As a follow up to the “Water Water Everywhere article“, we are happy to post a fabulous picture from New York based photographer Cornelis Verwaal. This picture is titled “Carefree” and is an example of children’s interaction with water at Columbus Circle fountains in New York.
We think this picture is so beautiful that it deserves its own post:
©2010 Cornelis Verwaal
For more of his breathtaking work, please visit his site here.
Cereal Love, a set by JasonLiebig on Flickr.
Jason Liebig has made it his passion to document cereal and other packaging boxes, soda cans etc. It is charming to see the old, discontinued patterns together. It is certainly not Art deco, but more pop culture-ish.
The colors and vibrancy of his images appeals to us, as does the concept behind his endeavor.
Thanks for sharing Jason.
So raise hands, who all love water?
We all cannot do without it, but the strangest thing happens when it starts to come down as rain. We all run away from it as if it will melt us. Some of our crew had this experience recently in the rain showers on the East Coast. We were taking a walk and suddenly there was this downpour. Amid much screaming, there were people running for cover and huddling under awnings.
And then there was this 3 year old, who could not figure out what all the mad rush was about. This kid just looked on at the rain and enjoyed it with his mum. They both got wet, nice and thoroughly, smiling the entire time at each other. It was refreshing to watch someone put that cloudburst in perspective.
Which brings us back to our real focus-water. More importantly, water fixtures in a public setting and how children react to them. We have yet to see a child who can resist a jump in a puddle left-over from the rain, or a splash in a fountain on a hot day. Many a walk to Columbus Circle on a warm NY summer night finds children, adults and dogs having a blast in its cool fountains.
And then there is the serene water sculpture/installation outside the Jewish Holocaust Museum in downtown NY. That too has its fans. Finally the water barriers/fountain at World Financial Centre. See for yourself:
Pictogram music posters, a set by Viktor Hertz on Flickr.
Amazing music pictograms by Viktor Hertz! Sleek and efficient.
We likey likey! You can get these as prints from redbubble here.
Also check out his movie pictograms here.
We all encounter elevators sometime in our day/life. Some more often than others so your level of comfort depends on how often you ride one. Elevators are spaces for conversation, or for staying mum; for looking at what someone is wearing/doing/eating/etc and for showing off the same when it comes to you. They are also intimate spaces. You are captive in this space with someone and their dog/cat/mail/work/phone etc. for a given period of time. You are their elevator friend.
It is a private public space. Think about that.
However this post is not about the design of elevators although we are sure we will categorize them in another set of posts. It is about finding something interesting recently when riding one, recently. A shirt. On a person of course.
It is about being “those people” who ask someone, most inappropriately, to take a photo of what they are wearing because we have never seen it before. It is about a photo shoot in poor lighting, with a phone camera, while managing a dog/cat/mail/work etc, for those few minutes that you share that private public space with someone.
It is about seizing the moment. In a very lame way.
Did you know that you could print your own little books for as little as $2.00 a piece?
Did you also know that you could purchase a set of ISBN codes for about $10.00 bucks if you wanted to “self-publish” your little books?
And did you also know that you could drive those books around wherever you go and hand them out to whoever you know, for free. Cost of driving around not included. The assumption is that you are going there anyway!
BUT, it is better to have someone else publish your book even though it is much cheaper to do it yourself. WHY? Because it makes you look cool! It makes you look like someone who others want to publish and who others want to read.
AND WE ALWAYS SAY: If it needs to be done, let the professionals do it. (It keeps them employed!)
AND THAT IS WHY: We are signing up for the 2012 Sketchbook Project!!!!! Yay!!
It includes a “World Tour” of the books. Never you mind that the ‘World’ extends only as far as Canada in this case (London and Melbourne are for local entries only).
Yeehaw!
PS: You can use the code ADDAFRIEND when registering to get $2.00 off your order. Consider that our gift to you!!!
On August 1st, a dear colleague and friend passed on due to heart failure. Luc Vrolijks from Urban Progress Design was a great inspiration to many. Although he was new to NY, he embraced the city fondly and the city returned the affection. He lived for urban progress, of the cityscape as well as of civil society. As a person, he inspired all around him to just live in the moment and capture whatever you could of life.
So on the walk back from a memorial service for Luc, here are the snippets of the dark evening, and the beacons of light and design that caught our eye. One can pass these by in the day, but at night they take on a life of their own. We hope our camera photos do them justice.
You may like to visit FLOS to learn more about their fixtures. Note the blue wall tube mounted fixture behind the white oval lamps in the above photograph. It is an award winning installation and is called Wallpiercing by Ron Gilad
Well-not the website. That still needs work. A lot of.
But ASM Design now has a presence on the WWW! We have set up Facebook (ASM DESIGN) and Twitter (@ASMDESIGN1) pages. We are just better at Twitter-ing than at FBook-ing right now, but we hope to fix that soon enough and have more content for you to peruse on all social/networking media platforms.
A professional colleague from a previous life suggested that we should add the name “OMNIMEDIA” to our official nomenclature, since we are taking much pains to get this right. To them we say-thank you for your support Public Policy Lab. We hope to see you around on the WWW.
Found an interesting place recently. A place where children can doodle freely, for the entire day if they choose, and whatever they draw can be converted to a book, a planner or even a canvas.
Introducing Scribble Press. A one of a kind studio where kids do what they do and SP helps them convert it into something long lasting and memorable.
We are loving the colors!
Continuing with the KidSpace Project- this is a typical example of what qualifies. A sheltered street, low through traffic (fewer disapproving adults), textured grey wall and some chalk. Voila- personal canvas is born!
In BKYLN.
ASM DESIGN 