Denmark is seriously reinventing its Christmas traditions, so If you have always wondered what it would be like to experience a refreshingly Nordic Christmas, now is the time. It only takes a few minutes to pick up your phone and call that Danish family you met on holidays or that business girl from the last business fair and get invited. A SAS or Norwegian seat is waiting with your name on it to a Scandinavian country that can offer new experiences fuelled by design. Continue reading
No one takes photorealistic 3D imagery more seriously than the Teruyuki and Yuka Shikawa Studio in Japan. Now I am so excited to talk to the next generation of Siris and Alexas with a realistic interface. Continue reading
Since 1945, Graphis magazine has covered the evolution of the art, advertising, and design world, from Picasso to Swiss typography. I am the lucky owner of some vintage issues from the mid-50s that never became outdated. Continue reading
Great movies have great opening titles. Every film director or producer with respect for him or herself hires some of the finest graphic designers for their film titles. Filmmakers such as Otto Preminger, Alfred Hitchcock, and David Fincher have relied on great professionals to tell the story before the story is ever told.
I start my day with coffee poured into a good piece of Scandinavian design. My cup is a Kai Frank design for the Finnish porcelain factory Arabia, a factory that revolutionized design in postwar Europe. Continue reading
