The SNiF® Tag.
Wow. How cool is this? Oslo and Mies say “Stocking stuffers!”
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Nasty Golden Retrievers and the MFA.
I love that I get home before Will sometimes now that I no longer spend three hours a day on the goddamn train. It means I get first look at notes left by our dogwalker, Matt.
Thanks, Guys!
We ran into a nasty golden retriever I’m not fond of
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
Humvee for the disabled?
Hmmmm. Gotta love it, I guess.
On Good Taste.
I’m speaking at Betascape this coming weekend on visual literacy. While I think everyone can be taught visual literacy to a certain level, there are some who exceed at it because they have an innate sense of good taste. Ira Glass explains:
But, what exactly is Good Taste™? Who
01. Note to self.
originally uploaded by aqui-ali.
Designers are a lot like actors in this regard: your next project is only as good as your last one. This is the lesson I’m taking away from my current gig….
Strategy is imperative when choosing what projects you’ll work on. Otherwise, you might
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
On what designers can learn from icebergs and Ernest Hemingway.
My favorite passages In Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast are the direct, austere descriptions of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Painting vivid pictures with minimal words is the hallmark of Hemingway’s writing, which he developed into The Iceberg Theory.
Write like Hemingway! The Hemingway App.
The Iceberg Theory (also known
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
On good design and skipping hearts.
While I love the beauty of my Apple products as much as you do, it’s encouraging to note – very encouraging – that there are many companies in the world that produce products equally as beautiful in form and function. I’m going to start showcasing my own personal favorites every