Cabbage Chair

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rolled up paper furniture

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HOPE table

http://www.jasonleesdesign.com/

Oh My...

Dolls Resembling Daughters Displease First Lady



Apparently now you can get Sasha and Malia in Beanie Baby form, but oh, not really. Where is the line drawn between treating the Obamas as the First Family versus run-of-the-mill celebrities? Or is this not possible?

For those dying of curiousity...

Yes, the Chia Obama mentioned in Thursday's meeting. In the flesh, derr...terra cotta. Whatever. In two faces!

For Glenna

I saw this on another blog. It's not the same idea at all, but thought you'd want to check it out!

Hommin Studio

Isophone, for Evan.

I think the Isophone project is about communication, intimacy. I posted it up here so others could check it out. Let me know what you think.

ps: watch the videos!

http://www.auger-loizeau.com/projects/iso/pro_iso.html

Windows 2003???

The Obama team finds that the White House is not....Mac-friendly. Nor laptop-friendly. The "technological dark ages!"

stuff in my folder, if you care to look and offer suggestions

hey everyone, i’m going to be out of town when peeps are meeting on Friday, so i hope you don’t mind taking a few seconds to read some thoughts on my project (a clock) and look at some (very loose) sketches: there’s a pdf if in my folder on the portal, and I’d much appreciate you taking a look – thanks! let me know your most honest and biting thoughts :)

America starts to sober up from a heavy dose of Obamamania

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3428110.ece

Strangely enough, this article came out almost a year ago now (time flies so fast...) Whether its reflections held true within the year's timespan is up to debate but it's worth musing about.

The following snippet sums it up:

Mathew Honan set up a website called www.barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com after his wife, Harper, a nurse and avid cyclist, began exhibiting symptoms of “Obamamania”.

In less than two weeks, there have been more than 2.3 million visits to the minimalist site, which carries messages such as: “Barack Obama escorted your Gramma across the street”; “Barack Obama baked you a pie”; “Barack Obama dedicated a song to you”; “Barack Obama carries a picture of you in his wallet”; and “Barack Obama remembered your birthday”.

A Ball for Every(wo)man

The Obamas want to dance with their DC neighbors, powerful or not.

The Aesthetics of Economic Collapse

From a New-York-centric view, of course. The video at the end is nice - how do you answer what you want out of a day, much less an era?

Wait, more locations here. First post of 2009!

Graphic Designers on the Obama Brand

An interview with Michael Bierut on the comprehensive brandedness of the campaign and a Steven Heller interview with SAIC alum and Obama logo designer Sol Sender. Many more Heller posts on design and the election.

Analogy to FDR

In Desperate Times, the Rise to Take the Reins and Take on Fear Itself.

50 things about Obama

Hey Lynn you thought your article was bad, check this one out.

From Slate

The Off-White House: How Much Can an Incoming President Change Decor at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.?

(David, this is another article that sucks.)

"The White House" on CSPAN tonight

From 8pm-11pm tonight on CSPAN (my channel 301)
"The White House: Inside America's Most Famous Home".
Be a designer dork and spend your Friday evening watching CSPAN.

Check out http://whitehouse.c-span.org/ for a bunch of info on the whitehouse: room by room, videos of staff and historians, historic events, etc. (they also sell the DVD for $9.95).

Intellectual Elitism

David, and others, might be interested in this Newsweek article from September that discusses Palin and elitism: "When it comes to politics, there is a mad love of mediocrity in this country."

non-pertinent

K, just figured out where to post new... posts. Thanks for the link lynn. It sucked. :)

Granted, this is what we adamantly decided we are NOT doing...

But who knows? This article may trigger some thinking:

What Will Change Look Like in White House Decor?

Brucone, I take my choice of moniker from you, accompanied by the fingers flipping out from under the chin gesture. Just kidding, but it is (at least) an Italian (specifically Sicilian) gesture. Happy Holidays, everyone.