All posts in NYC
Empire State Building as a Static Presidential Election Results Billboard
Last night as the results were being mentioned on TV and talked about on Twitter there was one other method people could see the results. CNN and the Empire State …
My Favorite Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection
I don’t typically write too much about fashion but I thought this was a worthy exception. Mei Liu has released her first collection under the name PRIORY OF TEN for …
Looking back at March in Photos
Empire State Building tonight from the apartment After the rain on Broome st #walkingtoworktoday #walkingtoworktoday through Washington Square Park nice to see how fast this is finally going up KATSU …
Looking at What Nocused Could Mean
This morning I trekked off to DUMBO to listen to Debbie Millman talk at Creative Mornings. It was an invaluable talk for those that have not heard her speak in …
Weather Around NYC for the Past Couple of Weeks
The weather over the past couple weeks has been quite the adventure. There’s been blizzards, pouring rain, nasty winds and a day or two of mildness. Starting with the huge …
Fog this morning
Looking out the window this morning I kind of wished I had shot something from street level. As fast as this fog was here it was gone as I was …
It’s been a good year for creative people to make the best of a bad weather situation
It’s been a good year for creative people to make the best of a bad weather situation. First there were the stories of people being stranded because of Eyjafjallajökull volcano …
Blizzageddon 2010
Last year there was Snowpocalypse 2009, this year it was Blizzageddon 2010. The storm came on the 26th of December and didn’t really stop till the next day. The first …
Looking at the @Nooka Zub Zayu & Interview with Matthew Waldman
Publisher’s Note: Anyone that’s visited this blog knows that I try to mention Nooka as much as possible without over killing it. They’ll also note that there’s an ad from …
A Couple Notes from Marian Bantjes talk for the AIGANY
For the majority of people in attendance last night, Marian gave the perfect talk. It was effortlessly paced, she balanced personal observations with real work and inspired a lot of …
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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 
