“Man on the street”: Playgirl van
This van stopped me in my tracks with its hilariousness. I didn’t care about coming across as a noob, I whipped out my camera for the pink twinkmobile. This is like a popup ad in van form. Oh fauxhawk, your intense squint makes you look really dim. But that’s better than McGreasy over your shoulder. … Continue reading
Timeless Danish Modern 1963 and 2008
January 1963. It’s almost ridiculous this Danish Modern interior appears utterly contemporary 47 years later…
Black Swan countdown: female-centric suspense
I’m excited enough about the Natalie Portman/Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan that I already posted about its potential connection to a great dance psychodrama, The Red Shoes. The older film isn’t scary at all, but it does dramatize a woman possessed by conflicts of ambition, identity and eros. What is female-centric suspense? It has women … Continue reading
Kitsch design
Kitsch is a theory of the kind of bad taste that emerged in an era of reproduction—where the Venus de Milo can be reproduced as a garden statuette, or imagined using a speakerphone. Like pornography, it follows an “I know it when I see it” standard. Kitsch is a watered-down, false, or inappropriately used reference … Continue reading
DesignCast recap: Step up your web designs with real web fonts
I would recommend attending any of the HOW | Print DesignCasts in your interest area. Know that they will last 90–120 minutes rather than the stated hour. The content is strong enough to offset the fact that these are, at base, marketing pitches for specific products. Here are my notes on the DesignCast I attended … Continue reading
“Jack Kerouac’s girlfriend”
Driving home from Thanksgiving just now, I listened to this fantastic recording of Cynthia Nixon reading Joyce Johnson’s “The Fall of Texas” on WNYC. Joyce Johnson’s virtual tombstone will read “Jack Kerouac’s girlfriend.” The way she can nail a character in one line of dialogue proves just how unfair that is. Related Articles The Women … Continue reading
DesignCast recap: 25 tips for saving time with Adobe Creative Suite
I attended this free online seminar (webinar) hosted by Scott Citron on November 4th. The content was good, but the presentation could have been better rehearsed and timed, as less than half the material was presented in the first hour. Then Scott’s computer froze during an unexpected Time Machine sync and had to be restarted, … Continue reading
Pied beauty: appreciating imperfection on Thanksgiving
Glory be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough; And all trades, their gear and tackle and trim. All things counter, original, spare, strange; Whatever is fickle, freckled (who … Continue reading
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