Category: randomness

One of those morning’s where even the disappointment of bad surf can’t bring it down: wake up in the dark, drive down to the beach with coffee to check the waves. Mushy, messy and caught by the wind. I don’t often walk down without without a board. And once down there, I’ve never not jumped in for a quick paddle. This morning was nice, a little introspective, and sipping coffee watching others struggle over the mess of confused seas in the breaking light was for once better than being out there, struggling and angry about the conditions. Nice to have […]

Kudos to Bob Williams – instagram is changing my world. Or rather, taking the mundane, and making it interesting again. Like the first time I used a camera back in college and it all seemed so much more interesting….

Spent a piece of this morning reading and thinking about this article by the NY Times. Another fabulous Apple vs. “insert here”…. in this case Apple design vs. Google’s perceived design process.  The differences between design by collaboration vs. the concept of being an Autuer – a design decision & taste maker. I like both concepts and feel they both have relevance inside a company. The “Autuer” concept comes off a bit dictatorial in the beginning, but as you read on you realize that as a decision maker, your job is to foster good design through others, not dictate. And […]

Last month, I began breaking in a new sketchbook for the first time in a while. And closing out it’s predecessor that fell dormant sometime 5 years ago. Not to say that the occasional writing didn’t occur, but more in a scattered, often digital way. The book became sort of a graveyard (junkyard? no, not as rich) of studio projects and furniture sketches. Not that it was a bad thing, but very flat and often not executed on. The books of my college years were rich things, with incredible possibilities; now growing old in a box in my office…. The […]

My first year architecture professor instilled (among many other things), always work like you’re going to present at any time. And always take the time to curate that work at a later date.  By creating a portfolio, you help organize your thoughts and give perspective to the work. Just visualize a bunch of kids huddled around an apple IIgs at 2am trying to use photoshop to add text to an image, then debating creative printing techniques off a laser printer. That’s how it starts, and ever since, I’ve always tried to take the time to curate what I do. Sometimes that’s a […]