January 2010
25 posts
“I learned to drive in order to read Los Angeles in the original.”
– Reyner Banham
Jan 26th
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The Decorated Shed →
Jan 22nd
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Designed by a Man or a Woman? →
Some are obvious (because they’re famous buildings, not because you can tell the sex of the architect just from looking at a building, necessarily.
Jan 22nd
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Architecture, or Whatever →
yep, our lives aren’t all that glam s-kim: nytimes is kind of slow… some of the news in this article was out almost a full year ago
Jan 22nd
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Recette's Jesse Schenker... →
I want to eat here.  Sounds cozy and delicious.  Plus the space was designed by an old college friend.
Jan 18th
Jan 17th
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In the Future, Cell Phones Will Be Powered by Coke... →
Sounds…sticky for klutzes like me.
Jan 11th
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50 First-class & New Downloadable Fonts For... →
I like lentil, too, although it’s very Gehry/Mau/Disney Concert Hall font-ish with its pseudo serifs. s-kim: quicksand font is quite nice.
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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The 31 Places to Go in 2010  →
Itching to travel.  Too bad it’s not in my cards for 2010.
Jan 11th
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The future of the library - Seth Godin →
s-kim: seth godin’s blog about the future of the library made me think back to my interest in the archive.  three main thoughts came to mind: 1. it’s an interesting paradox where the more time goes on, the more historical objects we have to catalogue in the same/smaller amount of space.  with less space, the archives increasingly get crowded out of expensive, populated areas and move to large...
Jan 11th
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Good for Me + Yummy (?) →
Jan 11th
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Jan 9th
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A Real Find [Blu Dot Marketing Campaign] →
“But there was some concern that the chairs would all be taken by design freaks with notable eyewear and huge lofts, as opposed to a cross-section of New Yorkers.” [emphasis mine] tee hee.
Jan 9th
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Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food →
Short synopsis of our current food system.
Jan 9th
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Jan 9th
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Kogi Truck Chef Roy Choi, Known for His Korean... →
Despite my anti-trendy-foodtruck stance and reluctance to wait in line for one of these, I like skims’ commentary.  And I should probably try them before writing the stuff below, but when in the ‘hoods they normally stop in, I’m usually stuck in studio and can’t get out to wait in line for that long. _Quote in #1 is spot on.  _#2—I love things like this in the context...
Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
Clothes Discarded by H&M and Wal-Mart Are First... →
Saw this all over the internets [sic] yesterday.  Sad.  I wonder why retailers do this.  Is there some kind of economic incentive (perhaps time/energy even?) of doing this over having a charity come pick it up? s-kim: kind of disheartening
Jan 7th
siteInspire →
Nice collection of well-designed websites.
Jan 6th
Jan 6th
rechargeable battery pack to run your home →
i completely agree with ardesmida’s comment.  good potential, though. [via mocoloco, via designboom.]
Jan 6th
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20 Photoshop Tips →
Faster workflow is always good.  A few good reminders, and a few new goodies.
Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd