by David | May 28, 2009 | design
As if there’s not enough stuff to want already, I was recent tipped off by Apartment Therapy to the wonder of soft maps. The example at hand is from Haptic Labs in Brookyn. They make a variety of things, but it’s the quilts and pillows featuring...
by David | May 27, 2009 | design, eating, economics
Recently, I lamented the waste of a non-refillable salt mill I had bought. I was pretty close to shelling out for a nice reusable mill, when I happened on this little number in, of all places, the frozen dessert aisle of Trader Joe’s. It didn’t say it was...
by David | May 19, 2009 | culture, design, urbanism
I was searching for the location of a company on Google Maps and happened to notice a link in the sidebar for a map called Boston Street Lab: Underutilized Space. That’s just my kind of thing, so naturally, I clicked on it. It turns out that there’s an...
by David | May 13, 2009 | design, eating
I think everyone has a distinct memory of that “ah-ha” moment when you realized that the deli meat called “tongue” is in fact, exactly that. It’s a little odd that so many of us live so disconnected from the source of our food, but, like...
by David | May 10, 2009 | design, eating
I noticed that I was running low on sea salt, so I picked up a bag of semi-fancy sea salt at the store. When I tried to refill my salt grinder, I realized that it was not designed for that. It’s a deliberately non-refillable, single-use, disposable grinder. ...
by David | May 4, 2009 | culture, design, eating, media, photo, transportation, travel, urbanism
Saturday I ventured out to soak up some local art at Somerville Open Studios’ 11th annual extravaganza. Wending my way through Ball Square, I happened upon an unassuming house with a globe out front in addition the usual SOS balloons. Travel photography! And a...
