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Entries from October 2008

Uncorked

October 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Murphy’s law. Shit happens. Whatever you want to call it, today was my day. I’ve been traveling for ten days now and am wrapping up a tour worthy of t-shirts with a workshop in Cork. I love to set up the evening before, and upon arrival I asked if I could have access to the [...]

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Tags: Cork · travel · work

#400 : Never again

October 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The 400th post. A modest achievement, but the signaling of a turning point in my own life and the life of this blog. Many, many years ago I turned to Lisa with one of those flashes of inspiration and said, “Doing laundry is the perfect opportunity to create a cafe or pub with books and [...]

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Tags: blog · life

It’s not black or white

October 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I used to shoot black and white almost exclusively when it was film. Also had the habit of not cropping my photos, even printing the border around the negative to prove the shot was composed in camera. Now that I have been shooting digital, photos are always presented in color. And typically, only when shooting [...]

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Tags: Copenhagen · photos · travel

Unconditional love

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

FLOWmarket at the Dansk Design Center reminded me of the first time I heard Bruce Mau speak in New York. Following a presentation on the design and release of the Venus women’s razor from P&G, he took the stage drinking water that he proclaimed was treated sewage. The talk ended with a question / challenge [...]

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Tags: Copenhagen · design · life