Fixing Government Through Design
I received an interesting email from the SunlightFoundation with the information below. Looks like an interesting approach to fixing government with design. Creative? Tech Savvy? Got big ideas to make dull government design shine? Roll up your sleeves and Design for America! This 10 week contest sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation is YOUR chance to make government information accessible, comprehensible, and useful to the American public. It isn’t enough just to publish... Read More
Link Drop for 04.25.10 to 04.30.10
After taking about a month off from publishing Link Drop Today I’ve started going back to how I started this process. Collect a bunch of links during the week and aggregate them with commentary at the end of the week. I’m almost back in control of my schedule that I can predict when I have time to find good stuff worth remembering. As for the themes that seemed to be in front of me, a lot of it had to do in reaction to Facebook, their use of data and the reaction... Read More
Beyond the Street: The 100 Most Important Figures in Urban Art book launch & signing (London + NYC)
To celebrate the European release of Beyond the Street: The 100 Most Important Figures in Urban Art, there’s a book launch and signing at Phillips de Pury on Friday May 7th from 6 to 9 pm, hosted by Simon de Pury. Although the launch has an RSVP to get an indication of numbers attending, the event is open to everyone, so please feel free to forward the invitation to others who may be interested in coming. Hope to see you next Friday, the day after the UK general election!... Read More
Trophies vs. Stats and Stories Created Through Data
I’m a fan of live data. It could be streaming news, tweets, photos or anything else that can be sliced and diced to be presented in a myriad of ways. If a site doesn’t have live data coming in I think the experience becomes stale. What I mean by live data is not neccessairly being updated by the second, but with the idea that if new information is available there’s a system in place to display it in a meaningful way. That’s why I’m interested these... Read More
Behavior Design Summer Internship Program 2010
May 26th, 2010: Please note that this position has been filled. Behavior Design Summer Internship Program 2010 Duration: 6-8 weeks Schedule: Full or Part-Time Application Deadline: May 7th Please submit portfolio, cover letter and resume to: interns2010@behaviordesign.com [We will contact you – please, no phone calls] About Behavior is an award-winning New York web design consultancy focused on building compelling and elegant digital user experiences for business and culture.... Read More
The Last of the Great Typographical Explorations?
Visiting the NYT last week for Wordplay: The lettering of ‘On Language at NYT, I couldn’t help but wonder if I was seeing something that if started today probably wouldn’t have made it to a second week. Today photos sell the story, illustration and type take a different type of effort and risk associated with the visualization that photos don’t have to worry about. I was also struck by the number of type examples completely different from each other.... Read More
An Idea Worth Talking About: Dinner with a Side of Design #DWSD #DW2010
A couple months ago when Kara Pecknold was visiting NYC she described a pretty cool idea for a design event to me. Why not bring a bunch of people together to the dinner table to talk about design and what it can do. This weekend Dinner with a Side of Design started in Vancouver. There’s three dinners with design talking about culture, sustainability and economics. The flickr profile describes the event as “a lively and participatory dinner experience. Participants... Read More
Removing the Problem with Signs, Language & the Actual Elements
I’m a fan of signs in unexpected places. I like discovering those signs that were “designed” with a purpose in mind yet aren’t aren’t necessarily going to be paid attention to. Tonight I found myself in a bathroom that had a sign on each of the four walls and one more sign outside on the door. It was pretty clear that they’ve had issues in the past so what better way than throwing a sign up? But the sheer number hammering points was interesting.... Read More
Why I’m evolving Design Notes to Design Noted
I’ve decided to stop publishing Design Notes as it currently is. I’ve wanted to evolve what the blog was for a while now. I’ve been testing out a couple ideas for the past couple of months. I tried a new site for Link Drop Today, and recently started asking people about a name change for Design Notes and my name. What I learned from those exercises is that I don’t have enough time to publish two sites and that Design Notes does have some brand equity. Unfortunately... Read More
Checking in with QR Code to See a Film
Over the weekend I saw The Secret in Their Eyes (highly recommend it) at Angelika. Typically like most people that don’t want to be dissapointed by standing in line I bought my ticket ahead of time. But unlike other times that I’ve bought my ticket online, I had the option of having the ticket sent to me via mobile. Having never used the option before I figured why not try it, especially with articles from NYT Web Coupons Know Lots About You, and They Tell and Apply... Read More
