From the category archives:
In last Sunday’s Boston Globe, Dushko Petrovich explored how Boston could find itself as the home of a new art revolution. In his essay, Dushko cites all that Boston has going for it: “several great museums, a superabundance of universities, many galleries, a highly educated and increasingly sophisticated audience, and a density that allows for [...]
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…but it’s for a good reason! When I should have been writing about the great designers I’m coming across, I’ve been working with Joyce — not just a blogger but also a freelance photographer and graphic designer — on designing and programming a new DesignBoston.org. The basic layout is all set, but there’s still much [...]
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Merry Christmas!
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I had a chance to walk the floor of the New England International Auto Show yesterday (full transparency: I went as a guest of General Motors). I hadn’t been to the NEIAS since it moved from the Bayside Expo Center to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, so this was an interesting change from what [...]
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I was bouncing around online last night, looking for some sort of design inspiration, when I came across this video that I’m sure mod*mom would love. More a long form Cadillac commercial than Objectified, The American Look is a look at all the forms of modern design from a half-century ago. In appreciation of the [...]
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Saab announced that a convertible version of the 9-X Biohybrid coupe that won Best Concept at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show will be introduced at next month’s Paris Auto Show. The convertible has a striking shape, with its aggressive front end, wraparound glasshouse, and prominent rear pillars that mount the flat-folding Canopy Top and also [...]
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As I mentioned previously, I’m organizing a fund raiser, called Social Media for Social Change. Here’s the basic idea of it: The social media world has proven that, though still a young and small community within a multitude of industries, we have the power to exact great change. Social media has broken down walls and [...]
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You know I love architecture and interior design. Almost as much as I like those, I like cars. For as much as I write about green design, I love driving fast. I’m nothing if not complicated. Today, instead of sitting behind a desk, I was given the chance to sit behind the wheel of the [...]
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Earlier today, I logged onto my Facebook account and saw an ad for what looked eerily like the Ford Focus I sold after I moved to the city. I wiped my glasses clean (just to be safe), and looked again. It wasn’t a Focus, but in fact the new 2008 Saturn Astra. The Astra is [...]
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