Category Archives: design
Physicality of light.
Images source: flickr.com The objects and tools around us are losing their physicality. Our cars, watches, music, phones, adding computers, and now light sources are less analogue and mechanical, as they become more digital and quantum / nano scale. Although … Continue reading
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Buying In and Rob Walker at the Art Directors Club
Image source: murketing,eventbrite I’m a little behind in the blogging, but I heard Rob Walker for a Q&A with Danielle Sacks from Fast Company, on his book on murketing called Buying In. The event was at the ADC and hosted … Continue reading
the design of future things: evaluating design
Image source: jnd.org A couple of weeks ago, I finally finished, “The Design of Future Things,” by Donald Norman. I loved his popular book, “The Design of Everyday Things.” Norman is clearly an important thinker in the subject of design … Continue reading
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the transformational qualities of sex and the city.
Images source: latimes.com I just saw Sex and the City movie opening weekend, arriving to the theater 30 minutes early to find 100 people in front of me. I had avoided the trailers (which basically spills most of the movie) … Continue reading
Lever House meets Sanrio.
Today, I manage to hit architecture, Japanese pop culture, intellectual property, and branding all in one (fairly) short post. My favorite building in New York is SOM’s Lever House. Built in the International Style in 1952, its form of blue-green … Continue reading
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Colored Scaffolding
Scaffolding in ubiquitous in New York, which is always under construction. On 57th and Madison, the facade of the Nokia Flagstore gets a face lift. It, along with neighboring stores, Yves Saint Laurent and Burberry, have scaffolding that matches the … Continue reading
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Saul Bass left a footprint in Chelsea
I was walking in Chelsea last Sunday, and approached one of Verizon’s buildings. I wondered if there where any remnants of Saul Bass‘ classic Ma Bell logo. His design was the last in the evolution of the Bell System’s logo, … Continue reading
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Follow up Friday.
On a rainy Friday, here are some follow up tidbits to some previous posts that have been collecting in my mental Inbox. I think it’s a good practice to follow up on posts. In both blogging, even more importantly traditional … Continue reading
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A little logo goodness for the weekend.
Image source: Talent imitates, genius steals Faris at Talent imitates, genius steals wrote up a great post on the Fed Ex logo, which has been one of my all time favorites for years. I’m sure we’ll familiar with it, but … Continue reading
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Regional social networks
I have IM accounts on AIM, iChat, Yahoo, MSN, Gmail and Skype. (Years ago, I once used ICQ and IRC.) I always find it interesting, how certain services are popular in specific countries. AIM is most popular in the US, … Continue reading
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