MoMA Bamboo

This espresso set looks great and the presentation is cool but these cups are unpleasant to drink out of and are a bit prone to dribbling.

PMS 389

This is almost the the high visibility yellow-green color of the fire trucks in parts of New Jersey. The form is cool but the process description is what really makes it unique, interesting and also a little puzziling. "Mi is fabricated from a completely recyclable thermoplastic, derived as a byproduct of natural gas processing"

concept sketch page

I like the composition and style of this concept sketch page by May Wilson. The choice of color for the linework is interesting the the range of forms and colors used holds the page together nicely while still keeping your eye moving around the page. The rest of May's work in on display on Core77.

Thanksgiving charity

The boys helped assemble and hand out baskets this year for Thanksgiving.

Gerhard Richter

I think that this would look great in the studio.

Tom Nozkowski

A painting by Tom Nozkowski.

Ares Rocket logo

I think Ares is the rocket that is the planned vehicle for getting people to Mars. It recently won Time magazine's invention of the year. I thought for sure that it would be something in the medical field this year. This basic technology seems kind of old to be getting invention of the year in 2009, but there must be some under-pinning that I am missing. I read on the alcoa website that the use of aluminum played a critical role in making this possible.

Saturday Morning Cartoon Zombies

Another Michael Palmer

This one might get a little too flat and folky but I think the controlled palette and geometric competition make it engaging.

Hotel Limes in Brisbane

The cartoony silhoutte reminds me of the fiberglass chairs in the lower level of Grand Central Station but the rough stitched pattern is really unique. I saw this looking at the hotel Limes website which is list on the design hotels website. They call the chair "Big Moma".

Ian and Porky

Designers Accord

Fast Company just went live with a really kind and well-written article on the Preserve tableware line. Here is the link: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/preserve-everyday-tableware and an excerpt from the interview "We were able to find a shape that was less manufactured-looking, organic, softer, and approachable." To give a tactile cue that these plates should get extra attention, Evo created a lip that lowers down from the rim, giving users a special place for their hands to land on the pieces."

Another Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer

I like the view point that Michael Palmer paints from and his use of linework. This painting is called Jerktown.

Pod Office

Cool find David. According to their website: A place dedicated to work. The garden based POD is of the highest quality design and provides a work environment that is separate from the disruptions of home life.

Alcoa house

Interesting take on the house of the future from Alcoa. I think that this was done in the 60's but it is still standing. Very cool kitchen. The color combinations with the light wood are great...reminds me of what is going on with the contemporary melamine and bamboo combos.

Christmas comes early

From Unicahome: "Eva Zeisel is considered one of the world's most influential industrial designers. born in budapest, hungary in 1906, her extensive body of work, incorporating a natural and organic approach to modernism, ranges from ceramic and glass objects to furniture and home accessories. new for 2009, these three mouth-blown glass ornaments were designed exclusively for moma by eva zeisel with olivia barry. boxed. " It might just be too early for Christmas decorations or these might just be a little forced, over-worked and heavy-handed. They seem to me to be trying too hard for MoMa.