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Dear Per and colleagues, We sometimes use the fantastical world of nightmares and dreams to guide us through the difficulties of life. Here is a little contribution. In the depth of the night, I had a different nightmare to Per. A Design rabbit, happily grazing in a pasture, wanders onto the big black highway and is curious about all the activity, particularly in the fast lane. She hops over into the fast lane and sees a huge shiny Science coach hurling towards her. She is fascinated, and becomes mesmerised by the bright headlights. SPLAT! no more Design rabbit. On a slightly longer time frame, the nightmare becomes a dream and has a happy ending. After many many many days, all the fuel runs out and the big Science coach comes to a standstill. Meanwhile, the Design rabbits—much better at adapting to their environment than coaches— grow in numbers and happily hop into any lane on the big black highway, but they wonder why it seemed so interesting and mesmerising to their great great great grandmother. After all, there was nothing to eat there. Life is, perhaps, somewhere between nightmares and dreams. BTW, such a dream would be a nightmare in oz! David -- Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA Co-Chair Information Design Association Senior Research Fellow Coventry University Director Communication Research Institute of Australia ** helping people communicate with people ** PO Box 1008 Hawksburn, Melbourne VIC 3142, Australia UK phone: +44 (0)17 8284 8744 UK Mobile:+44 (0)79 9072 8465 fax: +61 (0)2 6259 8672 web: http://www.communication.org.au