Don't you just hate it when the first thing that happens when you log on your computer on a Monday morning is none other than a *BLING*. And then a stupid bot on your AIM messages you when you were expecting an actual friend instead to talk to vent or shoot the shit about Mondays. Anyhow, I thought I'd have some fun this time and paste random quotes from Pulp Fiction by non other than the great Samuel Jackson. Enjoy!
Web Professionals, Explained in Boxes
Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 02:45If you are a web professional like me and especially if you are in the User Experience field, with a title like "Information Architect", you may have had similar experiences while trying to explain to non-web professionals what it is exactly that you do. After much trial and error and not being satisfied with telling people that I am just "a web designer" (and then subsequently hearing requests to design their friend's website or to create another version of facebook for them for $200 and a slice of pizza), I have begun to just tell people that I meet here and there that "I draw boxes". Amazingly, I began to realize that every position and every title within the web and digital world, can be explained in boxes! Allow me to demonstrate:
Isamu Kenmochi's Design Philosophy
Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 01:56
Last year, I visited the Noguchi Gardens in Astoria, NY. Although the architecture and sculptures from Isamu Noguchi himself were all very facinating, interestingly enough, I found myself most captivated by a little documentary that was being shown in the gift store. It was about a lesser known designer, Isamu Kenmochi (1912-1971), a Japanese industrial designer famous for his rattan chair design - a hand-weaved basket chair made in bamboo. The part that left me most inspired were the opening quotes by Kenmochi that encapsulated his design philosophy.
