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• Sep 03 2009
  Recycled Houses by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Materials, Perceived Value, Pragmatism, Remix, Sustainable Design, wood

  The New York Times ran a slideshow of homes built by Dan Phillips. Mr. Phillips creates houses from salvaged materials ranging from branches to corks to wine bottles to picture frames. These are apparently low-income homes somewhere in Huntsville, TX but they look phenomenal. (Thanks for the tip, Molly.)
  
  
• 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 31 2008
  A Primer of Design-as-Art Movements by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Design, History of Design, Iconoclasm, Perceived Value, furniture, history

  Contemporary auctions for design objects have been fetching prices that rival great artworks. These pieces are typically sitting on the same auction block. Where can one draw the line between a utilitarian design object and an artistic expression? Probably in the production quantity. Limited edition pieces by sought-after designers have the singularity of fine art, although the purpose of limited edition design objects can typically be attributed to bumping up a price tag. There's a good synopsis of five design-as-art movements at ARTINFO. They touch upon The Wiener Werkstätte, The Bauhaus, American Studio, Memphis, and Functional ...
  
  
• Dec 13 2008
  Campari Soda Bottle by David Goligorsky
  Advertising, Aesthetics, Branding, Design, History of Design, Packaging Design, Perceived Value

  [caption id="attachment_876" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Campari Soda Bottle"][/caption] Designed by Fortunato Depero in 1932.
  
  
• Nov 28 2008
  Bianchi & Acne Jeans by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Branding, Perceived Value, Remix, Scandinavia, fashion

  Another cultural/counter-cultural zeitgeist collaboration: the Italian bicycle manufacturer Bianchi and the Swedish high-end fashion house Acne teamed up to produce some track bikes in great colorways with some typography from deep in the archives. [caption id="attachment_853" align="aligncenter" width="475" caption="Acne x Bianchi Bicycles"][/caption] The bicycle itself looks to be identical to a Bianchi Pista with respect to geometry and components. As a bicycle, the Pista doesn't do much for me. The geometry doesn't make any sense, particularly because Pista riders typically ride in the streets and typically don't ever see a velodrome. Why, then, cling to the 28mm fork ...
  
  
• 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 17 2008
  Yeesh. by David Goligorsky
  Perceived Value, Pragmatism, Security

  Swissmiss strikes again with more gold. Anti-theft lunch bag.
  
  
• Sep 15 2008
  Leica D-LUX 4 by David Goligorsky
  Design, Experience Design, Interaction Design, Perceived Value, Pragmatism, Product Design, Remix, photography

  Core77 mentioned the impending arrival of the new Leica D-LUX 4 as reported at Digital Photography Review. I use it's predecessor, the Leica D-LUX 3, and I love the crisp optics, the macro option, the range of focal length in the optical zoom, the 16:9/3:2/4:3 aspect ratio options, the option to go fully or partially manual with aperture, shutter speed, and focus, and the Leica compact digitals are the most elegant-looking cameras in their class and price point (in my opinion). I have a few gripes about the usability design, including the lens cap, the arrangement of functions ...
  
  
• Sep 03 2008
  Marshalite Alternative Traffic Light by David Goligorsky
  Data Presentation, Design, Engineering, Perceived Value, Pragmatism, Travel, Visualization, history, transportation

  [caption id="attachment_638" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Marshalite Traffic Signal"][/caption] Charles Marshall designed this alternative traffic light in 1936 and it was put to use in Australia from the 1940's through the 1970's. The benefit of knowing the signal phase timing is apparent, but so is the abuse of such a device. Besides the ambiguity of timing for red, yellow, and green that is solved by the traditional Boolean lights that we are familiar with, there's also the inability to adjust the signal phase timing if road work or new traffic patterns require changes. (via Information Aesthetics)
  
  
• Aug 31 2008
  Parasitic Parking Spot by David Goligorsky
  Architecture, Experience Design, Fabric, Iconoclasm, Perceived Value, Pragmatism, Product Design, Remix, transportation

  [caption id="attachment_623" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Car Cover Tent"][/caption] A tent in the shape of a car with canvas car cover. This is a great idea, although it would be fairly unsettling to be privy to the whims of passing traffic and "love-tap" parking jobs while you're in a pod you can't see out of. Also, I can imagine the looks you would get while setting up shop. Still, a nice way to claim you own slice of public space. This would be a fun tent to use at an actual campsite. (from an older post at the ...
  
  

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