The red tile
A colleague of mine recently returned from a long weekend holiday to Arizona. In their travels, she and her lover toured the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright. I'm not an architecture nerd, so my...
Design
MINI reveals the Countryman crossover
Yesterday I was thrilled to see that three photos of the MINI Countryman crossover had leaked a...
Quick thought: The value of design, the purpose of portfolios
I had an experience this week that I wish were rare in my industry, but sadly it just isn't. I was asked, by a stranger, to work for them for nothing. This person wanted me to do what I do every day...
The Norio Fujikawa Jetscooter
I love Twitter. It's the best way to find things like this. Via the Definitive Touch blog:
"Illustrator and conceptual thinker Norio Fujikawa gets full-marks for this...
Success vs. Dominance
I've noticed something in the past few weeks that isn't at all a new phenomenon, but seems hyper present in our marketplace right now: the artificial confrontation.
On Friday Palm launched...
Wired misses the point on scooter trends
Frequent commenter RB pointed out this article on Wired.com about "scooter trends" which turned out to have almost nothing to do with...
Fantastic 3D digital short: World War
Computer generated 3D animation has become so commonplace that it's easy to forget just how difficult it is to work in this medium. But beyond the challenges of producing content in this...
Sol Sender on the Obama logo design
Sol Sender, from VSA Partners, takes us on a tour of the thinking, the process, and the runners up in designing the logo for what is easily the biggest brand of 2008.
NS first drive: 2008 Scion xB
The small car segment in America is in quite a state of flux right now. Used to be that compact cars were as unequipped as they were unsafe. The concept of a premium or even a luxury small car in...
NS first ride: ‘08 Vespa Grantourismo 200L
This is hardly timely, but I wanted to capture my thoughts on riding my Vespa GT-200 for the first time.
It's a strange thing how for a lot of scooters and motorcycles, the first time...