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Stuff that I liked in 2010 (the Music Edition–Top Albums)
This year I thought I change up my reviews a bit. In the past I’ve diagramed the top ten in terms of release dates and the type of music it …
Stuff that I liked in 2010 (the Product Edition)
The years is almost up so I figured I’d take a look at some of the things that I actually bought and list them. I decided to list it alphabetically …
REVIEW COPY: One Million by Hendrik Hertzberg
I was recently contacted by John Clifford of Think Studio in NYC who designed the cover of the book Graphic that I reviewed a couple weeks ago. He and Herb …
12 months of condensed DesignNotes in 2008
Wanting to take a look back so I can figure out how to proceed with 2009, I grabbed a bunch of notable posts that I thought were worth spending a …
This post took 12 months to do; looking back at my two-thousand-and-ate Monthly Posters for 2008
Many months ago, twelve I think, I received a really interesting package of posters from Jennifer Daniel. The twelve posters each represented a month and were illustrated by a diverse …
REVIEW COPY: All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem: An Inappropriate Book for Young Ladies* by Laurie Rosenwald
When I started going through Laurie Rosenwald’s book “All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem: An Inappropriate Book for Young Ladies*” I almost immediately thought that it would be a good …
Creative Mornings: Zach Klein and Casey Pugh Notes & Video
12/12/08 Zach Klein and Casey Pugh on Physical Computing from CreativeMornings on Vimeo. “I was seeking the thrill of learning something new” and so the ten minute talk (it was …
REVIEW: Urban Iran
Before opening up and reading Urban Iran I thought I could guess what type of book I was going to get. It would be mostly outside shots with a couple …
A couple points from seeing Big Spaceship at AIGANY Design Remixed
After work last night I walked down the block to the Apple SoHo store to hear Michael Lebowitz and Joshua Hirsch of Big Spaceship. Before the talk I wasn’t planning …
Turning Six Shows from Showetime into a House in Gramercy
As the ICFF was getting underway last year I was so burned out before it even started that I didn’t want to write anything about it. I think part of …
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