Welcome to positdesign 2011! Prepare for a major overhaul to this site, and a lot of details on my masters thesis, in upcoming months. For my thesis project, I’ll be describing the death of Walter Benjamin, a German-Jewish cultural critic who most people accept committed suicide in Portbou, Spain, in [...]
haircut
haircut
I just finally got my hair cut; it’s been a long time, and it was getting very big. I’m super-happy with it; the length and layers are spot-on, and the stylist exactly nailed my bangs, which no longer do the Peggy Olsen split. It’s a nice enough day to spend [...]
final project
final project
Here’s my final project from the truly exception Harvard Extension School course “Expository Writing E-48 : Multimedia Communication: Principles of Visual Rhetoric.” Probably one of the best classes I’ve taken in my ten years of availing myself of my favorite job perk. I normally hate group projects, but Jesse and [...]
down to the wire
down to the wire
By this time next week, my very last semester of classes will be over! I’ll have two big fun portfolio pieces, and the only thing standing between me and my master’s degree from Harvard will be the thesis project. I have three family Christmas gifts left to pick out, and [...]
a note on winter
a note on winter
via http://www.nataliedee.com Because someone recently told me that “there is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing!” To that end, check out last winter’s layering guide to dressing for 15-degree weather.
design geek – bloomingdale’s holiday 2010 catalog
design geek – bloomingdale’s holiday 2010 catalog
Taking a bit of inspiration from Nubby Twiglet’s recurring The Typofiles feature, this first post-Mad Men edition of Design Geek focuses on “found” typographic design. It also owes a bit to Nubby’s blog; I began receiving the Bloomingdale’s catalog shortly after ordering a wallet from their online store after first [...]
coming attractions
coming attractions
I can’t believe it’s November; that my semester is 2/3 over; that it’s been over a month since my last substantial post. My “Multimedia Communication: Principles of Visual Rhetoric” class is AMAZING. I knew it would be, but it’s exceeded my hopes. It’s in so many ways an affirmation of [...]
Calling all web builders!
Calling all web builders!
I took it and so should you—The Survey For People Who Make Websites, 2010:
stanislav petrov saves the world
stanislav petrov saves the world
back at base, bugs in the software flash the message: something’s out there… Twenty-seven years ago today, a man named Stanislav Petrov saved the entire world. Petrov was a Lieutenant Colonel working in a top-secret Soviet nuclear defense bunker outside of Moscow. One of his co-workers called out sick, and [...]
hello, week!
hello, week!
A housekeeping post: My fall semester starts Monday, and since I’ve been dragging a little lately, I took two days off work last week to dust out my head- and living-spaces. The extra-long weekend was EXACTLY what I needed. In the past four days I did lots of laundry, watched [...]
currently dreaming of…
currently dreaming of…
Nomad Drizzle rain shoes. Waterproof rubber flats. &cute! $40 each. I’ll take them all.
Design Geek Review: The Rejected
Design Geek Review: The Rejected
Last week’s episode of Mad Men—like the premiere—didn’t really merit a Design Geek Review. It wasn’t terribly fabulous, visually or otherwise. (I’m bored of the suburbs.) However, yesterday’s was wow! So here are some things that set this Design Geek’s heart racing last night: 1.&2. 3. 4.&5. 6. The Campbell [...]
Design Geek Review: Mad Men
Design Geek Review: Mad Men
Three things that made me happy this Sunday: Helvetica poster! Artist’s maquette in Peggy’s office! Underwood typewriter ad framed above Allison’s desk!
