Presenting Shakespeare
I just got my copy of Mirko Ilic and Steven Heller’s new book, Presenting Shakespeare. It contains 1,100 posters from around the world — India, Poland, New Zealand, Turkey, Switzerland […]
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Inside SpaceX
Last week, a few of us from AIGA were lucky enough to be offered a private tour of SpaceX. It was like visiting the future, or being inside a special-effects blockbuster […]
When just one company controls what we see and hear
Seth Godin has written such a clear take on the issue of net neutrality that I was just gonna paste the whole thing here so you wouldn’t have to click […]
Quadcopters + Cirque = Creativity
“No CGI used or needed” says the title at the end of this beautiful little video. It’s more Cirque du Soleil magic. There’s probably no company on earth that concentrates so […]
Sources of creativity
My cousin Paul asked me to send him the names of some books I like that deal with Creativity. Titles that have been particularly helpful to my own creative process. I looked […]
Powerful consumers? Not always.
The ever-provocative Seth Godin wrote this about the power of the producer (i.e. the creator, manufacturer, provider to the consumer): Producers and consumers In the short run, it’s more fun […]
Come on, just this once…
Months ago, I heard a Design Observer interview with Jonathan Ford of Pearlfisher . The whole show is worth listening to, but there was a particular quote at around the 28 minute […]
Stephen Colbert, tech reviewer, and the new Vessyl
I’m simply in awe of the brilliant writing and performance behind Stephen Colbert’s hilarious send-up on Personal Information Devices (think FitBit and the UP bracelets). And branding. And high-tech venture capital. […]
World Cup-themed hot dogs
And while we’re dealing with sickening-looking but interesting food…… want to see more of these?
Tom Davie bottles food
I haven’t posted in SO long! I guess blogging (at least for me) seems to come in waves. Maybe this is the start of a swell. In any case, here’s a […]