design

fake ebay on murketing

In design, net culture, personal, photography on 8 September 2008 with no comments

fake ebay, originally uploaded by katerw.
My photo from the Alameda Flea Market just got picked up on Rob Walker’s Murketing blog. There was something so deliciously fun about this little commentary on thrifting “offline.”
If you haven’t already, check out Walker’s Consumed in the Sunday Times and his new book, Buying In. Incidently, this week’s column [...]

grad school swag

In design, grad school, personal on 5 September 2008 with no comments

grad school swag, originally uploaded by katerw.
i’m officially a grad student:
- ID
- nameplate so teachers remember who you are
- journal for taking notes and deep thoughts
- quick primer on design
- official “make your own” dmba polo
off i go to class number two. more updates when it all settles in.

get us back to 350…

In design, environment, inspiration, politics on 28 July 2008 with no comments

Tipped off by the brilliant folks at Free Range Studios… a simple animation meant to be spread internationally that explains how we need to bring our CO2 levels back down to 350 parts per million. Learn more at 350.org.

So far it is unclear what the 350 movement is doing besides spreading the word, but the [...]

a moment to love hillary

In design, personal, politics, washington dc on 9 June 2008 with 1 comment

After a quick weekend jaunt down to Disneyland, I’m catching up on some web work, tomato alerts and the presidential race.
The reaction to Hillary’s speech last Tuesday further proved to me that most of the talking political heads had a vested self-interest in perpetuating the ongoing Clinton/Obama battle that was paying their bills. Even though [...]

my really expensive book/film/art club

In business, design, grad school, personal on 25 May 2008 with no comments

I just got my summer DMBA reading/watching/sketching list from Nathan. For years I’ve been taking about getting folks together to watch and discuss films… now it looks like it might just happen with my future classmates. We will join an online community sometime this week and hopefully begin to get to know each other online, [...]

i’m going to grad school

In design, grad school, personal on 8 April 2008 with 2 comments

A couple of weeks ago I had on of my happiest days… finding out I was accepted into graduate school just before Leah and I went to our favorite restaurant to celebrate our new apartment and one year together.

Here’s my signed letter of intent… I love the big GRADUATE stamp on the side of the [...]