Went to an amazing gallery opening at 58 gallery in Jersey City last night for the artist John W. Fesken.
Fesken’s diorama’s focus on the macabre. Each series both came alive and became more unsettling with the short stories tacked on the wall next to them. For instance, one Lovecraftian installation of twisted human(oid)s with meat hooks was accompanied by a story about a race that gained their capacity to love by ripping out and eating the hearts of good men.
Fun stuff!
This is the third Fesken show that I’ve seen at this gallery over the past 2 years. All are collected under the title Ehullek Tragedies which seems to be a larger narrative that threads them together.
A hearty congratulations to my buds at Seattle-based design firm Artefact. They recently won Best of Category (Interactive) in I.D. Magazine for their work on Microsoft’s Worldwide Telescope.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with both Principles Gavin Kelly and Rob Girling in the past when they were at Microsoft. They were probably the most challenging and rewarding design engagements that I’ve had in my career to date.
It’s been exciting to witness the genesis of their relatively young company and to see them quickly garnering peer praise. I’m confident that in the near future that, more and more, you’ll be hearing Artefact mentioned alongside Frog and IDEO.
Today yet another service has launched for sharing your life.
thisMoment uses “moments” as the organizing metaphor. The interface looks impressive, easy to use, and fun. It also appears to seamlessly integrate with other services you’re already likely using, such as Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube.
As I wrote in a previous post, after the web 2.0 bust, I’m very hesitant to “invest” in new services like this. Especially ones where you chronicle the great moments in your life. Just today even I was starting to fret again about the level of content my wife and I have been putting in our now 1-year old son’s Tumblelog.
I have to say however, that I like where thisMoment is going and I won’t be surprised to see features like this begin to crop up in Apple’s iPhoto.
Flash Catalyst is a product from Adobe that’s sure to play a powerful role in rapid prototyping. What’s unique to this product is its seamless integration with other Adobe products such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
Why would my twisted mind make that kind of a leap? Well, I’ve had the pleasure to work with the folks at Slim Jim many years ago. And that headline is (almost) on-brand for them. Remove the “Kills Three”, and it’s 100% on brand.
A hearty congratulations to my buds at Seattle-based design firm