http://www.the47th.com/precinct A place to share your work, post links, rant, rave and so on. Thu, 28 May 2009 17:33:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my favorite design stars, Jessica Helfand, shows her "A Week in Your Life" (brand spanking new folio collection) moleskin scrapbook. * * * * * * * * * * * * * In celebration of the launch of the new Folio Collection Moleskine has partnered with renowned international design ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/05/a-week-in-your-life.html the great ladies of the boston design salon are hosting a "graphic design is good for you" next tuesday (may 5) night featuring very interesting local design dames jennifer hill and kate caprari (and me... during which I hope to say something coherent, giveaway some tshirts, eat a cupcakes). the title ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/05/graphic-design-is-good-for-you.html wry wit and wonder stories. happy friday. alternative fuel boat paul bunyan superman http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/03/dismay-at-the-downfall-of-manliness.html embrace your public library. grace bonney of design*sponge (who I absolutely adore for many reasons besides the fact that as a cultural celebrity, she always has time to respond to an email that I send her) just posted her final episode of design by the book, a collaboration with the new ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/02/design-by-the-book.html I was just peeking at the marimekko spring fabrics, which are quite refreshing to my somewhat sedate winter mood, and I noticed yet another object silo scatter print. I like the happy jumble of these (odd, but sometimes kindred objects lined up in formation) and I am curious about its ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/02/scatter.html Christoph Niemann gets nostalgic for New York City (while playing with his son's legos). From his Abstract City blog on the NYT website.* * and its never been a better time to become a new york times supporter... posting first quarter losses of $335,000, this seems to be one of the ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/02/i-lego-ny.html what is this prevalent partiality to the paranormal? how is it that in the past month I have 1. literally swallowed 1000+ pages of the twilight series (that includes the leaked release of midnight sun) 2. become hooked on true blood and 3. read a lovely (and very different) swedish ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/02/vamp.html the new york times magazine is always a bevy of ideas—beyond the sometimes interesting and sometimes terrifying title treatments of william safire's on language column (always somehow different than the design direction of the rest of the magazine), the overall illustration and headline styling is often something that remains in ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/02/heads-of-state.html already it is the bicentennial of lincoln's (and mendelssohn's, for that matter) birth and we're already hurtling towards spring. it has been a far too busy fall and beginning of winter, and this little blog may be a bit neglected. I'd like to take this opportunity for a quick peek ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2009/01/fall-activities.html I nominate "beautiful feedback" as an obsession of the year. The iPhone, the Wii (the Wii Fitness, too), Nike+ : I am impressed that there are gadgets out there that keep me coming back. I like paper lists, pocket calendars, and rotary phones. But I am now fixated on a few ... http://www.the47th.com/precinct/2008/11/beautiful-feedback.html