Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Somewhere to park...


Just back from the Milan Salone - my first time visiting - I felt so uplifted by the atmosphere, that I thought I'd try my hand at building something big.

I'm not a furniture or product designer, so it was really nice to find Max Lamb's step-by-step instructions to lead the way. It was a great way to engage with all the detailed structure considerations of a chair, which was really interesting.





D~A~i~S~Y

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Design so good you NEED it

Majorly obsessing over Braun watches at the moment, this one in particular. Generally appreciating the rational approach that's inherent in so much German design. This simple, reductive approach is apprarent is so much successful work. Periodically it pops it's subtle nose above the screaming design-parapet. Case-in-point, I came across this interesting - if slightly cynical - post about the similarities between Dieter Rams and Johanthan Ives. 

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Shemuel Katz's Sun



Looking for various representations of the sun, and came across the work of Shemuel Katz, an Israeli Illustrator working throughout the establishment of the state of Israel.