Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy

Coup de cœur pour ce clip réalisé par Clemens Habicht, à destination du groupe Friendly Fires. Tourné entièrement à huit clos avec l’aide de plusieurs ventilateurs et des dizaines de milliers de billes blanches. Produit par Nexus Productions.

Bring your kids to work

En cas d’absence de système de garde, la solution pour pouvoir emmener les enfants sur le lieu de travail : un filtre transparent sur l’écran de l’ordinateur des parents qui leur permet de jouer sans faire de dégâts. Par l’agence BBDO New-York.

Une idée de Frank Anselmo et Jayson Atienza.

Pantone Store

La marque Pantone collabore maintenant avec Gap dans une boutique dédiée qui vient d’ouvrir à New York. L’accent est mis sur le jaune Mimosa (14-0848), couleur de l’année 2009 selon Pantone. Plus d’images dans la suite.

VT wonen

Vt_wonen

a page full with inspirational imagesVT Wonen is a very nice Dutch magazine, which I always ask my family to bring when they visit me … luckily their website gives me some good insight in what is going on in the Netherlands right now … {ps. maybe using google translate is a good idea}

Gary Hustwit’s “Objectified” film

Gary Hustwit, the director known for his documentary film on the Swiss typeface, Helvetica, has just released a first glimpse of his latest work. He’s spent considerable time interviewing product design’s heads of state and put together Objectified.



I’m especially inspired because in just 90 seconds of preview, there were a few familiar faces. David Kelley, a co-founder of IDEO, is an alumnus from my graduate program and is a major part of the Stanford Design program and d.school. We have had the pleasure of visiting his incredible home, which was designed by Ettore Sottsass, and saw the garage, which houses part of his collection of fantastic vehicles. Bill Moggridge is another co-founder of IDEO and is lauded as a founder of interaction design. He’s the author of a book on the subject and we’ve had the honor of his company over beers in the courtyard in front of our workspace. I can’t wait to see this film.

Martin Puryear


Martin Puryear - "Old Mole" 1985

The SFMOMA is running an exhibit of Martin Puryear’s sculptures. With tremendous thanks to Chris and Kate, who got me a museum membership, I’ve visited the exhibit twice already. I really liked every single piece without exception, but I think my favorite was Old Mole (1985) shown above.

Tips from a pro



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!)