Working in real time vs plus one
I noticed something strange a couple days after I changed the time on my watches back an hour. Working away on my laptop I’d glance up to my microwave time which I hadn’t been bothered to change. A couple days passed, I’d glance up and continue to work. It hit me—I realized that by having one clock an hour ahead I was getting a lot of more work done and leaving... Read More
Looking at the Nooka Zem Zenv Mr S and some of the other Nooka brand shapes
Sure, people sometimes call Twitter the lazy web, but I also call it the helpful web. Case in point, Nooka is a supporter of DesignNotes and has an ad on my left rail. I’m also a big fan of the brand and its design—it would be hard not to. But when I wanted to post about the new Nooka Zem Zenv Mr S I wasn’t sure how people would react reading this post and seeing... Read More
Time in words every five minutes
I’m a huge fan of anything that shows time in a slightly non typical way. Nooka is a great example of that. Another is QLOCKTWO who has been making the blog rounds. The clock basically shows time in words, every five minutes. While the jpgs of the clock are ok, to really get a sense of the coolness you have to have it in front of you working live. Luckily if you don’t... Read More
Inside the Nooka pop up shop
View Larger Map With only a couple weeks left I thought it was time to visit a friend to DesignNotes blog, the Nooka pop up shop. When Matthew told me about the idea a while ago I was intrigued to see some of his new products that he had been mentioning for a while. There was a new wallet, a vegetarian friendly belt (sans leather) and a fragrance. What I didn’t... Read More
Link Drop (5·29·09)
I’m not entirely sure why but I’m pretty happy how this week turned out for Link Drop. Lots of Design process, typography, NYC, social and business stuff. Art doesn’t usually get mentioned that much, but there’s a couple mentions of it. Usually by Wednesday I’m wondering if I’m going to have enough stuff that keep me interested, and it was the... Read More
Luv the typography going on in this poster
While DesignNotes isn’t officially sponsored by Nooka (yet), I’m happy to pass on a mention from friend Matthew Waldman that they’ve added some new spring colours. While super nice, I’m really digging the poster typography and poster designed by Yumi Asai. Especially the “P” and “R”… Read More
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 bit more time with. Below each image I’ve made a note now that I’ve had some time away from each of the original posts. Here’s to the new year and thanks for visiting, and linking and commenting and… Do you have... Read More
Looking at the Nooka Zon
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of the time pieces that Nooka puts out. I think I’ve reviewed just about every product that I have. So in that long tradition I’m going to take a look at their newest watch – the Nooka Zon. At first glance the Zon looks to tell time in a manner that’s either extremely easy or a bit of a challenge. One function... Read More
Telling time in the dark
Ever since reading about the Nooka Zub Glow on sites like Core77 I knew I had to buy one. There’s something kind of fun w/ a glow in the dark watch. Last Monday I noticed on Nooka’s blog that they were starting to sell them so I put in my order right away and by Friday night there was a Nooka ZUB ZENH GL 20 on my wrist. Of all the different watch faces the Zen H... Read More
