All posts in Next Big Thing
Still photography and video evolution
Up until yesterday if a person had asked me to compare the differences between still photography and video, I don’t think it would have been too hard for me. They’re …
Walking on Top of the High Line
Like a lot of fans of the High Line, the opening of the first section a day early was a welcome surprise. It surpassed any hype that I had put …
Link Drop (06·05·09)
This has been one of those strange weeks where everything on the outside looks the same, though on the inside there’s a lot going on. It’s been a cool week …
The Future of Radio?
A friend of mine from Brussels asked me an interesting question recently. She was wondering what I thought was the future of radio. I’d never really considered such a question …
Link Drop (5·22·09)
Summer is just about here. It’s getting nice n’hot, the humidity is about to get a lot worse and there’s a long weekend coming up asap. Things are good in …
Globe and Street views of a Los Angeles Area Earthquake
+++++++++++ Here’s a couple photos from last night’s earthquake in California. Of course it’s not showing us what’s on the ground currently but it does me for a compelling composite …
My Creative Mornings talk about Agile Design
5/8 Michael Surtees from CreativeMornings on Vimeo. surtees_agilededesign surtees_agilededesign Michael Surtees Publish at Scribd or explore others: Other Research agile design This morning Tina and the CreativeMornings team gave me …
Link Drop (5·01·09)
I feel as though this week just started and it’s already Friday. Good weather, good company and being in NYC will do that to people. But with that said there’s …
Weird angle stuff
The Fedrigoni Mountains http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/98637476/illustration-by-jonathan-puckey-the-piece-was nancy white http://youngandbrilliant.net/post/98589116/schamburg-and-alvisse-designed-these-sustainable Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been noticing a bunch of images that are quite angular. It’s as though each of those …
Link Drop (4·24·09)
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DesignNotes is published in NYC by Michael Surtees. Michael tries to explore people's daily experiences and observations with design. Recently he shifted from being the Principal and Creative Director of Gesture Theory to designing products at Dataminr. He can be reached at michael at michaelsurtees.com 
