Product Cycles & Loss of Focus
I really like the illustration about Truth on Brands by Gavin Potenza. It illustrates how a lot of products eventually forget why they started in the first place. If we look at the different years as levels through the filter of a software application, mobile device or even toothpaste, those steps sort of explain product cycles. There’s the initial idea (1960), after the launch attention quiets down so additional features are added (1975), eventually other products are... Read More
First impressions of Beyond the Street, the 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art
Before I jump into my reaction to Beyond the Street: With the 100 Most Important Players in Urban Art I think it’s important to explain what I think is good street art and why I’ll stop and photograph something outside. While I’m familiar with a lot of the “names” out there I do try to stay a bit ignorant of who’s doing what. I don’t want to be persuaded by reputation—I want to be as interested in stuff on their own accord, not... Read More
Wired Magazine the App
I’ve only had a couple minutes with the new Wired Magazine App. As much as I wanted to hate it, it’s actually pretty good. Overall my first impression is that it feels more like a book than magazine which is cool. Biggest issue aside from not being able to share individual articles is that I can’t zoom in on everything. Aside from that, I was disappointed to read in the editor notes about as great as the site is, it’s not a magazine. Shouldn’t we... Read More
Why Are Professional Sports Leagues Slow with New Tech Inside Their Stadiums?
This morning coming across the Mashable post Yankee Stadium Bans iPads, it reminded me of a similar tech experience with the NHL a number of years ago. I was at hockey game five or six years ago when digital cameras where pretty common but still somewhat pricey. Taking some photos for my own purposes I was asked by security to stop shooting. I was given a lame excuse about being able to capture motion because of the visible screen on the back. It didn’t make sense then... Read More
Link Drop from May 15th to 21st, 2010
Comparing my behavior from last week to this week, I didn’t copy + paste a lot of links from my iPad. I think it had to do with the fact that I wasn’t home that much as opposed to not liking the experience of placing content that I was reading into wordpress for this week’s Link Drop. Other things I noticed was a lack of anything from Twitter worth mentioning like I did with some of the other interweb places out there. While I like the pipe companies it’s... Read More
Design Noted Film Festival 003
Concrete Cycles of the Sidewalk (Fresh, Hard & Weathered)
A couple weeks ago I was struck by the the almost wet concrete being protected by a couple pylons. Typically when I’ve seen wet concrete it’s being watched by a person while heavily fortified with protective barriers. As a canvass wet concrete is pretty tempting. Who wouldn’t want to make a permanent mark that will be seen everyday? So as I walked by I snapped a photo of the fresh concrete and forgot about it. Moving forward a couple weeks I came across the... Read More
20 years late and probably out of context for today, the sold sticker looking like Obey
Everyone has an issue with Shepard Fairey these days. Actually most people had an issue with him last year too, and the year before that… It’s kind of funny that I’m even posting about this but considering Fairey has a pretty good show going on at Dietch and has a couple murals floating around the sticker makes sense—or does it? The question I would through back at the illustrator that made the sticker follows along this theme. A lot of people already know... Read More
Designing through the idea of seeing something in a different context
It’s pretty common to realize that if someone is too close to an issue they might not be able to see it in a broader context. Because they’re so focused on one or two elements it doesn’t allow them to take a step back from what they’re thinking and consider different point of views. I’ve been thinking about this issue for a while trying to figure out how to actually take a step back and mash things up into a new context that might present new options... Read More
The Secret Public by John Savage & Linder Sterling
I have to admit that I didn’t know anything about John Savage or Linder Sterling until recently when I read an article from Dazed talking about a show that was displaying their publication work from 1978 to 1981. If you’re in New York the show is at Boo-Hooray Gallery c/o Steven Kasher Gallery (521 West 23rd) from May 10th – May 23rd, 2010. What I liked about what I saw was a collection of pages displayed from the magazine on a wall. While pretty simple there... Read More
