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Mountains and mental models.

As I continue to struggle with the reality of having left my beloved west coast and trying to make sense of all the things on the east that seem so off-kilter, I was struck once again while driving through North Carolina how most of my unease is due to upsets

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

When you're in love with a beautiful dog.

Photos by Callie Neylan. This is Mies, the younger of my two Weimaraners. To make a long story short, he was returned to our breeder when he was six months old. She posted his picture (along with a few choice epithets thrown in to describe the idiots returning him) to

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

RISD's New President.

Announced today. It’s John Maeda, formerly of MIT.

On designers as choreographers.

The austerity of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet was refreshing. Geometric, simple, white, like the galleries of a modern art museum. The visual opposite of the Nutcracker set design, so complicated and frilly. Interaction design, like dance, is a time-based medium. I sat there watching the beautiful, graceful

No design is good design.

Last semester, I taught a course on visualizing information at MICA. I used Tufte's first book, The Visual Display of Quantitative information. I love Tufte. I love his simple, Swiss modern approach to design. His strict belief in form following function. His unwavering defense of content and firm

The Semiotics of Shoes.

From an article in this Sunday’s NY Times (I know, I know; I need to expand my source list): They are not just any sandals, but boxy buckled Birkenstocks, the footwear that has become synonymous with a certain type of noodge. Or in the senator’s case, worse. In

On loving Frederick, part four.

Queen of Norway Statue on Embassy Row. Norwegian Embassy, Washington, DC. Photo by Callie Neylan, 2008. On July 23, 2011, I recited these design stories at the Boston Globe for my friends at Ink, stories inspired by the work of Frederick Law Olmsted and the impact his legacy has had

I touched one.

I held an iPhone last night. It was so sexy I almost wanted to lick it. Pictures and video don’t do it justice.