THREE, TWO, ONE, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Every year, nearly a million people descend on Times Square in New York City, the Crossroads of the World, the Center of the Universe, to ring in a new year, say goodbye to an old year, brace the weather and embrace each other. If a ball dropping atop the second-tallest building in the...
Frank Gehry’s most recent project is a 485’ residential tower called New York located on Spruce St. in Lower Manhattan. Altering the skyline forever with beautiful points of reflection and endless views of the concrete jungle, the New York building brings a sense of life and art to the streets of the city.
New York magazine recently ran a story for its Spring Fashion 2008 series called “One Is the Loveliest Color.” It features interviews with five different New York residents, each of whom wears only one signature color… all the time. There’s a shoe designer in blue, musician Stephin Merritt in brown, and my personal favorite, “The Green Lady.” New York magazine’s...
I admit it. I almost forgot it was time for Macworld. The weeks leading up to the event were relatively quiet, almost devoid of the speculation we typically see. Even when Apple’s news at Macworld isn’t big, the conference is huge and full of new hardware and software temptations for Mac enthusiasts. Before the annual Macworld Expo http://www.macworldexpo.com, “rumors”...
The Internet has made it okay (even cool) to be a nerd, and web designers should be thanked for making it happen. Don’t get your web designer friends the latest Dreamweaver guide or a new mouse; there are much better gifts out there that speak directly to the nerdy sensibilities of most web designers. Start with your friends who work...
If you’re shopping for your favorite designer this holiday season (or for a treat for yourself), there are some great gifts out there that you should know about. Tees, books, and accessories that reference the design world let designers show off a bit, and they’re always fun. The Pantone Matching System is a well-known and much-loved design tool, especially among...
As much as we may be afraid to admit it, it’s that time of year again: holiday shopping time. In some posts later this season, I’ll share some fun gift ideas for the design-savvy people in your life, but let’s first focus on a different gifting dilemma. What (if anything) do you give your clients for the holidays,...
Something funny for you on a Monday: This video by the New York-based sketch comedy group Free Love Forum is a much-needed parody of the smug, wonder-filled Apple product launch videos. Listen as they extol the virtues of the year’s hottest design application: Microsoft Paint! addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sessions.edu%2Fnotes-on-design%2Funcategorized%2Fmicrosoft-paint-design-application-of-the-year%2F'; addthis_title = 'Microsoft+Paint%3A+Design+Application+of+the+Year'; addthis_pub...
Last weekend at the Orange County Museum of Art, a friendly and well-meaning volunteer docent inquired whether I was writing a school report, and proceeded to introduce some of the pieces on display in the current ‘Imaging + Imagining California’ exhibit. Alighting on a piece by John McCracken called Dream (Chartreuse Green), 1988-92—a leaning, gleaming, fiberglass plank—she gamely explained...
There will come a time when a client hires you and they request a design that is less than “aesthetically pleasing.” Part of the business of web design is doing something you wouldn’t normally do. I have sites that I could include in my portfolio but choose not to because they’re poorly designed by request of the client and...
