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this year i will try not to

…born out of frustration, complacency and laziness. Most designers are seduced by design trends… easy to appropriate, and even easier to imitate. The challenge is to innovate…

a mildly amusing publication and project from designers elliott scott and christopher doyle, watch for example the very sarcastic ‘how we did it’ making of film

christopher doyle was also the designer who grabbed a bit of attention earlier this year with his ‘personal’ corporate identity project, which i personally found better

m / 12-09-2010 19:12 - tags: ephemera, inspiration, opinion

bookshelf wallpaper

what a cute idea this is, just the look i want in every room of my house and quite a bit cheaper than actually buying thousands of euros worth of books (via ‘bright’)

m / 11-09-2010 14:42 - tags: books, ephemera, inspiration, product

it ain’t what you say, but the way that you say it

…suppose I say to you in English that “I spent yesterday evening with a neighbor.” You may well wonder whether my companion was male or female, but I have the right to tell you politely that it’s none of your business. But if we were speaking French or German, I wouldn’t have the privilege to equivocate in this way, because I would be obliged by the grammar of language to choose between voisin or voisine; Nachbar or Nachbarin. These languages compel me to inform you about the sex of my companion whether or not I feel it is remotely your concern. This does not mean, of course, that English speakers are unable to understand the differences between evenings spent with male or female neighbors, but it does mean that they do not have to consider the sexes of neighbors, friends, teachers and a host of other persons each time they come up in a conversation, whereas speakers of some languages are obliged to do so…