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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.)
  
  
• Aug 30 2009
  Honda Motocompo by David Goligorsky
  Advertising, Aesthetics, Japan, Pragmatism, Product Design, transportation

  [caption id="attachment1300" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Motocompo"][/caption] Honda's Motocompo was a 49cc two-stroke scooter that was designed to fit into the trunk of the Honda City back in 1981-83. It folds up into a little rectangle and it really lovely. The ad campaign at the time featured London ska band, Madness, and the marketing photos are priceless. [caption id="attachment1301" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Motocompo"][/caption] [caption id="attachment1302" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Motocompo"][/caption] [caption id="attachment1303" align="aligncenter" width="550" caption="Motocompo"][/caption]
  
  
• May 28 2009
  Peel P50: Smallest production car in history by David Goligorsky
  Design, Engineering, Past Future, Pragmatism, Product Design, history, transportation

  [caption id="attachment_1229" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Peel P50"][/caption] Peel Engineering Company produced 50 of these microcars during the early 1960's on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom. They are the smallest cars ever to go into production. It's got three wheels, one door, a 49cc engine with a three speed manual transmission. A Peel P50 could do 38 mph at max speed and weighed in at 130 lbs with a claimed fuel consumption of 100 miles to the gallon. Kind of amazing. Check out this article about the car in the Daily Mail. There have ...
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Mar 28 2009
  Spring 2009 Liu Lectures in Design at Stanford University by David Goligorsky
  Academia, Branding, Computers, Data Presentation, Design, Engineering, Experience Design, Inspiration, Personal, Pragmatism, Product Design, Society of the Gentleman, events, fashion, interview

  poster design by Andreas Brændhaugen click on the poster to view a larger size I'm really excited to present the lineup for this Spring's David H. Liu Memorial Lecture Series in Design. All talks will begin at 8pm in building 320, room 105. Every lecture is free and open to the public! Andy Spade will be speaking on Wednesday, April 15th. Spade had over a decade of experience with top advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, and TBWA/Chiat/Day managing accounts with companies such as Coca Cola, Evian, Reebok, Lexus, and Coach. He's the branding and marketing man behind ...
  
  
• Feb 23 2009
  Mine Rescuer by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Engineering, Pragmatism, history

  [caption id="attachment_1050" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Mine Rescuer"][/caption]
  
  
• Jan 25 2009
  dear mayor, put these all over town please by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Bicycle, Pragmatism, Scandinavia, transportation

  [caption id="attachment_983" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Bike Rack Pump"][/caption] A fantastic bicycle rack with integrated pump in Copenhagen. (via Lugged Steel)
  
  
• Jan 16 2009
  Sightings by David Goligorsky
  Art, Pragmatism, Sightings, sculpture

  It's been a while since I did the last "Sightings." I like the idea of it and I hope to do more posts like this. What do you think? [caption id="attachment_946" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Found Sculpture"][/caption] Parking placeholder in Palo Alto, CA
  
  
• Dec 12 2008
  Tips from a pro by David Goligorsky
  Inspiration, Personal, Pragmatism, Quotes, video

  Wow. This little guy is remarkably articulate on the topic of ladies. Take home message: "Pretty girls are like cars that need a lot of oil." How to Talk to Girls by Alec Greven (thanks, Peter!)
  
  
• Oct 30 2008
  Internet Killed the Video Star by David Goligorsky
  Film, Music, Pragmatism, pop, video

  MTV posts every music video online! This news comes as a surprise because I had thought that MTV had nothing to do with music since the mid-90's. Maybe someone at headquarters found the key to that hitherto "secret closet" and discovered that they used to do music videos and thought it would be real "throw-back" to post them on the internet. Sarcasm aside, good job. It's amazing to have this archive available.
  
  

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