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Well, just like that, Thanksgiving has passed and it's almost December...December! I feel like such an old-timer when I say this, but time really does fly.
Thanksgiving was full of family-- aunts, uncles, grandma, cousins, second cousins! Little babies I got to meet for the first time, food, relatives I don't see enough, games of Taboo and Spinner, baby shower, food, bday parties for the two 1 yr-olds, food, 007 old school Play Station, and to top it all off: the classic "How to Speak Minnesotan" video (from key phrases like "You Bet" "That's Different" and "Whatever", to the good ol' fashioned Minnesotan goodbye; "Oh hey now, have you checked your tire pressure? We have hot dish on the stove, you may as well come in and eat up before you leave....and by that time it'll be dark. we have an extra bed, may as well stay the night...").
Now to pull the ultimate cheese, but I mean it: Nothing is better than family. We tend to get all caught up in our own lives that it can sometimes be far too easy to lose sight of what's actually important during our time on earth. FAMILY, friends, meaningful relationships, and being aware of and grateful for the the miracles that occur within these circles. OK, I said it. But it's true.
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Think I'll be going to this!
http://graphicdesign.parsons.edu/2009/11/26/networked-design-3/
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Film for NZ Book Council Produced by Colenso BBDO Animated by Andersen M Studio
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http://www.ilovetownhouse.com/?p=817
Townhouse Zurich teamed up with Zurich based design office Fries&Zumbühl and created this modern bedside lamp. The Townhouse lamp can be set up in three different positions to regulate the light intensity and can thus be used as a reading, mood or night light. Like Japanese Origami the lamp is folded from a singular sheet of metal and held together without any screws. A 2 mm plexiglass is inserted to ensure a soft glow.
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Ah, simple, beautiful design makes me tingle with delight. Check out this fabulous Serif Tote Bag...
http://www.core77.com/blog/news/serif_tote_bag_15334.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%27s+design+blog%29
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Big things a brewin'!
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The BassJump...and it's actually somewhat affordable!
Designed exclusively for MacBook, BassJump is a USB-powered subwoofer that turns your MacBook into a mini sound system. One single USB cable delivers power and sound. Custom software blends the music coming out of your built-in speakers with the sound output of the BassJump for dramatically enhanced audio performance.
http://twelvesouth.com/products/bassjump/
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Jez Burrows, a terrific designer and illustrator, has a new site:
http://www.jezburrows.com/
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The poo-up office...work from wherever you are! ...I mean, if you're into that kind of thing
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Watch what happens with these diamonds (no camera tricks or special effects used here…just an optical illusion):
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The National Book Awards, where they're all about the literature, man, seemed to have skipped the live blog this year. This year's entirely respectable winners are:
Fiction: Colum McCann for Let the Great World Spin
Nonfiction: T. J. Stiles for The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Poetry: Keith Waldrop for Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
Young People's Literature: Phillip Hoose for Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
Distinguished Old Git: Gore Vidal
Distinguished Young Whippersnapper: Dave Eggers
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...and some Keith Waldrop, while we're at it:
Light Travels
by Keith Waldrop and Rosmarie Waldrop
1
common time I follow you un-
kept secret on
a basic undersound
2
common time I follow you un-
kept secret on
a basic undersound
this is the first part of the rhyme
allow for sequences of overheard
3
this is the first part of the rhyme
allow for sequences of overheard
close the curtains but
playful elaborations of other-
wise arrogant variations keeping
the window open
4
close the curtains but
playful elaborations of otherwise
arrogant variation keeping
the window open
as it's wrong to shut
one's eyes to dream
it's raining while it is in fact raining
5
as it's wrong to shut
one's eyes to dream it's
raining while it is in fact raining
ears busied with hearing more than
one voice the stream our tears unmirror
6
ears busied with hearing more than
one voice the stream our tears unmirror
or mere error as if
naturally hard of
divided
noise rings in our fears
7
or mere error as if
naturally hard of
divided
noise rings in our fears
expands danger within our
long thin hands contract
across quiet gravel
8
expands danger within our
long thin hands contract
across quiet gravel
narrow fruit tin cans
loss of the white of other eyes
9
narrow fruit tin cans
loss of the white of other eyes
song out of mind
10
song out of mind
or am I
tethered
so blind a coloring of thought
11
or am I
tethered so
blind a coloring of thought
intrinsically fuzzy the sound as
pavement
12
intrinsically fuzzy the sound as
pavement
whereas tenses
are
a later
development
13
whereas tenses
are
a later
development
limits of a body open
sea the great sea
journey
14
limits of a body open
sea the great sea
journey
how different the grammars of
to think or swim
15
how different the grammars of
to think or swim
reminiscence and extinction
The Luxury of Hesitation [excerpt from The Proof from Motion]
by Keith Waldrop
things
forgotten
I could
burn in hell forever
set the glass
down, our
emotion's moment
eyes vs sunlight
how removed
here, from
here
towards the unfamiliar and
frankincense forests
against the discerning light
everybody
sudden
frightful indeed, the sound of
traffic and
no appetite
the crowd
I would like to be
beautiful when
written
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