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Slinky thinking, delight.

By: ste!!a
20-12-2011
moments of indecision, unpredictable thoughts

 

The sim­plic­ity of the slinky is pure delight.

I have one on my desk and play with it often when mulling a prob­lem. I view it from one angle and then another. I lis­ten to the sound as I rock it back and forth. I explore it’s line and dis­place­ment of space.

It qui­ets my thoughts. It pro­vides space for clarity.

 

from Wikipedia:

The toy was invented and devel­oped by naval engi­neer Richard James in the early 1940s and demon­strated at Gim­bels depart­ment store inPhiladel­phia, Penn­syl­va­nia in Novem­ber 1945. The toy was a hit, sell­ing its entire inven­tory of 400 units in ninety min­utes. James and his wifeBetty formed James Indus­tries in Philadel­phia to man­u­fac­ture Slinky and sev­eral related toys such as the Slinky Dog and Suzie, the Slinky Worm.

 

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Don’t be afraid of color.

By: ste!!a
28-09-2011
news, unpredictable thoughts

 

Today on this extremely gray day — one devoid of energy. A strange change that the end of sum­mer brings and we set­tle into the com­ing of win­ter. What to do? Embrace the sea­son! But don’t be afraid of color.

Here are a few chairs that we picked up for free when a busi­ness was clos­ing down. We gave them a light sand­ing and spray painted them with a com­bi­na­tion of col­ors that add energy, but not too much. The brighten the dark­est of win­ter days or nights.

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Really yellow case for the iPhone

By: ste!!a
12-11-2010
gadgets

On Face­book today I read a post from my cuz that said plainly:

just watched stacey’s iPhone get run over by a pick-up truck on the bypass. .…. Phone is fine. How?.…Otter Box. Enough said.

That’s pretty mean­ing­ful. So I pointed my browser to www.otterbox.com . Some pretty impres­sive prod­ucts if you have the need to pro­tect any of your mobile tech­nol­ogy devices. I think I would want this crazy yel­low case if I wanted to cover up my iPhone or iPod.

I’m into see­ing the beauty of my Apple prod­ucts. This is tempt­ing though.

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Walk in John Maeda’s shoes.

By: ste!!a
02-11-2010
unpredictable thoughts

John Maeda lives at the inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­ogy and art, a place that can get very com­pli­cated. I under­stand that place very well. I’m post­ing this talk because there is so much of it that I relate with.

This talk cre­ates more ques­tions than answers. It is about observ­ing, ques­tion­ing, and exper­i­ment­ing. Cre­at­ing some­thing new that adds to the uni­verse. Some­thing that brings joy. Orga­niz­ing found objects and every­day things to make some­thing totally new.

John Maeda uses imag­i­na­tion to inspire. Walk one day in John Maeda’s shoes. Think, what would John Maeda do with this? Open your mind to new and cre­ative ways to move for­ward in what­ever you do.

BTW, Mr Maeda is no longer at MIT he is now Pres­i­dent of Rhode Island School of Design. Makes me think about how much fun it could be to be back in school. You can find out more about what he is doing there. http://www.risd.edu/president/

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Oh yes, Artificial Wheatgrass

By: ste!!a
03-06-2010
objects of desire

Just found a sup­plier for some plas­tic wheat­grass. Yes, I am excited and have devi­ous plans for my 6 x 6 inch squares.

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poetry in motion

By: ste!!a
27-02-2010
listening

I have always loved poetry. It has drawn some of the most vivid pic­tures I have ever seen. In this case Ron­nie Bruce a film stu­dent at Tem­ple Uni­ver­sity visu­al­izes the words of poet Tay­lor Mali using typog­ra­phy and ani­ma­tion. In its’ exe­cu­tion we do not lose sight of the mean­ing or the pic­ture they draw — we gain new insight into the pac­ing and tone as the poet speaks. We read the words as the poet says them; bur­nish­ing them into our heart and mind.

This lit­tle film real­izes the poten­tial of com­mu­ni­ca­tors when they do good work. It is not spec­tac­u­lar. It is not just clever. It speaks, we think, and understand.

Typog­ra­phy from Ron­nie Bruce on Vimeo.

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breathing and balance

By: ste!!a
22-02-2010
talking

acrobat poison dart frog

Life has been a bit com­plex recently. I’ve always dri­ven into the skid so to speak. But this time it’s dif­fer­ent the eco­nomic atmos­phere has much thin­ner air these days. It’s dif­fi­cult to breathe.

I decided to take some time to focus on noth­ing and breathe deeply. Quiet time reestab­lishes balance.

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Walk in John Maeda’s shoes.

By: ste!!a
20-02-2010
unpredictable thoughts

John Maeda lives at the inter­sec­tion of tech­nol­ogy and art, a place that can get very com­pli­cated. I under­stand that place very well. I’m post­ing this talk because there is so much of it that I relate with.

This talk cre­ates more ques­tions than answers. It is about observ­ing, ques­tion­ing, and exper­i­ment­ing. Cre­at­ing some­thing new that adds to the uni­verse. Some­thing that brings joy. Orga­niz­ing found objects and every­day things to make some­thing totally new.

John Maeda uses imag­i­na­tion to inspire. Walk one day in John Maeda’s shoes. Think, what would John Maeda do with this? Open your mind to new and cre­ative ways to move for­ward in what­ever you do.

BTW, Mr Maeda is no longer at MIT he is now Pres­i­dent of Rhode Island School of Design. Makes me think about how much fun it could be to be back in school. You can find out more about what he is doing there. http://www.risd.edu/president/

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Crazy how we spend our time.

By: ste!!a
15-08-2009
design, technology

Cover cre­ation from Peter Belanger on Vimeo.

Hav­ing done this kind of work for more years than I’m actu­ally inter­ested in admit­ting to — this video stripped away the intel­lec­tual and con­sid­ered part of the process for me.

It’s sorta depress­ing actually.

All this work for that cover. Hmmm.

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Some of the heavy bubbles.

By: ste!!a
30-07-2009
news

working on the new heavybubble gallery

Work­ing on get­ting the new adven­ture in shape. Still lots of boxes. Still no inter­net. Still tired. This post is just a short note so you know I’ve survived.

Lots of work too do to get set­tled. Excited about the pos­si­bil­i­ties of the new space. We need to paint here too. White is needed. This is a look at some sticky bub­bles that David and Erica picked up for us. I think they’ll be ter­rific on the door. When we open the door to the street you’ll see our bubbles.

Brand­ing for two spaces is going to be challenging.

I’ve got some ideas though.

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