Author: designswarm

Blogging since 2005.

Blame it on…

I’m a terrible geek. I don’t buy my own stuff. My ibook came with my grad program. My camera is a loan from Matt who also gave me my iShuffle as a gift (which I have forgotten in the washer twice so far). My phone is a gift from my best friend who bought it… Continue reading Blame it on…

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Quote of the day

Found on a creative job posting site in the UK: “One of the world’s fastest growing global brands, based in Helsinki, Finland” I wonder who it could possibly be. :P

Bluebook praise

Garrick Jones brought to my attention that the Bluebook project by Manolis Kelaidis, (a project I had spotted at last year’s RCA show) got the only known standing ovation at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change. Well done! It’s about time these folks started to expand their thinking beyond the screen. There’s the usual “However, it looks… Continue reading Bluebook praise

Looking for design: Boris Anthony

I met Boris Anthony very briefly at Xtech in Paris last month and was thrilled to learn that he lived and worked in Montreal. Aged 32, he’s a self-defined “Web technology and design specialist, hyper-connector”. On top of that, he was also in part responsible for organising Montreal’s very own Pecha Kucha. I thought he… Continue reading Looking for design: Boris Anthony

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"Added": new social and business networking realities

If you’re a geek, every morning starts off with checking your emails which often include invitations. “So&So” has added you toTwitter, Facebook, Dopplr, Flickr yadi yadi ya… What happens then? Let’s say it’s someone you’ve never met. What do you do? So you Google them of course. You find out they are an interesting person… Continue reading "Added": new social and business networking realities

Looking for design: Furni

Not surprisingly, answers to my call for feedback about design in Montreal haven’t been pouring in so it was greatly refreshing to hear from Mike Giles at Furnicreations. He was lovely enough to talk to me about some of the great and more difficult things about working as a designer in Montreal. 1. Thank you… Continue reading Looking for design: Furni

Pecha Kucha Night (presentation slides)

I’ll be speaking tonight at Montreal’s very own Pecha Kucha about my Good Night Lamp project, how it came about, where it’s at now, and why on earth it’s still not out there! Update: Here are the slides from that night’s presentation. Enjoy!