most good brands try to sell emotions today.

I love the freedom of nature, to be simple or complex.

we also ripped apart a few serious industry leader’s lights.

bringing the outside inside and the inside outside.

feed the soil not the plants.

these dots get driven by technology, crisis and design.

if something is so well designed it may not even look designed.

don’t simply think summer | do think outdoor.

official olympic timekeeper since 1932.

don’t think summer | do think outdoors

andrea talks about his new “grow watch” for alessi.

a well-received documentary about the couple titled – eames: the architect and the painter was released on november 18, 2011.

A spurt like that means people like your product. The most important thing for me is that we give fair value to our customers.

the incandescent bulb ( 1879 – 2014 ) is not expected to survive, going the way of the dodo bird.

I always care about the distribution of Alessi.

the ( chicago ) finances are really bad.

Today there’s a hole in the world. “Hole In The World” song by the Eagles.

it’s a 3-D world. the imagery on a screen is beautiful but i love the 3-D world.

I’d love to be a physicist, but that would never happen, I love to use my hands too much.

the nice thing about product design, you can let the work stand out on its own, and the work gets a lot
of the attention.

if you start thinking about the evolution of an object you are aware of an alarming simplicity at work.

we would have one chair, one couch, one pen.

let’s start with the premise that design is off to a good start in 2011.

“To not have a boss and get paid to be creative basically.” Through April 3.

“The materials we’re using refer to a lost era of luxury travel.” Through April 3.

good sketcher says, “sketching is a must! bad sketcher says ”sketching isn’t all that important, what about model making?!”

last summer i had a premonition that the starbucks logo was going to change.

peace and passion in two thousand eleven. thanks for following us this year.

presented december 2, 2010 thru march 6, 2011, bass museum, miami beach.

reminded that photos never do justice to the being-there experience.

once considered a ‘hard’ city, seoul is making strides toward becoming a ‘soft’ city, embracing design concepts that will redefine its urban environment with an emphasis on themes centering on green, blue, history, and human.

can you guess date of realization?

the fincube is contemporary, modular, high-tech, sustainable, low-energy, what else? transportable! house with contemporary wooden interior and exterior styling.

until bp solves its gulf problems we will feature environmental topics.

having to carry around world’s largest plug (UK pin plug) with the macbook air cited as inspiration.

a whopping 31 are new!

one of the seven wonders of the world in the world of architecture.

828 m (2,717 ft). formerly burj dubai. renamed burj khalifa in honor of sheikh khalifa bin zayed bin sultan al nahyan, president of the united arab emirates (UAE).

lbd’s somehow can work with flip-flops or stilettos.

trek lime is no lemon.

looking back, going to the Knoll showroom in early 70s prior to Neocon looking for floor samples – this company always inspirational.

August is “vacation month” worldwide.

Make no little plans.

I came across an olivetti typewriter for sale on ( surprising to me ) urban outfitters.
The typewriter and company brought back memories of ad campaigns running from the 50s – 70s. It’s where I discovered Italian design, Milton Glazer, Walter Balmer.

Here’s 20 designer kites.

Tesla has LeftlaneNews streaming images of the unveiling of new
Tesla S.

e-Bikes ( electric ) saw biggest increase in bike sales in 2008. Fixed-gear would have been my guess.
e-Bikes are big with the elderly, eco-friendly, and commuters who disdain sweat. Favored by the elderly may explain the design of the majority of these bikes. Favored by “everyone” else we assume is bike #9. Maybe it’s because the bike was designed by a designer, Marcus Hays, to please himself. You get what you pay for with this group. Light weight, power, styling adds to the bottom line cost.

Crap! Deadline for feature article due and looking at six half-baked drafts. Close my eyes. Grab one. Keep it simple…

McDonalds recently opened two of their latest Tokyo outlets. To say that it surgically has removed their corporate voice — well its really closer to a lobotomy. Wow. They have done away with the golden arches, Ronald McDonald, Hamburglar, Happy Meals, and McMuffins in this McDonalds. They have even done away with a (the) logo. The only thing they retained is the color red.

There’s a lot of rhetoric regarding what came first — Pepsi or Obama. An unofficial chronology…

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If wind turbines are a turn-on for you…

Classic via old style messaging: the “post stamp” from Royal Mail. “We always like to start the year with a classic and this year we’re launching our Special Stamp programme with ten, in one very special issue– British Design Classics.”

An election wrap up: more creative generated in presidential election 2008. Passion trumps strategy — the bulk unsolicited, unapproved by either candidate.

During the early 1940s Charles and Ray Eames developed a successful technique for molding plywood into three-dimensional shapes, which led to the creation of a variety of furnishings and sculptures. You won’t find Eames donkeys however. That said, if anyone finds appropriate donkeys, or other animals for that matter, please inform us. marvin gaye sings [...]

The final stretch. Our feature article leading up to and thru the election will recap what many “branders” have concluded: Obama’s campaign is case-study worthy. ( collage on left from special edition – Creative Marketers Report 2008, Creativity; campaign logo/button from on-line store on official Barack Obama website. ) ( above ) logo design: collaboration [...]

This running feature began in 2008 to develop a story on the state of wind
turbine design.

Phillipe Starck’s latest — a plastic chair — earned it’s name on the first sketch. Mr. Impossible. The designer said it couldn’t be made. The challenge being the weld. Using existing methods to weld the seat and the legs would create an unsightly seam. Kartell’s engineers had to go the blue water route. The key, [...]

A home that makes the Smart car, standing side-by-side, look like a SUV. No, an 18-wheeler. “Micro-Compact Home” [m-ch] was inspired by Japanese tea houses, yes, the Smart car and first class air travel. They are lightweight, modular, mobile and very minimal 2.65m (roughly 77 sq ft). That equates into a 266 x 266 x [...]