salami

Mike D had a saying about what to do when you had a cold but I can not recall it exactly. Something like "feed a fever glutton a cold". What I know for sure is that the meaning of it was that you should eat a lot when you are feeling like you have a cold. He may not be a doctor but the technique does seem to make me feel better. What you need is to make yourself a giant hard salami and cheddar grinder with pickles and mustard. Maybe all of the sodium scares the cold away, I do not know. But it works. I suggest a frozen Coke from burger king to wash it down. Feel better Ben.

springtime 06

I need to do some spring cleaning and perhaps get some new flutes. I know that these are Bodum knock-offs and not really anything new but I like the interpretation and the scientific test tube look. I wonder if the lip is hard to drink out of?

Foodsaver

I saw this for the first time at the Housewares show. It is great to see our design on the home page and in all of the different finishes it really creates a presence when displayed. The interface and details really came out nicely. Although it is too bad that the team that created it is no longer together (with the moving of Jarden) it was a solid project and I think that everyone should be really pleased since this clearly delivers on the goal of taking up much less counter space.

Designers Accord

"Our mission is to catalyze innovation throughout the creative community by collectively building our intelligence around sustainability. For this cause, we advocate inverting the traditional model of competition, and encourage pooling knowledge so that all may benefit and build on marketable and sustainable solutions. We believe this will create positive social and environmental impact."

Catalyze innovation? What they hell does that mean? It seems like they are trying to say that they want everyone to share information about sustainability with the hope that this will allow us to be more creative. I agree but why make it so complicated? It reminds me a little of a sales pitch version of the 1919 Bauhaus manifesto. I could be wrong but this has the IDEO-jargonizer finger-print all over it. Anyway, instead of stating that when it comes to sustainability they are going to be better sharers it might be simpler to just share the information. Also, DA? come on.

springtime 06

This could be the spring cocktail for 2008.

Hokkaido Highball
1 1/2 oz Bombay Sapphire® gin
1 oz sake rice wine
1/2 oz triple sec

Pour the Bombay gin and sake into a highball glass filled with ice cubes.
Add the triple sec, swirl and leave briefly to chill before serving.

simple

A number of people that we work with were working on a version of this type of touchless hand-soap dispenser. The human factors sort of dictate an odd form that leaves you the challenge of either making it look like a tech device or struggle to adapt the form to be more comfortable in the bathroom environment. Cool product but I think they should have tried harder to simplify.

springtime 05

If you are thinking of adding on to your building (as we are here at Evo) check out Kithaus. The official kitHAUS website is www.kithaus.com. It is a modular site constructed pre-fabricated building system and with global warming the flat roof might be just fine. The material options and finishes are great but I think that they ought to show how the site and utility logistics are handled.