Archive for December, 2009

resolution

resolution

The last time I made a New Year’s resolution was at least a decade ago, and I think I resolved myself against New Year’s resolutions. Kind of like giving up Catholicism for Lent. Anyway, this year, inspired by unclutterer.com, nubbytwiglet.com, and my paid-off credit cards, and abetted by the Harvard [...]

December 31, 2009 2 comments Read More
process work

process work

I’m slightly obsessed with seeing work-in-progress. I was lucky enough this morning to stumble across a draft of a lasting brilliant piece of design work that transcends into art. Every designer need reminding that nothing comes from wholecloth, and that every iconic image is the work of actual human hands. [...]

December 22, 2009 0 comments Read More
outside is frightful

outside is frightful

Welcome to New England: the mercury flirts with single digits, and us hardy folk are faced with the challenge of dressing to bounce between warm bed, icy winds, overheated public transportation, frigid dashes across streets where drivers interpret red lights as the merest of suggestions. And who knows whether our [...]

December 18, 2009 0 comments Read More
clickthrough-averse

clickthrough-averse

One of my hugest webdesign/usability pet peeves is galleries or slideshows. I just don’t want to have to hit the NEXT arrow 14 times to learn ten pieces of information, or to see twelve pretty pictures. If your click-per rate and my patience have a showdown, I’m closing the tab. [...]

December 17, 2009 0 comments Read More
she’s so unusual

she’s so unusual

M.A.C. Viva Glam ad campaign, via jezebel.com

December 14, 2009 2 comments Read More
wishlist

wishlist

Keep Calm and Carry On poster. Typographically and visually stunning, these were designed by the British Ministry of Information in 1939, to be distributed in the event of a German invasion on English soil. Only 50 were printed, and they were never hung. I love the message, and believe everyone [...]

December 10, 2009 0 comments Read More
Joan wears pants!

Joan wears pants!

I was thinking about my little sister, and was inspired to whip this up for her. Just a quick photoshop doodle:

December 9, 2009 1 comment Read More
baking v cooking

baking v cooking

For me, baking is incredibly experimental, with room for great flexibility. When people ask me where I learned this, I simply tell them that “I grew up in my mother’s kitchen.”

December 5, 2009 4 comments Read More
my college is awesome

my college is awesome

Most of my classmates were bums anyway

December 3, 2009 0 comments Read More
REMINDER: come see my art

REMINDER: come see my art

This is your chance to see “Dead, Wrapped in Plastic”—my sculpture of dead Laura Palmer—live and in-person!

December 2, 2009 1 comment Read More