Entries from November 2006

November 30, 2006

T-Post

I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to innovation. Quirky new business models and products always inspire me so when I came across T-post’s website, I couldn’t stop exclaiming “That is *bleep*ing cool!” Imagine subscribing to a news magazine, but instead of receiving a printed magazine in the mail you’d get a t-shirt [...]

November 28, 2006

The FluxFactory, which serves as a public and community space for a group of diverse young artists, will be curating a show entitled “Response to Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International Conceived in the Mood of Ambivalence“. Despite the mouthful of a name, the intriguing concept is based on the sketches and model of the [...]

November 28, 2006

Imagini Gift Finder

When it comes to shopping, I rarely need help in that department…unless of course when it comes to gifts. Its not so much not knowing what to buy for that special someone but trying to narrow the endless possibilities. Imagini is an interesting take on solving the conundrum by customizing your gift search visually. [...]

November 26, 2006

Accounting=Cool

I had the opportunity recently to listen to Joel Tretin a creative art director at Ogilvy speak about his experiences working on projects and dealing with the differences between the managing styles of the creatives vs the suits. He brought up this really interesting example of how to make accounting cool which was one of [...]

November 26, 2006

Dressform: User Persona

This is the continuation of the first clip.. otherwise known as the User Persona segment of the entire process.

November 25, 2006

Dressform: Hunters

This is a short excerpt from my senior thesis entitled “DRESSFORM: Cultivating a Culture of Commerical DIY”. This segment deals with the opportunity in the market for a specific niche consumer group called the hunters.