Theatre Sofa.
Saw this sofa at DWR the other day. I loved it! Especially the color: robin’s egg blue. Will thinks it’s too modern, though.
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If NPR were a typeface....
Today we had another presentation of design iterations for the new NPR.org. Well, it was actually just for the new NPR.org homepage. The rest of the site templates will be worked out later. We're working on getting the homepage nailed down first. And trust me when
I want one!
Okay, I’m starting a new category for neat products I see that I really want. I was raised as a capitalist after all and despite my admonitions to try and be greener and less consumeristic…well, I’ll unashamedly admit it: I’m a sucker for well-designed products that
White space and the city.
My post using Omm Writer – beautiful white space for writing in.
I have always, always loved snow, having spent most of my childhood knee-deep in it. So this recent post on Design Observer about snow, cities, and white space deeply resonated with me.
The author talks about snow as the
Silica cluster.
On the steps of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC. This taken with my Holga (I think), on one of my lunches. My gym is right across the street. Lately, I’ve been thinking about cities and use cases….
I’ve also been intrigued by this new social media service
"Go" Chair.
Isn’t this a gorgeous chair? Designed by Ross Lovegrove, the designer my group is studying in human-centered design. I love this class.
Seth is leaving on Friday for his month with Northwest Youth Corps. I think it’s going to be a great experience for him. I just hope
Cute in DC.
Since I moved to DC, I have been drinking Bot water from time to time. Why? Well, mainly because when I first saw the bottle on the shelf at Whole Foods in Tenleytown, it was so cute that it reminded me of my friend Chang-Ling. Her whole MFA thesis was
Design Within (Dog's) Reach.
Okay, I don’t actually want an eCrate that bad. It’s more Mies who wants one. This is a cool design, but can you imagine how much better their ads would look if they used a canine as elegantly designed (e.g., a Weimaraner) instead of that stupid little
Ode to Common Things.
by Pablo Neruda.
I have a crazy,
crazy love of things.
I like pliers, and scissors.
I love cups, rings, and bowls –
not to speak, of course,
of hats.
I had never heard of Pablo Neruda nor this poem until last weekend when I went to a wake. I love
You're not a designer, either. On the Mantle of Bullshit and the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a phenomenon in cognitive science asserting that incompetence prevents the incompetent from realizing their incompetence while simultaneously causing them to rate their own competence as greater than that of the truly competent.
It is clearly indicated in many work environments, case in point at large technology