Buon giorno, Roma!

Wow. This is the building I’ll be studying in at the UW’s Rome Center. Two-and-a-half more weeks and counting….

Waah. Poor Americans.

Umm, I hate the high gas prices just as much as the next guy, but geez, if we’re changing our driving habits because of them, I’d say it’s a good thing. We’ve had cheap gas in this country for way too long and it’s about

Je veux habiter en France.

Op-Ed Columnist from the New York Times French Family Values By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: July 29, 2005 Americans tend to believe that we do everything better than anyone else. That belief makes it hard for us to learn from others. For example, I’ve found that many people refuse to

Starchitects.

So, I’m checking out the Cooper Hewitt 2005 National Design Award nominees and lo and behold, one of them is my former landlord, Tom Kundig. How cool is that???

My new favorite band.

Okay, maybe not most favorite, because honestly, what band could be better than Pink Martini or the Dixie Chicks? But, they’re pretty damn good, and they play latin music, which I love. The band’s called Picoso. I heard them initially on Friday night when I was at the

Fuckers.

All of them. Excuse my French, but I hate Karl Rove. And how the “Christian” right can honestly believe that this man embodies any semblance of moral principle is beyond me. Rove Case May Test Bush’s Loyalty to His Closest Aides By DAVID E. SANGER Published: July 13, 2005

Cool interface.

A great Flash interface at Design Within Reach (browse one of the catalogs). Found while looking for folding inspiration for the household vessel I’m creating for my industrial design class….

Design.

So, I was thinking I might start posting design observations here. My first entry will be about a bad, bad UI, one caused by human neglect, mostly. It involves Seattle’s Metro buses. I usually catch the 31 to get home from the grad studio and have missed it a

Hmmm, I think I have my thesis idea...

Working on something related to this. I just started working on this project as a research assistant; I think it could be a really good thing.

I think I want to be an architect instead....

I’m taking an urban design class this quarter and I really like it. So much so, that I’m toying with the idea of applying to the UW’s M. Arch. program when I’m done with my MFA. Then I can do things like this. I’m also