I am a gastronomist. gas•tron•o•my – n. the practice or art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food. Icelandic chocolate from Whole Foods. I like the packaging, too.
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
Talk to me. In contemplating the aesthetics of interaction design, beauty as defined by all five senses must be considered: Seeing, Hearing, Touching, Tasting, Smelling. And, I’m going to make that six senses by adding one more: Emoting. By which I mean a person’s psychological state in response to an interaction
Lens. If you're into photography, notably photojournalism, you should definitely check out the New York Times new blog, Lens. I love it. NPR also has a photo blog, too, and they post some really interesting slideshows. But to me, it's just not as pleasurable a user experience.
I want one! Well, actually, two. See this chair? I love it and I want two for our dining area. Possibly more once we move into a bigger space. It’s designed by Karim Rashid. Now I just have to convince Will; I’m much more an admirer of modern design than is he.
Modeled after Paris. It wasn’t until after we’d walked past the mall that a friend we were having dinner with told us that DC was modeled after Paris. I had just remarked to Will and Michaela on our way to the restaurant that the view of the Washington Monument from that
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
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)
On artisanal food and artisanal technology. I don’t know what it is about the Pacific Northwest and food, but I’m really glad to be going back to it (I’m seriously considering writing a book about it someday, though – what do you think?). One of the things I’ve missed the most while living