January 2008
50 posts
Big names maybe aren't so great
❝ Too often we don’t question whether celebrity status in design is a reward for good work. The combination of a well-known manufacturer and a big-name designer leads us to believe that a new product’s utility has been well resolved. Karim Rashid’s new collection for kitchenware manufacturer COPCO illustrates some of the minor dangers of this complacency. Consistent with the...
❝ So despite the plethora of options it affords us, modern design isn’t about improving our quality of life; its purpose is to create differentiation that allows retailers who harness it, like Target, to secure a competitive advantage and make concrete profit out of the intangible insecurities of consumers like us, who are without any alternatives for buoying their self-esteem—the ubiquity of...
❝ Consumers can change their behavior if it makes sense to do so. It’s about how manufacturers develop the technology and then ensure that the user understands it and how it can bring something to their lives. ❞Matali Crasset ❝ We will see a lot more individualization. We will also see a change in the amount of time people spend cooking and the widening differences in user paterns between a...
Living Design in Denmark
❝ It [Danish Design] is a tradition that springs from the designer’s preoccupation with man as a social being - with the wish of designers to create spaces, objects, and other forms of expression that give pleasure to ordinary people, not just a small, often wealthy, group of patrons. ❞
I think I may have found a personal design manifesto…who knew that it...
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Another clever Apple banner ad →
via - thommy
To bad Tiger is faster/more stable than Leopard….
Glass Booth →
Comparison shop for Presidential candidates. via - jstn via - travisekmark
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WatchI promised more and here it is…..Float the Boat!
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WatchA quick tour around the base of the Turning Torso in Malmo, Sweden.
“tyvarr, jag tala inte svenska. tala du engelska?”
– words to commit to memory, I feel so rude not evenknowing this phrase
“my goal is to replace my soul with coffee and become immortal.”
– a dilbert comic strip
A proper cup of coffee
I had a proper cup of coffee today, it was quite nice.
A strong, smooth espresso topped with a bit of steamed milk and sprinkled with fine chocolate shavings. The experience of drinking the cup was really the best. As you sipped the hot espresso through cooler cream, the simple scent of the chocolate added to the flavor.
“Creative problem solving requires a strange dichotomy of ego and humility, and...”
– Jon Kolko
milk, heavy swedish bread & nutella
does life get better?
WatchThe apartment in Lund
WatchA quick tour of the hostel in Copenhagen
15 examples of web typography →
