me news
the good wife
i just wanted to indulge in a bit of shameless plugging for the diorama project my wife has created, she started earlier this year and has been pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response, so far… she has already had an exhibition in an art gallery (at least one or maybe two more to follow soon) she even has celebrities amongst her growing number of clients…
have a look around and order one quick before they become so popular that you’ll have to wait ages to get hold of one, christmas is only a few weeks away… she makes me proud
the carpet of comedy
if you are not really familiar with the typically british phenomenon that is blackpool or have never heard of design agency why not associates (they were what you might call ‘hip’ back in the mid 90’s) then this may not mean very much to you at all: a gigantic (granite) typographical installation made to commemorate the culture and stars of the ‘working class’ seaside resort of blackpool, aptly dubbed the ‘comedy carpet’
it really is worth spending a bit of time looking around on the website… the process, sheer scale and certainly the finished result are all pretty astounding to my mind… enjoy
shown below is a short video of the ‘making of’
this is an adaptation of a post i wrote for ‘fontanel’ last week, i also still haven’t checked but this could well be the largest installation of it’s kind in the world, does anybody know?
recession chair
amusing project from studio tjep, involving an ikea chair and lots of sandpaper… creating tension by deciding at which point you have to stop before it is so weak that it becomes unusable as a chair to sit on
nobody wants to buy sour milk
…about five years ago, apple design guru Jony Ive decided he wanted a new feature for the next MacBook: a small dot of green light above the screen, shining through the computer’s aluminum casing to indicate when its camera was on. The problem? It’s physically impossible to shine light through metal…
fascinating article which provides some insight into the inner sanctum of apple, how that tiny green light came to be and how they do business…
…before the release of the iPhone 4 in June 2010, rivals such as HTC couldn’t buy as many screens as they needed because manufacturers were busy filling Apple orders, according to a former manager at HTC. To manufacture the iPad 2, Apple bought so many high-end drills to make the device’s internal casing that other companies’ wait time for the machines stretched from six weeks to six months, according to a manager at the drillmaker. Life as an Apple supplier is lucrative because of the high volumes, though painful because of the strings attached. When Apple asks for a price quote for parts such as touch screens, it demands a detailed accounting of how the manufacturer arrived at the quote, including its estimates for material and labor costs, and its own projected profit…