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….
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.
Marilyn, revisited. Browsing through nymag.com yielded this fascinating slideshow: Lindsay Lohan does Marilyn. I remember hearing about it when it first came out, but it just now really caught my interest. It's fascinating to see variations of the female form. As design objects, each element of a woman'
Urban pattern libraries. In the morning the city Spreads its wings Making a song In stone that sings. In the evening the city Goes to bed Hanging lights About its head. - Langston Hughes How to navigate a city? Let me count the ways. In some cities, there are many more ways than
Font Swatch. Wow, this is cool. Saw it in the latest issue of Dwell Magazine, but you can buy it on Amazon.
On being subtle but not small. Subtle. The difference between a male and female jawline. The angle of the forehead, the curve of the brow. There’s an algorithm for that: an electronic tongue taste differences in beer. Minor. The delta between the girl and boy nutmeg trees. One bears fruit, the other, the flower. In
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
Tuesday, Sept 8th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect. In my life, I have been told I resemble a prettier version of Allison Janney; easily passed off as Katharine Hepburn at a Halloween party; most recently been compared to Claire on House of Cards. Which is not to say that we’re doppelgängers by any means, but the concept
ARCADE: On living, learning, and design educating. ARCADE Summer 2012 issue, designed and edited by Karen Cheng and Annabelle Gould. Photographed by me. ARCADE is one of my favorite design magazines. It is published quarterly, and the Summer 2012 issue features guest editors and designers Karen Cheng and Annabelle Gould, two of my design professors while I