tIDbits » art / design http://d-n-i.com/tidbits a few tidbits Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:18:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 If Gerhard Richter Celebrated Chanukah…. http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/12/21/if-gerhard-richter-celebrated-chanukah/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/12/21/if-gerhard-richter-celebrated-chanukah/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:49:41 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=517 If Gerhard Richter Celebrated Chanukah….

Perhaps it would look like this at his house:

Gerhard Richter Chanukah Candles

Scratching your head on the reference?

Here are a few clues 1 2 3 4

]]> http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/12/21/if-gerhard-richter-celebrated-chanukah/feed/ 0 Steve Jobs Dead at 56 http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dead-at-56/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dead-at-56/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:36:11 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=511 A Yahrtziet Candle in his honor.
A Yahrtziet Candle in honor of Steven P. Jobs

A Yahrtziet Candle in honor of Steven P. Jobs

 

NY Times: Apple’s Visionary Redefined Digital Age 
http://apple.com/stevejobs/

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

]]> http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/10/05/steve-jobs-dead-at-56/feed/ 0 It’s a Tape Dispenser – Get it? http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/08/08/its-a-tape-dispenser-get-it/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/08/08/its-a-tape-dispenser-get-it/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:37:19 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=488 Continue reading →]]> j-me Tape Dispenser

j-me Tape Dispenser

Love the use of the iconic cassette tape form as a scotch tape dispenser on this product.

The Philips Company of the Netherlands invented and released the first compact audio-cassette in 1962.

Makes me remember with great fondness the days mixing up a really good (and sublimely meaningful) tape in the mode of the ultimate mix-tape book, High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby.  There was great joy when the recipient actually understood what you were getting at.  Fortunately, that kind of backhanded communication vehicle is not a lost art, it has just morphed on into other things…

Mix in a little Bob Mould, and have a listen to his musical interpretation of High Fidelity.  How’s that for a random loop?

]]> http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/08/08/its-a-tape-dispenser-get-it/feed/ 0 A couple of takes on: Mitt Romney Nears Presidential Run, Commits Design Crime http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/04/14/a-couple-of-takes-on-mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/04/14/a-couple-of-takes-on-mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:20:58 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=433 Continue reading →]]> The new Romney for president logo

The new Romney for president logo

Really enjoyed this link that my friend KPP sent on the new Romney for president logo.

Two things struck me.

First, when the goal is trying to please everybody, the end result is almost always milquetoast – and this logo certainly proves that point.   A designer friend, Cornelia, came up with this interpretation:

Aquafresh For President by Cornelia S.

Aquafresh For President by Cornelia V. S.

Second, is that a quick look at the font treatment of “OMNEY” and it can read as “MONEY” (and not only for the dyslexics in the crowd).  Sadly, the way the system works these days, it is only because of the fact that he has personal heaps of money is why he gets to do what he does in the public arena.  So this is my take on it:

New and Improved Romney for President Logo

New and Improved Romney for President Logo

So there you go, MONEY for President.  Anybody have any good ideas on the tag line?

]]> http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2011/04/14/a-couple-of-takes-on-mitt-romney-nears-presidential-run-commits-design-crime/feed/ 0 I am attending WordCampNYC http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/11/03/i-am-attending-wordcampnyc/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/11/03/i-am-attending-wordcampnyc/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:41:27 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=252 I’m attending WordCampNYC 2009 (and am completely psyched for it)

I am attending WordCampNYC 2009

WordCampNYC 2009

]]> http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/11/03/i-am-attending-wordcampnyc/feed/ 0 inside out there @ SALT http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/05/12/inside-out-there-salt/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/05/12/inside-out-there-salt/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 19:27:28 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=172 Continue reading →]]> “inside out there” >> 05.04.09 >>  May 21st from 5 to 8 for Salt’s Spring 2009 Graduate Exhibit, inside out there.

Maine stories in radio, writing, and photography…

The show features images of my beekeeping friend Erin.    The have a Facebook page for the show…

salt-inside-out-there-flyer-email



]]> http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/05/12/inside-out-there-salt/feed/ 0 Sausalito Team Wins Häagen-Dazs-UC Davis Honey Bee Haven Design Competition http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/02/26/sausalito-team-wins-haagen-dazs-uc-davis-honey-bee-haven-design-competition/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/02/26/sausalito-team-wins-haagen-dazs-uc-davis-honey-bee-haven-design-competition/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:55:03 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/?p=153 Continue reading →]]> Sausalito Team Wins Häagen-Dazs-UC Davis Honey Bee Haven Design Competition

http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/news/honeybeehavenwinner.html

The Sausalito-based Sibbett Group created a series of interconnected gardens with such names as “Honeycomb Hideout,” “Nectar Nook” and “Pollinator Patch” to win the international bee-friendly garden design competition, a gift to the University of California, Davis, from Häagen-Dazs.

sibbett group plan

sibbett group plan

]]> http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2009/02/26/sausalito-team-wins-haagen-dazs-uc-davis-honey-bee-haven-design-competition/feed/ 0 famfamfam.com: Silk Icons: Some nice freeware icons 16×16 png http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2006/07/20/famfamfamcom-silk-icons/ http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2006/07/20/famfamfamcom-silk-icons/#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:20:51 +0000 dni http://d-n-i.com/tidbits/2006/07/20/famfamfamcom-silk-icons/ Continue reading →]]> famfamfam.com: Silk Icons: http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/
Silk is a smooth, free icon set, containing over 700 16-by-16 pixel icons in strokably-soft PNG format. Containing a large variety of icons, you’re sure to find something that tickles your fancy. And all for a low low price of $0.00. You can’t say fairer than that.

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The actual map can be found here:
http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/campus/maps/earth/

http://www.bowdoin.edu/about/campus/maps/earth/images/google-earth-window.jpg

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