=MFS.1999/> have become widely used resources for those studying past and current trends in oil production and depletion.
Personal life
Duncan had three daughters: Delana Duncan, Janine Monnin, and Lisa Bunker.<ref nameST.20160412/> At the time of his death he had two sons in law, Brian Monnin and Michael Bunker, and five grandsons—Wally, Clive, Vonn, Theo and Duncan.<ref nameST.20160412/> He traveled extensively, backpacking through Europe and taking trips to six continents, including the Galápagos Islands, , India, China, Kenya, and Russia. He also enjoyed walking and hiking, especially through his North Admiral neighborhood, and the Cascades.<ref name=ST.20160412/>
Duncan died at home on March 12, 2016.<ref name=ST.20160412/>
Early life and education
Richard C. Duncan was born on August 21, 1932, in Tacoma, Washington, and raised in Alki Beach in West Seattle.<ref nameST.20160412/> His parents were Ethel and Bruce Duncan; he was the middle of three brothers, the others being Bruce and Donald.<ref nameST.20160412/>
Duncan attended Alki Elementary School, Madison Middle School, and West Seattle High School, from which he graduated in 1950.<ref nameST.20160412/> He obtained his doctorate from the University of Washington.<ref nameST.20160412/>
Career
Duncan worked at at his alma mater, the University of Washington, as a professor of electrical engineering and computer science.<ref nameST.20160412/> Other positions included working in recycling at Boeing, Puget Sound Energy, and, in Saudi Arabia, at Saudi Electric Supply Company.<ref nameST.20160412/> In the 1970s he co-founded the country's first curbside recycling program—known as the "ORE Plan"—in Portland, Oregon.<ref name=ST.20160412/>
Olduvai theory
The Olduvai theory holds that the ratio of world energy production per capita, which he denotes by the metric e, will peak as the extraction rates of fossil fuels fall increasingly behind demand, causing catastrophic social and economic collapse, starting with massive electrical blackouts worldwide. He suggests that humans would eventually revert to a stone-age style of living after the majority of the dies off over the coming century. In 1996, Duncan claimed that e had peaked around 1978.<ref nameJH.1996/> In 2000, the theory was revised to hold that the ratio would begin to decline around 2007.<ref nameDO.2000/> The peak was again revised in 2013 to have occurred in 2012.
He bases his theory on the fact that a steep rise in global population and petroleum use almost parallel each other but population increases at a slightly faster rate than does energy use.
Duncan's research data, compiled in partnership with geologist Dr. Walter Youngquist,<ref name=MFS.1999/> have become widely used resources for those studying past and current trends in oil production and depletion.
Personal life
Duncan had three daughters: Delana Duncan, Janine Monnin, and Lisa Bunker.<ref nameST.20160412/> At the time of his death he had two sons in law, Brian Monnin and Michael Bunker, and five grandsons—Wally, Clive, Vonn, Theo and Duncan.<ref nameST.20160412/> He traveled extensively, backpacking through Europe and taking trips to six continents, including the Galápagos Islands, , India, China, Kenya, and Russia. He also enjoyed walking and hiking, especially through his North Admiral neighborhood, and the Cascades.<ref name=ST.20160412/>
Duncan died at home on March 12, 2016.<ref name=ST.20160412/>
Dayton Carr is the founder of Venture Capital Fund of America (today VCFA Group) a private equity firm that is credited with inventing the private equity secondary market.
Unlike later entrants to the market, including Jeremy Coller of Coller Capital, Carr chose to keep his funds relatively small despite strong investment performance. Jeremy Coller, whose firm is one of the largest in the market, worked for Imperial Chemical Industries which was an early investor with VCFA. Since inception in 1982, VCFA has raised nine funds totaling over $730 million. By comparison, the largest ten firms in the private equity secondary market are each investing out funds in excess of $1 billion.
Carr, began his career in the 1960s by managing a venture capital fund (Carr Management) for IBM's Thomas J. Watson Jr.
Carr graduated from Brown University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Unlike later entrants to the market, including Jeremy Coller of Coller Capital, Carr chose to keep his funds relatively small despite strong investment performance. Jeremy Coller, whose firm is one of the largest in the market, worked for Imperial Chemical Industries which was an early investor with VCFA. Since inception in 1982, VCFA has raised nine funds totaling over $730 million. By comparison, the largest ten firms in the private equity secondary market are each investing out funds in excess of $1 billion.
Carr, began his career in the 1960s by managing a venture capital fund (Carr Management) for IBM's Thomas J. Watson Jr.
Carr graduated from Brown University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Raise the Roof is a construction strategy card game for 2 to 4 players.
The game is played by drawing cards in turn, and playing them to build a house. Room cards used to build this house range in value from 100 to 400. One can stop other players from building their house, take parts from their house, and even take cards from their hands. The game ends when a house is completed. All players must then add up the value of their respective houses and subtract the value of the cards in their hands (with the exception of the player who has a completed house). The player with the highest score wins.
Raise the Roof was created by Henard Industries in 1982. Later a Deluxe edition was released with updated designs. The games was discontinued in 1990 .
The game is played by drawing cards in turn, and playing them to build a house. Room cards used to build this house range in value from 100 to 400. One can stop other players from building their house, take parts from their house, and even take cards from their hands. The game ends when a house is completed. All players must then add up the value of their respective houses and subtract the value of the cards in their hands (with the exception of the player who has a completed house). The player with the highest score wins.
Raise the Roof was created by Henard Industries in 1982. Later a Deluxe edition was released with updated designs. The games was discontinued in 1990 .