Tag Archive for '11'

Duck and Cover, Classic

Published on January 7, 2008 in culture, politics and video. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

 

Designer, Ettore Sottsass, Dead at 90

Published on January 5, 2008 in art, designer, graphic design, industrial design and product. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

Ettore Sottsass
Photo J. Emilio Flores For The New York Times

Ettore Sottsass, an éminence grise of postmodern design who helped found the influential Memphis Group and was responsible for the familiar bright red plastic Olivetti typewriter, died Monday at his home in Milan. He was 90.

{via International Herald Tribune}

Bill Viola Talks

Published on January 4, 2008 in art, cameras, culture, designer, Film, graphic design, night, photo, photography and video. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

Revealing interview with Bill Viola and several others at Youtube.com. Interview and video at designboom.com.{via designboom}

Polling Place Project 2008

Published on January 4, 2008 in architecture, art, cameras, culture, designer, graphic design, industrial design, photo, photography, politics, product and type. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

Polling Place Project

If you missed this last year, you will enjoy viewing images and collaborating with the Polling Place Project. Right now the site suggests that entries ended in November of 2006, but the site will be updated and begin asking for new images from this election cycle soon.

{via designobserver}

Dieter Rams, Designer

Published on January 4, 2008 in culture, designer, graphic design, product and type. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

Braun TP1

If you like classic modern design you will love the work of industrial designer, Dieter Rams. Read an interview with him at DesignBoom. And gallery of product images from Flicker.

{via designobserver}

Blind as Baseball

Published on December 30, 2007 in Baseball, culture and politics. 4 Comments Tags: , , , .

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | A Society on Steroids | PBS A Bill Moyers essay on what the Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball can tell us about America today.