Iconic?

“Part of the reason for its overuse, she says, is that it hits a linguistic “sweet spot” with a meaning people have been looking to express. “People want to say something that impresses, or they want to make some kind of intense statement about something. That word is a good one.””

Transformation

Director: Nándor Lőrincz, Bálint Nagy Director of photography: Bálint Nagy, Dániel Szőke www.boggieofficial.com www.facebook.com/BoggieOfficial Tom Tom Records 2013 www.tomtom.hu CREW: Production manager: Zoltán Pálmai Focus puller: Attila Kovács "Cica" Smink/make-up artist: Ricsi Fazekas Make-up assistant: Eszter Galambos Hairdresser: Bálint Almássy Post production: Studiolamb www.studiolamb.hu Chief VFX artist: Balázs Sánta VFX artists: András Bodor, Ákos Kiss, Marcell Andristyák, Kálmán Dulity Supervisor: Zoltán Várfoki "Zoulu"

Powerful message needs no translation.  From Boggie. 

Type Glasses

As covered on the Verge, Type is a new company out of Japan making eyeglasses whose articulations are based on forms found in famous letters. Their first glasses are based on Garamond and Helvetica. Fun to think of other fonts that would make for equally elegant designs, or - think Bragaddocio - those that would flip the script outlandishly. 

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Camera According to Eames

Incredible product demonstration and explanation from the masters. If they were truly predictive, this piece would capture humanity's first selfie. 

This ad from the 70's describes the Polaroid SX-70, a Land camera with complex optics and advanced features that brought immediate-results photography via the Polaroid system.

No Buck, No Rogers

Asymco on Google...

In other words, the answer seems to be that if enough great technology is developed or acquired, then a business model will appear (think about it as a probability problem) and the vulnerability of revenue sources is managed.

XD Evolution

Good to see my alma mater evolving. Go Adobe and go XD. 

The Experience Design (XD) team at Adobe provides experience-led innovation and set a premium on workmanship. The XD team is passionate about building creative tools, disruptive technologies and amazing consumer experiences.

GoPro Pipeline

2014 prediction: drone-based cinematography will significantly increase, especially in big-budget action movies. 

Related...

Happy new year everyone! Thought I would put together some of my aerial footage of 2013. All shots were on the North Shore of Oahu, Pipeline. More winter swells to come! For more videos check out my Instagram: http://instagram.com/ericsterman https://www.facebook.com/Stermanphotography Music: Lindsey Stirling - Crystalize. To buy quadrocopters visit Dronefly.com Contact: jeff@aframephoto.com for licensing and job inquiry. Email: sterman.eric808@gmail.com

Restart

The last post I wrote was in 2009. At that time, I lived in San Francisco with Jojo in her lovely condo, worked at Adobe, and had no idea what the next four years might bring. 

Two kids and a wonderful life later, I'm back to researching, analyzing, writing, and doing design in a public and shareable way. We'll see how this experiment proceeds. 

I expect this site to cover a diverse range of topics, and house content of multiple types. Aside from writings about design, I hope to capture and document a range of designed experiences - be they digital or analog. My portfolio will likely make its way into this site. Hopefully my daughter and son will participate in fun design projects, and I'll share them here too. 

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So, here we go. Looking forward to this.