Today I am inspired by rumors I heard about John Travolta. So on this day after a momentus day in the history of our nation’s socio-political landscape, I too am coming out of the closet and prepare to be wed. To web. The truth is, I have always wanted to know how to program a [...]
Education
May 3, 2012
Pratt ID View
By SinclairIt’s always a pleasure to be invited back to Pratt at year’s end to be a guest critic at reviews. There was some really strong work this year.
June 19, 2011
Brooklyn Technical High School
By SinclairBrooklyn Tech, as it’s known, has some great stone work on its facade, with inspiring machine age iconography. The building was built from 1930-33, at the exact time as Rockefeller Center, and its exterior iconography is of the same post-crash, WPA vintage and spirit, calling people to work hard and to excel in sciences, technology, [...]
June 17, 2011
On teaching kids to ride a bike
By SinclairHenry Cutler, the Brooklyn transplant industrial designer/owner of Amsterdam based Workcycles has a great piece on the stages of teaching children to ride a bicycle. Read for yourself… (by the way, check out that badass cross frame Opa in the background of the photo above. Gorgeous.)
June 6, 2011
NYC Goes Three Way
By SinclairRon Gabriel’s 2011 design thesis from SVA focuses on the three parties involved in the war that is the streets of NYC: pedestrians, cyclists and automobiles. His work focused on one intersection in particular and in a fascinating video he highlights the turbulence and near misses of how the three parties use and abuse traffic [...]
May 20, 2011
Ten Things I Have Learned from Milton Glaser
By SinclairMy good friend Adam Ogilvie sent me this essay by Milton Glaser. It’s from a 2001 talk so I’m late to the party, but no matter. It’s timeless advice to be read again and again.
March 23, 2011
Products of Design, MFA program at SVA
By SinclairIt’s a real honor to be able to announce the new Products of Design MFA program at SVA beginning Fall 2013 and to be a part of its accomplished faculty. Department chair and mastermind Allan Chochinov has put together an amazing cast of characters to carry forward his mission to teach design with less emphasis [...]
February 16, 2011
Goodnight, Murder Avenue
By SinclairThe New York Times gives Pratt Institute’s deserved attention to Myrtle Avenue some deserved attention of its own.