Austere (Pronounced: O•stir)→ Adjective.: a) stern and cold in appearance or manner. b) morally strict. c) markedly simple or unadorned. Example: “They choose austere furnishings for the office.”
Eternal Peace: Maurice Sendak.
Maurice Sendak, childhood author and creator of the hauntingly wonderful “Where The Wild Things Are“, passed away today at the age of 83. Sendak succumbed to complications of a recent stroke. The ubiquitous author created worlds that piqued every child’s imagination despite challenging our psyches with characters evoking something out of a nightmare. Sendak was essential in building our library of childhood books and when WTWTA hit shelves in 1963, Read More
Can’t Be Life.
“There must be more to life than having everything.” – Maurice Sendak.
Portraits of Reflection.
Portraits of Reflection by Carly Sioux. Press Play to Begin Story. Tchaikovsky 4. Forbidden. WE SAW. Word(s). On Second Thought. Under Electric Light. Cold and Bright. Resistance To. Guts and Heart. Glued Together. Preoccupied? Don’t Get Any Bright Ideas. Welcome to The Dollhouse.
Delving in the Soil of Design.
Design Soil is a project from the Japanese product design department at Kobe Design University. The project, run by professors and students, seeks to re-evaluate design practices. It also allows young designers to create at at the pace they wish to create — a process that is very much similar to plants growing in soil. “epilogue – prologue” is their latest project of nine designs in which they not only think Read More