The T-Chair.
Found this on designboom.com after hearing a recent ID candidate mention it during his presentation. Pretty cool idea, huh? I could sooooooo see Seth and Michaela wanting one of these chairs….
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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
I'm dying over here.
My laptop died yesterday. Zip. Kapoot. I had used it right before my interview to jot down questions and it was fine. I get home to log on and it won’t start up. I thought maybe the battery was out of power, so I plugged it in. Still nothing.
10x10.
On a lighter, design-related note, this is cool.
Font Swatch.
Wow, this is cool. Saw it in the latest issue of Dwell Magazine, but you can buy it on Amazon.
"Smoke 'em out" with PowerPoint.
photo by Ralf Stockmann.
This is a really interesting excerpt, taken from Thomas E. Rick’s Fiasco, especially given Tufte’s assertions about PowerPoint:
That reliance on slides rather than formal written orders seemed to some military professionals to capture the essence of Rumsfeld’s amateurish approach to war planning.
I'm in loooooove....
It’s finally here. Okay. Not really. Not until June. Regardless, I’m so happy.
Apple Unveils New Mobile Phone
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 9, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Computer (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs confirmed months of speculation Tuesday by unveiling a new mobile phone that
"I just saw a Zune....
and guess what? It’s a piece of shit.” by David Galbraith. Too funny.
Rethinking the Remote.
Wow. This is interesting to see given that one of my class assignments with Axel was to rethink the remote. Introducing The Loop. Interesting….
Fixie Chicks.
This is my friend Jessica’s fixed-gear bicycle. I’ve been thinking a lot about getting – maybe even building – one of these bikes lately. I’ve always wanted a really lightweight bike and because these have so few moving parts, they don’t weigh much. I’ve also read lots