WANT
I first learned about MUJI from Pattern Recognition. I finally made it to the mothership of minimalism on a 2004 business trip to Tokyo. I came across MUJI again tonight when I stumbled upon the MUJI at MOMA items while hunting for a business card case. Why, why isn’t MUJI in California? Then again, SF was seemingly the last place on earth to get IKEA and H&M,.
For those eager to satisfy MUJI lust, there is the EU online store. All MUJIness has been removed by the current exchange rate, however. Guess I’ll be waiting for the SF store after all. Until then, I give you Suburbia in a Bag. Please note, Suburbia is both On Sale and Currently Unavailable. Just how we like it.
Newsknitter
What a tangled web we weave.
Today included the crossing of two trajectories: poetry and art. Both have been constants in my life, rising and falling in importance since I was a child. Through sheer coincidence, the Poetry In Motion collection I ordered a month ago from the MTA museum arrived today alongside the Graphic Design The New Basics volume from yesterday’s Amazon trolling.
My head is swimming with text and images.
I came across Processing in GDTNB. Processing is a data visualization framework (as far as I understand it upon cursory inspection). I had a sudden urge to see if I could program a visual representation of the complex systems of meaning inherent in poetic language. I’ve been fascinated with the idea of poetry generators ever since I wrote some (very rudimentary) code on a MOO nearly 15 years ago.
One fascinating application for Processing is Newsknitter which is like Missoni for data visualization. As an American, my first thought was MUST HAVE when I saw these amazing garments. Sadly, there is no convenient Amazon Prime for these sweaters. The idea of taking something as cold, arbitrary and ephemeral as a news headline and weaving into something personal, sensual and tactile is mindblowing.
Please enjoy.
PPOTR Logo
I’ve started an informal running group for parents in my area, Peninsula Parents On The Run. I wanted to design a logo for use on t-shirts and other gear. Here’s the result:
I wanted to do something warm and fun without actually having it appear to be “for kids” since the group is for parents. I think it looks a little like a combination of Flight001 and Pabst Blue Ribbon. :)