Friday, June 24, 2011

No Parking Allowed...Beware of Creepy Clowns

FUNNY THINGS HEARD 'ROUND THE SF OFFICE

  1. Is what I'm looking for where I think it is? Ummm.....Yes?
  2. I want biscuits and butt rubs! -canine thoughts from Kona, our office dog.
  3. I wonder if it's a company requirement that all UPS deliveryman have to look good in brown shorts?
  4. "I am not going to die in the men's room surrounded by 20 of you people!" -comment made by a staff member as we were discussing where to go for safety should a tornado touch down during the recent storms

Thursday, June 9, 2011

The REAL Mad Men of Design

(From l to r): George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom. Playboy Magazine, July 1961.









For fans of Mid-Centry Modern Design
, this classic image above from Playboy, July 1961 is like the Holy Grail. Design masters & fellow peers in their prime, beautifully captured in a time that was aesthetically crisp, uncluttered and innovative.