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Weightless tub chair.

So, I am starting to look at furniture for our new house (being as optimistic as possible about Will's job situation). One site that I've found that has really cool stuff is Apartment Therapy. I get the newsletter at work and just found this smashing chair

Who designed that high chair?

In its most recent iteration, the New York Times Sunday Magazine (one of my favorite publications) has a column titled “Who made that ______?” (insert common yet interesting object here). The Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair would be a good candidate for this column. What is it about Scandinavians and design?

The Art of the Title Sequence.

I just found this really cool website, via A Very Short List: The Art of the Title Sequence. An archive of title sequence design. Yummy.

2007 Winterhouse Writing Awards

Cool. They’ve been announced. With the readings this time! And the 2006 pieces have also finally been published. I’ve been waiting to read these forever.

I'm hooked.

“No matter how much I try to be plain, people don’t accept me, so I might as well be fabulous.” – Austin Scarlett Michaela and I have recently become addicted to Project Runway, so now I’m on a fashion design kick. This article is talking about fashion design, but

Friday, October 4th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....

would have been these boots had I actually met him. I didn’t, though. Mark came by the house last Friday to take measurements while I was at work. Here’s what we learned: 1). Our foundation does not meet code and is basically worthless as far as this remodel

City of Design.

What comes to mind when you think of Montréal? Canada, our friendly neighbor to the north. Quebec. Mt. Royal. The St. Lawrence River. The French Quarter. Design. Wait a minute. Design? If it didn’t come to mind, it should. Montréal was recently named the first North American “City of

If you don't understand it, don't design it.

Wayfinding signage at the Dublin Airport. Photo by Callie Neylan, January 2012. After my first day in Ireland, I’ve decided that the Irish government appreciates good typography. Maybe it’s because they’re part of the EU? It seems that all European typography is simply better somehow…. Inspired by

On urban semiotics and self image.

In This Means This, This Means That: A User’s Guide To Semiotics, author Sean Hall outlines key semiotic concepts (in which are cloaked Peirce’s sign, object, and interpretant): Sender (who) Intention (with what aim) Message (says what) Transmission (by which means) Noise (with what interference) Receiver (to whom)

Me, on Design Feast.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention this. I was interviewed for Design Feast. No biggie, really. But good for exposure and networking.