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.
Tag Archives: Design
Elevators and Design
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.
Design Walk + Remembering Luc
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
KidSpace: Fun Doodles
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!
KidSpace: The city is my canvas!
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.
KidSpace: Children’s M of M
Now where would one find a space that was best designed to engage kids? Naturally the Children’s Museum. We expected everything there to draw us and our little “tester” in. There were many toys, and many things to play with, but very few DESIGN elements, that were engaging to a child.
It is hard to explain so we are going to try to outline some criterion:
We are looking for things that are NOT only and obviously toys. They are NOT decals (of Diego, or Spongebob, George, etc.) We are looking for things that are part of the spatial expression of a room, and by their intended presence, draw a child, or a child-like adult in. They could even be a different kind of interpretation of a traditional activity that kids do, like paint or make a mess. And they could simply be elements that we have never seen before…
Its kind of subjective, but we hope to clarify our intentions through the process of finding actual elements of DESIGN that define or engage a space for a child so you’ll see what we mean. For instance, take this blackboard at Children’s Museum of Manhattan:
It is part of the space.
It is a design element (wall painted black) but it is engaging to a child because of its intended use, height and the colored chalk lying around.
The chalk holder is bolted onto the board.Yes, the potholes are filled with colored liquid, and can be rotated! It is simple, elegant and was one of the more popular kid attractions.
Kid Space
Introducing our new pet project: KID SPACE
For a while now, we have been interested in this idea of how children’s spaces are different from ours. It is not necessary to have toys in a space for it to engage a child. In fact we find that our 3 year old tester finds fun in the most unobvious places- the bar of a scaffolding becomes a hanging beam, a strategically places toilet roll holder becomes a steering wheel, a clothes hook is an elephant with its trunk up- you get the idea!
So to honor active imaginations of our youngest generation, and to explore design from their perspective, we are going to dedicate the next few posts to children’s spaces (design and details) that we find intriguing or those that we consider huge success because they cater to the littlest folks in the best way.
ASM DESIGN 