Visual Understanding
I've been promising myself for several years to get back to doing some painting. Recently I got myself some acrylic colours and some brushes and have been taking a stab…
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Happy 2012! All the best to you and yours in the year ahead. In an odd coincidence, this also marks my 100th post, which hardly seems possible to me. Thanks…
Lessons from the Library
When I was a kid, there was a Saturday ritual that happened pretty much every weekend. After the requisite and mindless Saturday morning cartoons had been watched, it was time…
In Pursuit of Perfection
"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it." - Salvador Dali Dali was on to something there. Perfection in design is like an exquisitely beautiful and delicate bird that…
Tree Beetle
A VW Beetle made of wood. But why?
Underground Design
Some amazing images of the Stockholm Metro system — seemingly equal parts art, design & theatre. This came to me from a retweet by an unlikely source — love his…
Ten Lessons
I came upon this post from the 37signals blog which amplifies some of the ideas I was discussing in my recent post about using the principles of Landscape Architecture in…
National Gallery of Canada
They've done an overhaul of their site. At first glance it seems easy on the eyes and easy to navigate. Could do without the pop-up intro video though. 30,000 pages…