Hey I know him!

So just s I'm about to go print out my blog, I notice an advertisement in the corner, and I recognize the picture of one of the guys....ironically by his tattoos. And it is in fact, none other than Joshua Davis, who I just did my paper on. I just though it was cool....

Joshua Davis Paper

linked it: ANM Joshua Davis paper

INHO Smart Objects powerpoint

Smart Objects

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IKEA much?

So this is something I definitely think is interesting and a fresh take, however I also would have expected to come out of an IKEA store. I think a lot of people are trying to pioneer many many many different ways to redesign furniture. After how many ways can you really make a chair until it becomes boring?? I say that's near impossible, so take a look at the SwiTcH and see if you find it boring....

All my interests

Eventhough I have been reviewing design blogs pretty consistently for the past year and a half, as well as been immersed in looking at new ideas, I'm still a little astounded everytime I see something that directly interests me not because it has to do with design, but from another aspect of my life. For example, although it was because of another art class, I have recently found an interest in knowing how to use power drills; and low and behold, on core77's site, here is an article about a new power drill! Its things like this that always remind me how much design really does effect every part of our lives.

Re-make it AGAIN!

It appears that my new favorite thing to blog about is an kind of recycled item. I.e. anything that saves the environment, is reused from something old, etc etc. Soooo since obviously core77 knew this, here's an entire article on re-manufactured art pieces. example 1:

Student Design

Design Sponge did coverage of the 2008 student design finalists for their scholarship program. One that stood out to me in particular was the ambient lighting (see below) for Luminoz done by Sara levy. So here's lighting that supposed to effect your mood, but as we go into smart objects, what about lighting thats effected by your mood???

Internet Overload

"The internet isn't full, but we are"
In this post by Seth Godin, he discusses how we've just about had enough with every kind of thing that was possible to put on the internet....ergo, in a sense the internet is full. He clarifies that everything only has a certain amount of space and the internet's space has run up. Or, even more clearly, we have decided the internet space is run up. People can keep creating more and more and more place to put stuff, but how much until we just stop looking because there is just oo much to go through?

Its a baby!

Desk chair + study cubby = Bouroullec Brothers' brand new task chair as featured on core77's page:

Gift Giving is the best

So core77 has come out with their ultimate gift list: "Top 77 for under $77." Check it out for those on your list, you're guaranteed to avoid the regular repeat gift, like this new way to drink your bottles beverages.

Baseball Babes podcast powerpoint

Baseball Babes

Not Only for Champagne

So we're looking for new building materials to go green....is this one of them?? Cork you say? That buoyant material we all duck from when New Year's comes around?? looks like sooo...

New Project!! So here's my photobooth pic, kind of effected by the blue coming off my computer screen, where I'm trying to look contemplative. Along with my future quotes (I'm choosing between the two).


"The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present" - Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbes

"The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time" - Abraham Lincoln

Design open 2008

This is completely impractical but I suppose thats what I've learned is where all god design starts:

Here's the rest of the design open.

Lyle Owerko

presenter in class the other day, very much enjoyed his portrait photography

Its all part of the game

I just booked my spring break trip to Puerto Rico with, well 14, yes 14, of my "closest" friends. Now it was definitely not supposed to make it to 14, but the coupling of no hotel fee and the cheap JetBlue prices, here we are at 14. Since we booked so early, its was only $300 ROUND TRIP, fees included. I'm sorry, but you can't been a spring break thats going to cost around $450 TOTAL.
So what does this have to do with design? Well in this post by Nussbaum, he discuss how JetBlue has taken advantage of the outsourcing and put it to "consumer advantageous" use. By aquiring a new jet designed to make short trips with 100 passengers they could offer fares for only $25 from New York to Boston. Delta and American Airline were forced to follow suit soon after ad who does that equal.....lower prices for all of us and cheap spring breaks.

Educate Me

This time I decided to review a Nussbaum post on How to Educate a Designer. As a student in design and someone who is graduating in the next year, it is opbviously a concern of mine to see what the thoughts are on educating desginers. As Nussbaum mentions, educating designers is a relatively new process and they're still working it out. It was interesting to read how their looking into educating desginers on how to think different and how different countries, such as Japan, educate their designers even differently than that.

AS You Like iT

Just a couple of the rough pictures I'm using for my Shakespeare project:

The gift card made personal

With the Holiday season just about upon us we're bound to see some very interesting new ideas in the gift department. But giftcards?? I mean granted they're the fall back for any gift giver, but leave it up to Target to be innovative in the gift card area. As core77 reports, Target has now made a gift card digital camera. Starting at $50, you can accompany your money with 50mb worth of creative pictures. At 1.2mp you're not going to get a ton of quality, but it makes a gift card a whole lot more personal. Or maybe you're sill going for the orginal impersonal message of a gift card and you can just opt out of the camera card all together.

Shakespeare Project

I have chosen "As You Like It" as my play to represent for the Shakespeare project. It is one of my favorite of Shakespeare's comedies. I will be trying to represent the love between Rosalind and Orlando and the changes and struggles it goes through in the play.