Category Archives: analog

Business Cards and Digital Devices

Posted on March 14, 2012 by AXM

Dan S. Wang’s business card collection is a treasure trove of different design schemes. In a recent essay for Core77, I looked at a discussion brewing about QR codes on business cards, and whether they make sense. I also pointed to tools that allow you to scan a card that doesn’t have a QR code. [...]

Not Two: Stillness and Digital Life at a Korean Monastery

Posted on January 11, 2012 by AXM

Pico Iyer has a lovely article out in the latest New York Times focusing on "The Joy of Quiet". It’s a great read and has a few lovely gems: In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them — [...]

Baby’s Badass Burgers and Coolhaus

Posted on December 14, 2010 by AXM

The future of the mobile web? Sometimes it can be as simple as knowing when and where the ice cream truck is. When I grew up, it was the Mexican food trucks and their music and bells. Now, in Los Angeles, it’s Twitter. Could something like this go semantic? Think of tying this all in [...]

Palm Fronds

Posted on November 29, 2010 by AXM

The hazards — and indicators — of abundance.

Analog Template

Posted on November 27, 2010 by AXM

Input text vs. static text.

Red Tape

Posted on October 17, 2010 by AXM

Speciality red tape over the red stage to mask the wiring system at the Tate Modern’s Starr Auditorium. Below: the calm before the storm. T-34 minutes to showtime before Ai Weiwei’s public talk.

Planning Ahead

Posted on October 6, 2010 by AXM

Standard-issue umbrellas for staff at the Getty Museum. How do you plan for the weather in a city that supposedly has none? For those few days out of the year when it pours, most Angelenos just aren’t ready. Why would they be? It’s just not a habit here to check the weather before leaving the [...]