Tag: design
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Visiting Warby Parker
Ten things I loved about my morning with Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker: – Old school train schedule board showing the day’s eye exam appointments, modeled on Philly’s Penn Station – The sign on the front of Warby Parker’s new Soho store: – Copies of Paris Review on the store’s waiting room coffee table, one…
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The “Jordana Tank” By Designer Lindsay Degen
My wife, Jordana Munk Martin, has inspired some new summer 2013 couture: The “Jordana Tank” by designer Lindsay Degen. (FYI It’s not Jordana in these photos.) Degen’s beautiful knitted summer sweaters are featured on Of A Kind, which describes them like this: This is the definition of summer sweater. Hand-knit from super-soft merino wool, it’s substantial enough…
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No, No, No, No & No, Dubourg
It’s only Wednesday, but I needed a break from my usual reading this morning, so I decided to look at stuff that has nothing to do with my everyday. Furniture design. I went looking for some design inspiration. I did not find it. Instead, thanks to Fast Co.Design, this frown-inducing, war-inspired furniture by Vincent Dubourg:
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MIT Media Lab’s New Logo
Via Fast Company Design… MIT Media Lab Identity, 2011 from readyletsgo on Vimeo.
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MTV’s Legendary Design Guru, Jeffrey Keyton, Jams In My Office
Jeffrey Keyton‘s such a design genius, I’ve literally stalked him to get him to work with me. The guy’s a complete legend in these halls because so much of the visual language of MTV for the past 20 years, well, came literally from him. When Jeffrey dropped by my office and picked up this cheap,…
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Building The Set For Last Night’s Woodie Awards
Tom Lenz’s set design for this year’s Woodie Awards was more ambitious than we’d ever attempted. And it turned out to be my favorite he’s ever done for us. The build was kinda intense. Once we are done cutting the show (it airs at 10pm December 4th on MTV, MTV2, mtvU and Palladia, we’ll really…
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Winners Of The Woodie Awards Design Contest
The Woodie Awards (if you don’t go gold, you don’t go platinum, you go wood) — the annual college and indie music moment of truth — are next Wednesday at Roseland Ballroom in New York. They air Friday, December 4th on MTV, MTV2, mtvU and Palladia. The Woodies are kinda like the antidote to the…
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Cool Invite
I’m looking forward to a launch party we’re having in a few weeks. It’s not like anything we’ve ever done before. So when I saw the first draft of the invitation, today, I admit I had imagined it differently. My expectations were also out of whack, because there wasn’t any time to, you know, and…