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May 7, 2012

“Everything is amazing now & nobody’s happy” — Louis C.K.

Excellent stuff on the state of technology and consumer response. He’s right. Why?

May 6, 2012

Max Lamb

I’ve only today learned about Max Lamb. I’m in awe. The above photo is from his Solids of Revolution project of turned concrete and felt stools.

January 3, 2012

Shane McAdams, new works

  Shane McAdams presented his thesis for Pratt’s MFA program while I was an ID grad student year ago and I was blown away by his work. I don’t usually see abstract painting that melds color and texture with a mastery of manipulated media on the level of his show. And I’ve stayed on his [...]

December 8, 2011

Joshua Foer bio pic

I’ve seen a lot of bio pics on about pages and wrestled plenty with how to deal with my own. Author Joshua Foer gets a cigar.

July 19, 2011

Alex Steinweiss– RIP

Steven Heller wrote a lovely obituary for the late and great Alex Steinweiss in today’s New York TImes. I had never heard of Steinweiss and I’m sorry because his contribution was huge. As advertising manager for Columbia Records he essentially introduced original artwork to the record sleeve. If you consider a time before records used [...]

May 22, 2011

Craighton Berman

I really really really love the way Craighton Berman draws and thinks and have been in awe of his submissions to Coretoons under the pen “Fueled by Coffee.” But I’m particularly in awe of the cleanliness and sanity of his note taking as shown in some scans in recent post. With marker shading? Yeah, I [...]

May 22, 2011

From the notes of Jeff Staple

Friend and client Jeff Staple shared some of his notes and process with Sarah Meier-Albano on her blog’s Geek Files. Good stuff!