A recent graduate of Brighton University, Laura Southcott is an exceptionally talented designer who’s done various placements at Build, Accept and Proceed and many others.
Someone in London should scoop up this talent.
The Practice Sessions
The Practice Sessions is a workshop and panel discussion by Frank Chimero, Duane King, Matt Owens and myself that’s taking place at the National Student Show & Conference from April 2 – 4 in Dallas, Texas. The Practice Sessions was created by Thinking for a Living, an ever-growing platform dedicated to the concept of open source design education. Through a network of topic specific design sites with a focus on education and resources, we share our thoughts, inspirations, critical analysis, design histories and individual experiences relating to a career in design.
I’m looking forward to meeting all of you talented students out there. If you’re an AisleOne reader and attending the conference, definitely come by and say hi.
The Nooka Zub
One of my many obsessions is a well designed watch. People that know me personally know that I always have a “weird” watch strapped to my arm. There are a few qualities I look for in a well designed watch. For one it has to have a minimal design and two, the way the time is displayed has to be unique. Nooka creates watches that exhibit both qualities, and exceptionally I might add.
For those not familiar, Nooka was founded by artist and designer, Matthew Waldman, to create a more intuitive way to view time through linear and graphic representations. A company that makes well designed products that work and make sense. Nooka is one of my favorite product companies, right behind Apple, because of their aesthetics and innovation. They just get it.
I personally own a Zub Zenv sg 38 in black. I absolutely love it. Most of the watch is made of a soft, breathable plastic that is extremely comfortable. The new time display takes a few hours to get use to, but once you do you’ll realize that it makes much more sense.
The watch above is the Zub ZenH in Fire Engine Red, which will be available at the end of February. You can pre-order it for $130.
And no, this isn’t paid advertisement. I just love the damn company.
Candy Magazine Redesign
Talented chaps Keith and Jamie of Make It Work Design informed me about their magnificent redesign of Candy Magazine. I love the overlapping of the elements on the photos.
The magazine is PDF only and can be downloaded here.
The Grid System Forum
I’m happy to announce the The Grid System Forum. I was receiving a lot of emails with questions on how design and use grid systems so a forum just makes sense.
If you have any questions on grids, need help with a grid you’re constructing, want to get some feedback on some work or just want to learn about the history of grid systems, sign up for the forum start chattin’ it up.
At the same time if you see anything weird, or don’t like something, or think something should be added, please let me know. I’d love your feedback.
Enjoy.
New Work by Xavier Encinas
The talented Xavier sent me an email about a bunch of new work that he’s added to his website. Definitely give it a look.