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디자인 느와르: 미술관을 위한 일곱 가지 픽션

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:57:00 +0000

Recently I got to participate in a book/exhibition out of Seoul. The curators got seven different people to write a fictional story about a design they were given. A story about how the design was created. People from all sorts of different trades participated- I was in there as both a designer and a writer and did a short story about some junior high kids falling in love with a girl who made delicious sauces. Right now you can only get the book in South Korea but I'm going to find out how I can get some more. They were kind enough to include my story in both English and Korean. The two objects of mine in the exhibition were the flavor spoon and the due fiori pasta shape.

I love all you bunnies.

Cryptober Poster

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:01:00 +0000

Doodleys

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:56:00 +0000

New Fancy up sometime this week

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:47:00 +0000

This time it's the story of Dina Delgado and her mission to bring childhood things into adult life

(like bouncy balls and macaroni art). The draft is done and it should be up pretty soon.

Modern Sextant MS-1

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:02:00 +0000

"A knock-off of the Montana Instruments CG-80"

Block Plane Polyhorses

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:43:00 +0000

The text is just filler on this one.

ATARI 2700

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:59:00 +0000

More on this later, just had to get some pictures up online so people will believe me. I got this at goodwill a couple of weeks ago- the unreleased Atari 2700. Wireless controllers...Haven't tested it yet because I'm not sure which AC adapter to use.

Greg poses with the 2700.

Polyhorses: Beyond the realm of the plausible

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:28:00 +0000

The forbidden world of polyhorses

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:02:00 +0000

A rare glimpse into the world of polyhorses

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:40:00 +0000

Mysterious Horses

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:18:00 +0000

Montana Instruments CG-80

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:05:00 +0000

No button for equals. You had to touch the gold head logo.

Candied Ohio- A Modern burger by Robert Crett

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:00:00 +0000

First made in 1978, Crett used half a pound of sugar for each Candied Ohio. He used the essence of Beef, Cheddar, and Romaine lettuce to flavor the gummy burger that sold until 1981.

Design Culinaire

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:31:00 +0000

I need to get some pics up of the actual book in my hands, but Design Culinaire is out and has some of my Food project inside of it. It's all in French, but has a ton of cool projects. You can get it here.

Design Fancy part 6 coming soon

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:25:00 +0000

Right now I'm writing the new Design Fancy for Core. I'm really late on this one so I'm trying to make it good- last time I tried to get the story to fit into a theme a little bit more and had a good time doing it. Hoping for the same sort of thing this time. If you have any little details you want me to throw in, let me know.

Pictures from the last one-

Cheap Synth sketch

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:14:00 +0000

I want to make some cheap synths, like the Korg Monotron. This is a quick sketch of the first one I'm thinking about. You push the button on the back and the hood lifts up and down- like a physical wah pedal. The hood would have to be pretty light weight. This thing would sell for like $39.99...There would be about 8 in the series, each one with a little twist to it- a little personality in both the functionality and the colors.

The Balloon wars of Boston

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:30:00 +0000

For years there's been a secret, unspeakable war in the Greater Boston area. It has everything to do with balloons. In the 1960's balloons got popular in Somerville and Medford as the kids would buy them, blow them up, and pop them to try and scare older people and animals. This tradition is still going strong today. One store bucked the trend, and invented balloons that wouldn't make a loud sound when popped. The place was called LORD'S BALLOON DESIGNER (seen below). Kids would go here for their balloons if their parents wouldn't let them have the loud ones. The kids would carry them around like everyone else- they just wouldn't try to scare anyone.

On the other side of the coin is 666-RENT, or TAYLOR RENTAL. These guys made the loudest balloons in town. They were called "rippers", or "boompops".

Finally there was BALLOON BOSS. In the 60's this place was famous for their large sized rippers, but now mostly specialize in small, easy to inflate balloons. These "pocket rippers" are the most popular balloons out there right now. Much more coming on this soon- pictures of the balloons, everything. Just wanted to get you guys in on this. More soon.

wow

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:32:00 +0000

I've been wanting to make this sci-fi movie for a long time, and every once and a while I come across something that inspires me to start thinking about it again. And when I say "make sci-fi movie" I mean storyboard it. Anyway, this comes from www.dawn-ng.com, where it lives with a bunch of cool projects.

Taglieri project finished and headed for NYC

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:55:00 +0000

After a few months and a lot of help, the Taglieri project is done. I'd like to give a sincere thanks to Natalie Freed at Arizona State University for scanning the original board for me, and Nacho Mendez in Palo Alto for milling out the new board. The board is being shown at 400 Square Feet Later, Cite Goes America in New York. Really excited to be in the show and send me an email if you're going to be at ICFF. Here are some quick shots of the finished piece. It's named after the person that created the original wear pattern- my Girlfriend's Grandma, Dosolina.

New Design Fancy is up

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:15:00 +0000

The new Design Fancy is up right now at Core, this time it's about designer/astronaut Berit Kalmar. I was in San Francisco when I wrote this one and was feeling pretty good so I hope you guys like it.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/design_fancy_berit_kalmar_16500.asp

My uncles and I making music in lake Michigan

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:20:00 +0000

Actually this is Hermeto Pascoal e Grupo. Found this on onetrippass.com

Significant Objects

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:10:00 +0000

I'm really excited to say that my story is up over at Significant Objects. I don't want to blow it all here so check out the LINK.

Modern Explorers

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:31:00 +0000

When I was a kid, there were three main lego ships I remember making a lot. A couple of weeks ago I spent a lonely Friday night trying to put them together like I remembered them.

First up is "7-UP PILOT". This ship doesn't have any firepower but is really fast. The wings move a littel bit and yeah, for some reason it's branded with the 7-UP colors right down to the red dot.

Next is "Hyper Gold". This ship was supposed to be made with some super advanced technology from the past. It has decent firepower, can bend space/time, and never needs fuel. Looks a little like an x-wing.

Last is the "Blue Spacer". This one is sort of clunky and even has wheels. Of all three ships it was the safest to fly in and had the best blasters. The pilot of this ship was an outcast. Also looks like an x-wing.

So those are the classic ships, they look different from when I used to build them but overall they're pretty true to my originals. The faces of the pilots are new though, not sure when the family got them. Did anyone else have ships they built over and over again?

JENNY JENNY shirts

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:56:00 +0000

A while ago I wrote a story/made props for a dogpiling, candle lighting, synth playing scene that took place in Mid-Michigan during the late 80's. It takes 10 minutes to read but I swear to you that it may be worth it. Valeria and I also made some songs for the fake bands. Read the story here, and just in case you don't see the link in the story for the myspace page- www.myspace.com/dogpilecompilation.

The breaking news is that a few hours ago I printed about 10 pink/black JENNY JENNY shirts with my friend Sean from Streamline Butterfly. More on this tomorrow with pictures and everything. The official story of course is that I found a box of these vintage shirts at an estate sale in Saginaw, Michigan.

Moving to Boston tomorrow, sort of a big day.

UPDATE
I'm now in Boston. Below is a picture of the Jenny Jenny shirt featuring a cycloptic Madonna, and a print signed by all members of the band. If you want a shirt or a poster let me know!

More Design Fancy

noreply@blogger.com (matt) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:49:00 +0000

The second installment of Design Fancy is up over at Core77. This time the story is about Kurt Manchild and his theories on dreaming. This one was a lot of fun to do- A new toyline, new NES game, new NES controller, a couple of books...The plan is for these to be out every three weeks, so there's a lot more to come. I don't want to get all cheesy, but I'd really like to thank the humans over there at Core for letting me do this.