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Sharp Cheddar

Dumped in the Personal and Random pile on February 2, 2010.

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Major technological advances in the office this year

Dumped in the Random pile on January 6, 2010.

It’s all [Real] good

Dumped in the Personal and Random pile on November 23, 2009.

I’m not exactly sure when or how I became a fan of Blu Dot. It kind of just seems like I always have been. Their simple yet creative modern design style just suits a lot of my tastes when it comes to home and office furniture. I love their color combinations, clean lines, and unique forms. I was thrilled when a local shop (The A Store, here in Albuquerque) started carrying their stuff so I could finally get a first-hand look at the goods. There was no disappointment.

Anywho, Blu Dot recently executed what they call “A Real Good Experiment” where they outfitted some of their “Real Good Chairs” with GPS units and left them on curbs and alleys around NYC - free for the taking. The general idea isn’t uncommon and is what’s culturally known as “curb-mining”: the act of finding abandoned furniture and art on the street and claiming it. The experiment was simply to see who would grab the chairs, where would they go, how would they get there, and what would their new homes look like? It’s such a fun and simple idea that they document pretty well. You can check out more info about the Experiment on Blu Dot’s website, their Real Good Experiment flickr page, or even follow @realgoodchair on twitter. They also appear to have created a film documentary on the Experiment that is due to release (I’m guessing on their site) in December. Can’t wait!
Here are some images from the website and their flickr page:

You also may be interested in watching this little promo vid they made for A Real Good Chair titled, “Mr. Squirrel Assembles a Real Good Chair.” Awesome.

As an exciting side note, John Christakos, Blu Dot Co-Founder, paid a visit to the Land of Enchantment (aka, New Mexico) and gave an informal talk about Blu Dot’s philosophy and collaborative approach to design - aptly titled “There is No I in DESGN.” The talk was at Design Warehouse in Santa Fe last Saturday (11/21/09). Design Warehouse is a frequent stop of mine whenever I travel north to the City Different. They carry a lot of great contemporary brands (Alessi, Herman Miller, etc.). It reminds me of the MoMA sore in NY. A great event indeed. And I even got to chat with John for a few.

Happy B-Day Barcode

Dumped in the Personal and Random pile on October 7, 2009.

Today’s new doodle from Google marks the 57th anniversary of the day the first patent was made on the bar code.

Read this article by Telegraph.co.uk for more info and history of the Universal Product Code.

Design by yours truly.

Letterpress lovers unite

Dumped in the Random pile on September 22, 2009.

If you’ve never been brave enough to join an “of-the-month club,” you may want to consider this one—if you’re a letterpress fan, of course. The Card Society is a unique letterpress-printed card-of-the-month club where members receive two individually designed, letterpress-printed cards in their postbox each month. Cards are one-of-a-kind, never to be re-printed or sold anywhere else. You can sign up for 1,3,6 and 12 month memberships. So if cheese isn’t your thing, you may want to consider The Card Society.

HAPPY 4TH!

Dumped in the Random pile on July 4, 2009.

HunterGatherer + INCASE =

Dumped in the Random pile on June 24, 2009.

Frank Lego Wright

Dumped in the Random pile on June 15, 2009.

Lego Architecture announces new line of Frank Lloyd Wright sets. Lego fans in the house say “Wriiiight!” Mas »

GLENNZ - TEE DESIGNS

Dumped in the Design and Random pile on June 8, 2009.

A few of the many awesome shirt designs by Glenn Jones.

WORDLE

Dumped in the Random pile on June 2, 2009.

Word-based visualization at its funest. Wordle generates word clouds from text that you provide. It enables you to see how frequently words appear in a given text. You can tweak your word clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Above is an excerpt I generated from Bryan Lawson’s book, How Designers Think.

More on information visualization, visit ManyEyes.  Launched by Martin Wattenberg and Fernanda Viegas from IBM’s Visual Communication Lab, ManyEyes puts viz tools in the hands of everyday internet users.