Recent links

Jotted down to remember.

00 August 24th, 2010

Archipelago | URBAGRAM

Gorgeous visualization of social activities in New York, London and Paris.

00 August 24th, 2010

Uniform Wares - 100 Series

Love the grey one.

00 August 20th, 2010

Monochromatic Deck of Cards

These may be entirely impractical, but I still want a deck.

00 August 1st, 2010

Paul Tebbott

Badass. Saved for inspiration.

00 August 1st, 2010

Beautiful plumbing lamps by mystery designer

My great grandfather made stair railings and grape arbors out of this type of plumbing and I loved it. Does anyone know if you can buy these? If not, anyone want to try and make some with me?

00 July 29th, 2010

Urbanized

Over half the world’s population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while some cities are experiencing explosive growth, others are shrinking. The challenges of balancing housing, mobility, public space, civic engagement, economic development, and environmental policy are fast becoming universal concerns. Yet much of the dialogue on these issues is disconnected from the public domain.” I can’t wait.

00 July 28th, 2010

The Visual Mixtape

Saved for inspiration.

00 July 23rd, 2010

Look Between

I have a hard time not loving almost everything Paul Octavious does.

00 July 22nd, 2010

SMART KID” Conversion Kit

I really wish this was a shipping product. Brilliant design by Pavel Sidorenko.

00 July 21st, 2010

The Top Idea in Your Mind

I realized recently that what one thinks about in the shower in the morning is more important than I’d thought. I knew it was a good time to have ideas. Now I’d go further: now I’d say it’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” Completely agree.

00 July 3rd, 2010
00 June 23rd, 2010

Original Pac-Man Sketches

As usual, the process behind design is always fascinating. “Hi Score” always cracks me up too.

00 June 19th, 2010

Letterpress Dice Prints

Lovely, simple idea, gorgeous execution.

00 June 18th, 2010

NYPL Digital Gallery Menus

Gorgeous collection of menus from the New York Public Library. Saved for reference.

00 June 16th, 2010

Watson, IBM’s Jeopardy-Playing AI

Apparently I’m getting really good at Jeopardy.

00 June 14th, 2010

Drew Thaler’s JavaScript Blacklist Safari Extension

Looks very handy, though I just wish sites would stop using these things to begin with.

00 May 24th, 2010

David Foster Wallace on Life and Work

Fantastic commencement speech about perspective in life. When reading it I couldn’t help but hear my mother’s voice saying, “You don’t have to look very far to see someone worse off then yourself.”

00 May 17th, 2010

Eames Inspiration

A unique collection of iconic Eames Molded Plywood Lounge Chairs as re-imagined by some of today’s most celebrated graffiti and street artists.” Caribbean Clouds is my favorite.

00 May 13th, 2010

Candyspotting

paper + laser cut = ♥

00 May 13th, 2010
01 April 28th, 2010

Laptopogram

Laptopograms are images made by pressing photosensitive paper onto a laptop screen and flashing an image in a manner not unlike contact printing orphotograms.”

00 April 26th, 2010

The $0.69 iPad Stand

Cost effective and attractive.

00 April 15th, 2010

Snake Lettering - Brand New

Love the letting, but I do have a soft spot for the old one.

00 April 15th, 2010

The Official Panic Basketball Team

I need to find a team to coach again.

00 April 2nd, 2010

This American Infographic

My new years resolution is to make an infographic on every This American Life ever made. The idea is to expand and add context to the stories and information contained in the shows. Basically, anything I am curious about while listening to the pieces.” Lovely.

00 April 2nd, 2010

Inspiration: Tom Watson of T Inc.

I was interviewed by the Herman Miller blog about T Inc., Level & Tap, Simple Desktops and my workspace.

00 March 31st, 2010

Mixr

DJ App for iPad.” For you wannabe DJ’s out there.

00 March 30th, 2010

Next Generation Coke Packaging

It’s hip to be square.

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