Tag: Thoughts
Good Design
“Really good design is an object that makes you think about how we behave and our social conventions but still really works†Ellen Lupton is quoted as having said that during a visit to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair last week in an article yesterday by Penelope Green in the NYTimes. I can’t help but …
Pattern
My love of Alexander McQueen continues, strong as ever – his Fall 2009 collection, Horn of Plenty, is gorgeous. I’m especially awed by this beautiful pattern marriage of houndstooth and magpies: “People don’t want to see clothes. They want to see something that fuels the imagination.â€
Silence
(all I want is a little peace and quiet!)
Signs in London
It is always interesting to see what sort of messages a different culture sends out, even one so seemingly similar. Here are a few highlights from a trip to London a few weeks ago:
The Last Lecture
Today we lost another brilliant mind and creator… More about Randy The Last Lecture
When I grow up….
This about summarizes my childhood dreams… no really… Ok, maybe not… if only I’d known…. I’d probably be a florist…
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… I need to generate more work…
Fuel
Playful exploration and inventive vision prove far too difficult without the proper mental fuel… Perhaps I’m experiencing a fuel crisis of my own? Maybe time to seek alternative sources of inspirational fuel…
Too Much
More is rarely more… unless of course you’re trying to give your viewers a seizure, as this website appears to be attempting….
Almost
Tripping over this photo and article in the New York Times almost makes me a miss living in Gothenburg
Made in America
While once again reading the NYTimes, I came across an article discussing the increasing trend of buying American made. It makes me wonder though, how the increased desire or demand for local products will affect the demand and use of raw materials. How far does the definition of “Made in America” extend? Does the increasingly …
The journey is the destination…
Came across an article on cartography in the New York Times today that caught my eye. It raised an interesting point about the nature of some maps indicating the politics of its artist or commissioner. It also ended with an intriguing thought: “Navigation is about more than going from one point to the next. It’s …
Lately I can’t seem to….
At least, not on the side projects I’d like to be working on….
Reflecting…
This photo about summarizes my life in Sweden… People keep asking me if I miss it…
Contemporary Trends
I was reading the the New York Times today, and one article in particular caught my attention. The article gave a brief exploration of the current trend in naming colors after foods. It was only a few paragraphs before I found myself thinking of Patrick Jordan’s Supertrends concept and lecture(s). This article on food-colored cars …
A million miles, a million miles…
This song always reminds me of standing in the pouring rain under a streetlamp waiting for the 54C.
New Sketchbook
As with any new sketchbook, I find myself suffering from “blank page syndrome” – too much white space, an ironic problem for a designer, really. The concept behind this site was to create a sort of “dynamic sketchbook” (dynamic as in evolving, and updated-able) to use for both writing and artistic experiments; sharing thoughts on …