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• May 04 2009
  Food’lebrities by David Goligorsky
  Art, Associative Thought, Friends, Iconoclasm, Remix

  My amazing friends are working on this amazing blog, Food'lebrities, which mashes up celebrities and menu items. Be sure to leave a "condiment" on your favorite posts. [caption id="attachment1180" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Food\'lebrities"][/caption] Pita Gabriel [caption id="attachment1181" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Food\'lebrities"][/caption] Quiche Richards
  
  
• Apr 30 2009
  Come a long way, kinda by David Goligorsky
  Apple, Art, Associative Thought, Code, Computers, Iconoclasm, Interaction Design, Music, Past Future, Remix, Software, video

  Check out this "record player" iPhone app. The author, Theodore Watson, threw it together in one morning. I really like projects that get the point across quickly. It's a build-to-think mode and sparks dialogue (like this blog post) that gets people thinking about how to use what's around them. At Free Art and Technology, via NOTCOT
  
  
• Apr 21 2009
  The Art of the Brilliant Product Extension by David Goligorsky
  Advertising, Aesthetics, Associative Thought, Bicycle, Branding, Experience Design, Needfinding, Perceived Value, Pragmatism, fashion

  [caption id="attachment1143" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Vanilla Pit Boot"][/caption] [caption id="attachment1144" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Vanilla Pit Boot in Action"][/caption] Vanilla Bicycles, a custom hand-built bicycle framebuilder, is known for doing everything right. They have raised the bar with Vanilla-branded pit boots for the cyclocross aficionado. Well played.
  
  
• Dec 19 2008
  Apple + “O” wax seal by David Goligorsky
  Apple, Associative Thought, Branding, Computers, Iconoclasm

  [caption id="attachment_899" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Apple + \"O\""][/caption]
  
  
• Dec 16 2008
  Wes Anderson Commercial Starring Brad Pitt by David Goligorsky
  Advertising, Associative Thought, Branding, Film, Iconoclasm, Japan, Music, video

  The latest Wes Anderson commercial, this time for Japan's SoftBank Mobile, involves a Mr. Brad Pitt in a yellow pith helmet fussing about during a particularly dense bit of action, strongly reminiscent of Jacques Tati's 1953 Les Vacances de Monseieur Hulot. The song is Poupée de cire, poupée de son by France Gall. Perpenduum regulars will note the use of the Citroën 2CV.
  
  
• Oct 31 2008
  Poladroid by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Associative Thought, Computers, Data Presentation, Design, Experience Design, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Perceived Value, Product Design, photography

  [caption id="attachment_806" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Poladroid"][/caption] Bridging the analog/digital gap is a worthwhile consideration in designing today's products and experiences. There are definitely cost, availability, scalability, and ease issues associated with digital products, but the digitization of an analog experience often loses a key element of the story. Poladroid is a fantastic cross-over from the analog space to the digital realm. Highly recommended and very fun to use. This is application for Mac users that converts a digital image into a very good imitation of a Polaroid photograph. Not only does the application make the noise of a Polaroid taking a ...
  
  
• Sep 29 2008
  Robotic Lawn-Mowing Sheep by David Goligorsky
  Associative Thought, Engineering, Pragmatism, Robots, video

  Check out this lumbering Styrofoam robotic remote-control lawnmower sheep from Carnegie Mellon: If you need more Carnegie Mellon robots, check out my recent post on the Keepon.
  
  
• Sep 08 2008
  Lartigue, Avedon, and Wes Anderson by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Associative Thought, Film, Inspiration, Remix, photography

  It's been duly noted that Wes Anderson took inspiration from Jaques Henri Lartigue. For one, the shot of Max Fischer (played by Jason Schwartzman) as founder of the Yankee Racers is clearly homage to Lartigue's image of his brother on a "bobsled with wheels". Furthermore, his brother's name is Zissou and any Anderson fan will tell you that Zissou is the name of Bill Murray's character in The Life Aquatic. [caption id="attachment701" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Jacques Henri Lartigue"][/caption] [caption id="attachment702" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Max Fischer, founder of Yankee Racers"][/caption] As I was exploring the late Richard Avedon's portfolio, I came across this image of a ...
  
  
• Aug 18 2008
  Sightings by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Associative Thought, Design, Experience Design, Graphic Design, History of Design, Iconoclasm, Illusration, Inspiration, Materials, Product Design, Remix, Scandinavia, Sightings, Typography, furniture, history, photography, wood

  "Sightings" will be a recurring section for objects of interest that I was able to photograph. Jean Prouvé and Charlotte Perriand (MoMA, NYC) Chairs by Jean Prouvé (MoMA, NYC) Students' Desk by Jean Prouvé (MoMA, NYC) Handwritten Signage (Somerville, MA) Mondrian-inspired Volvo (Harvard Square, MA) Hotel Delmano (Brooklyn, NY)
  
  
• Aug 05 2008
  Lamp by Ilse Crawford by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Associative Thought, Design, Inspiration, Materials, Product Design, lighting, wood

  I knew the cord idea looked familiar... Swedish designer Ilse Crawford produced this wonderful lamp. Who is the original? [caption id="attachment_549" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Lamp by Ilse Crawford"][/caption] This lamp seems to draw direct or coincidental influence from Christian Dell, a German silversmith and foreman of the metal workshop in the Weimar Bauhaus (1922-25).
  
  

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