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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

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

Type as sculpture.

originally uploaded by O.E.'s playground. I was reading the infamous 25 random things by one of my MICA colleagues the other day. She mentioned that one of the things she loves about teaching is how much more she feels she learns from her students than they do

Touchscreen Cartography.

This is soooooo cool.

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???

On Mixel and the Vacuum of Enthusiasm.

If I had a Facebook account (which I don’t because I grew tired of Mark Zuckerberg’s shenanigans and deleted it last month), I would download Khoi Vinh’s new Mixel app, just to try it out (but then again, maybe I wouldn’t: forcing users to login via

For the laid-off designer.

Luckily, my job has not yet been affected by this nightmare that is our current economy; I count myself very fortunate to be among the still-employed (knock on wood, or fake wood stickers, as the case may be). But for those of you who have been shit-canned, here’s something

Good design kills.

Many products are ugly. Many are beautiful. But how many are the epitome of these extremes all at once? Terry Gross interviews C. J. Shivers about his new book, The Gun. He talks about the history of the world’s most beloved killing machine, and of the beautiful, simple design

Sometimes I wonder what the heck I'm doing....

designing software applications for rich white people when I should be devoting my life to stuff like this. An excerpt: The world’s cleverest designers, said Dr. Polak, a former psychiatrist who now runs an organization helping poor farmers become entrepreneurs, cater to the globe’s richest 10 percent, creating

Font Swatch.

Wow, this is cool. Saw it in the latest issue of Dwell Magazine, but you can buy it on Amazon.