I love the way Kulula, low fare air carrier in South Africa, has branded their plans. The colors are unique and the clever labeling of the different parts of the plan is tongue-in-check fun.
Very bright and very clever.
I will always remember this brand.
As we sit here at what hopefully will be the end of the great recession I thought I would post about the necessity of architecture. After all, buildings can get built without architects. Spaces can be filled without interior designers. Will there be a place for the design talents in the post-recession economy?
To all those that feel design talent is a fading art I give you the following video.
Note: You must watch it full screen.
Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre Photographers have compiled a set of haunting photographs of the decay of Detroit. Titled “The Ruins of Detroit” these pictures are a telling story of a city caught in the perfect storm of prosperity and poverty. Those who can have long moved away and those who cannot can only watch as their city slowly rots around them.
An abandoned library in Detroit.
The entire album is a must see, you can find it here
The day is over and all you want to do is sink into your favorite chair, switch on the tube and let the stress of the day melt away.
Sorry, this chair is not for you.
The Do-Hit chair will help you with the stress but there won’t be much melting into it.
Like whack-a-mole for the design set.
Designed by Marijn van der Poll the chair is made from 1.25 mm stainless steel, measures 39.4″ x 27.6″ x 29.5″ and weighs in at 82.7lbs. The hammer is also included. You can find the chair at Droog Products.
While the chair has been around for a few years I though this was a great way to say goodbye, and good riddance, to 2009.
2009 is ending. My first thought as I type this short sentence is “Good riddance! Bring on 2010!”. But as I reflect further I realize, and always will, that in many ways 2009 was a great year.
This year is the year I turned from the security of Corporate America to follow my dream. This year is also the year I learned my relationship can handle the stress of me turning from the security of Corporate America to follow my dream. I learned that regardless of how alone I sometimes feel as I build my company I am really not alone at all, there is a vast network of small business owners willing to lend a hand and share advice. I realized that I am more talented than I ever thought and I have more to learn than I ever knew and this learning and sharing is a truly rewarding aspect of business.
So as 2009 draws to a close I wanted to thank all of you who have supported me as I have grown my firm. I want to thank all the great clients I have worked with and am working with and I want to thank all the great candidates for sharing your outstanding talent with me.
And here is to 2010, may it be full of opportunities, challenges and new relationship.
I was having coffee with a friend the other day when the most amazing thing happened; he showed me his portfolio…on his phone. It was nothing fancy, just a few pictures of renderings and finished work he had done, but this small act sent my mind racing. Was I witnessing the future?
What a simply brilliant idea for anyone networking for a new job or responsible for their firm’s business development. We all know that networking can happen unexpectedly. The person next to you on the plane could be your next client. The woman you ride the bus with everyday could be a principal hiring for her firm.
Not only is having your portfolio images on your phone a great way to be prepared for the unexpected encounter, it is a great way to demonstrate your work in more predictable situations. Many of you may find this “mobilfolio” an easy way to show your work when meeting firms for informal interviews which often happen at lunch or over coffee.
The mobilfolio does not need to be elaborate; simple pictures of your work are fine. The point is to give a visual framework for the discussion, just like your main portfolio.
So, do you have any of your work on your phone? Do you have a mobilfolio?
It is beyond cool. Designed by Schultze WORKS designstudio , this dreamy creation placed in the top three of a recent design competition. Titled “Philco PC”, this has to be the hippest thing I have seen since Apple started producing their slick line of personal everything.
While it will never be made, it only exist in binary, let us hope this creative design of the lowly PC is an indication of great things to come.
The Philco PC by Schultze WORKS designstudio.
Watch this first.
Wow, it seems so clean, so easy, so un-congested. All of our problems solved through individual transportation to anywhere you can imagine wanting or needing to go. As billions are being allocated to improve commuter, light-rail and trolley infrastructure across the county I thought it would be fun to see what our promised future looked like before it became the congested, smog-filled reality we live in today.
If you read my blog often you know I love watches. The S+ark Palindrome Too, by Fossil, is my new favorite. This watch is modern, simple design at it’s finest. The watche has two dials — one for the hour, one for the minute . The watch housing is stainless steel and is a great complement to the polyurethane strap. It comes in gray-orange and black-black.
Simple design.
I am in love with this art installation! The slowly rotating kitchen is fun to watch from a boyish, destruction point of view. As I watched the kitchen change from clean and neat to a total wreak I was reminded how close we all are to calamity and destruction. Images of New Orleans came to mind and I was left with the question “once destroyed, can a life be put together the same way or is it forever changed”?
The artist is Zeger Reyers.
