can't always get what you want

working on a digital portfolio to send out with job applications and things like that. i wish it didn't look so blahh. i don't know what to do. i really should be working on my model.

like a hitman, oh like a dancer

page layouts for a presentation about my model and semitransparent/opaque building materials and skins.

i bought pedals for my clipless shoes today. SPD FTW. now i should learn to ride without falling off. when will my helmet come in the mail??

model

it is 3:27 am and i am still working on this godforsaken model. i have taken it apart and reglued it together at least four times. i have cut pieces out, remade pieces, covered it with tracing paper and ripped it all off, only to cover it again. i built a fake curving cliff landscape out of foamcore for it to protrude out of. i'm still not done, but i will finish it tomorrow. then, next week, i get to build it all over again, only better.

Chinatowns around the world

check out this cool interactive map of the Chinatowns around the world on the Wallpaper* website. it's awesome!

i have been obsessed with making a new resume in InDesign. i even have a references page! next up: making a digital portfolio. i'll need some time on my hands for that one.

I <3 Georgia

I haven't updated in quite a bit. I will get good pictures (and stories) for an NYC post soon. I can't say that the quarter has been "crazy busy," but I can say that at times so far it has been both crazy and busy. I love my studio class and I will put up some diagrams.

BUT down to business. I love Georgia. It looks great on the screen and it's one of the only serif fonts that I can stand to look at. Sometimes people (ahem) make fun of me for overusage, but I have a limited knowledge of typography, so I say stick to what works!

Inspiration Bit posted a blog with a list of beautiful websites using Georgia as the house typeface. IB always has cool articles and a lovely page layout, so check it out here:

http://www.inspirationbit.com/georgia-on-my-mind/

I have to finish room sketches for Bliss and do some other fun stuff now. Check out some of the posts I wrote for the blog - they say "posted by Interns"! Does anyone know what I can do with the canned tiny shrimp my dad bought me? Recipes? Should I cook it?

NYC!

i'm back from my design trip to NYC april 2-6. what an awesome time! i seriously did not want to go home on sunday, even after four days of driving, running, visiting, subway riding, drinking, eating, dancing, and schmoozing. note that "sleeping" is not included in that list, because we all did very little of it.


we drove to New Jersey on thursday and took the PATH train into the city. our hostel was... quaint, is probably a good way to describe it. 8 people to a room, two single showers per floor. it was nice enough, though, and we ended up spending very little time there anyway.

we visited NBBJ Architecture and Calori Vanden-Eynden firms on Friday. Chris and Dave from CV were absolutely wonderful hosts and made us all feel very welcome at their studio. in addition to learning a LOT about their company and design in general, we also had a beer. so fun!

Saturday was museum day. my friends and i went to the Met, MoMA, The Guggenheim (well, we stood in the lobby. it was really expensive) and Hewlett Cooper. and we went to Chinatown for bargain hunting and Little Italy for food. Kelly and i checked out the Jonathan Adler store only a few blocks from the Met. it was amazing! i loved their customizable wallpaper and their manifesto on the front wall which in one part says "we believe colors can't clash" HELL YES!

our last day in the city we had an amazing brunch at a Spanish restaurant, a walk through Central Park, design museum, and finally a longggg drive home. i'm sure we did about a hundred more things than that, but it would take a long time to write them all down. in short, i love NYC and had a super amazing time there!

pictures soon... i have homework to do!

on the shamrocks.

so it's finals week and things are winding down with a bam.

i'm working on my FCD and, of course, finishing my bumble bee. i have been extremely unmotivated and am finding it hard to concentrate on the things i need to do. the problem? i think i really want a shamrock shake! i have no idea if they have them at the McD's on campus or not; i no longer own a car and neither choice of walking in the dark to 18th or trying to transport a shake on my bicycle seem appealing. but mmm, the minty goodness of the legendary Shamrock Shake!


i haven't eaten McDonalds in 2009, something i am kind of proud of, but i'd be willing to make an exception for that fine chunk of high fructose corn syrup, lactose, and artificial mint flavoring. i can already feel the stomachache (i'm lactose intolerant) but i don't even care if it means shamrocky-goodness.

to further distract myself, here is my top 20 iTunes song list:

1. The Features - Me & The Skirts - 33
2. Spoon - I Turn My Camera On - 29
3. The Features - Whatever Gets You By - 28
4. The Features - The Drawing Board - 25
5. Van Morrison - Wild Night - 25
6. The Features - Blow It Out - 24
7. Girl Talk - Still Here - 20
8. The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow - 20
9. MGMT - Electric Feel - 20
10. The Police - So Lonely - 20
11. Stars - Take Me To The Riot - 20
12. The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go - 19
13. My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday - 19
14. The Features - There's A Million Ways To Sing The Blues - 18
15. Girl Talk - Shut The Club Down - 18
16. Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around.../... Comes Around - 18
17. Of Montreal - Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider - 18
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze - 18
19. The Whigs - Like A Vibration - 18
20. Girl Talk - Set It Off - 17

i listen to the Features/Girl Talk a LOT!