Design is created and given away, communication is disseminated, our work is absorbed and if successful enmeshed in humanity. It is sacrificial. I am a designer, but first and foremost I am a public servant.
The subject of multi-tasking has been showing up in pop-psychology circuits for a decade now. The dialog is perpetuated by a growing arsenal of gadgetry and software that make our lives better through increased efficiency. But is efficiency being misconstrued? Efficiency is a process, not a result. And it appears that efficiency is experiencing a mid-life crisis, having a sultry closet affair with multi-tasking and breeding a love child called mediocrity.
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Posted: February 9th, 2010 | Author: Frankendesign | No Comments »
Funny! Postal, friendly, all-American — pic is missing about 15 miniature American flags poked in the ground surrounding the parking lot — there’s a lot of brand all up in that signage. I’d love to ask a few questions, but I’m not going in without backup.
Posted: February 4th, 2010 | Author: Frankendesign | No Comments »
My old colleague Garrick Van Buren, UXpert extrordinaire from the twohundredtwelve° days in Chicago, has developed Kernest.com, a CSS-based web font delivery service. Taking Titillium for a spin.
Posted: February 4th, 2010 | Author: Frankendesign | No Comments »
Last year they installed flushless/waterless urinals in the men’s restrooms on the second floor of our building. They are supposedly revolutionary in how little they require maintenance and how much water they save. What’s cool about working here is that we often get to be guinea pigs for products being tested for use in the hotels. Much like the awesome espresso machine that sits uncleaned and broken down much of the time in the cafeteria. I tell you, maintenance kills many good ideas. Is it something about our culture, lack of foresight, prevention, time? Another blog entirely, I digress.
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Posted: July 30th, 2009 | Author: Frankendesign | 2 Comments »
John Malmo’s Two-Minute Business Pearls continue to annoy the crap out of me. They come on 91.1 WKNO around the 7:30 AM break. I’m sure it all sounds great when accompanied by the soundtrack of Leave It To Beaver streaming from an RCA Flip Top. But sandwiched between Morning Edition segments about a historic African American presidential nominee and ground breaking autism research it sounds more like the self appreciative ramblings of an industry veteran trying desperately to hang on to his relevancy.
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Posted: August 28th, 2008 | Author: Frankendesign | No Comments »
