I’m very proud to announce that Prime Studio has been nominated for the Cooper Hewitt 13th Annual National Design Awards in the category of product design. The nomination came out of the blue so we’re busy putting together our submission. The winners will be announced in June and, of course, we’ll keep you posted.
On a wet, Winter’s morning on the way to work sometimes you just need something to bring a smile to your face.
Loved the irony of this…. Seen on W35th Street
Welcome 2012. I think it’s going to be a good year for Prime so I hope to bring lots of news to the blog throughout the year.
To start the year off I’d like to share a kooky Dutch website which was brought to my attention by the photographer, Benton Collins. The site is for Hema, which is a Dutch department store chain which was originally founded in Amsterdam in 1926 and has since expanded into Belgium, Germany and France.
This website was obviously designed by a programmer with :
A) A good sense of humor
B) Way too much time on their hands
When the site loads DONT click on anything – just wait to see what happens. Oh, and turn your sound up too for the best result.
We’re still on the lookout for a New-York based product design intern to come and work with us for 2-3 days a week. We need someone with a well-rounded skill set ( Adobe suite, great sketching, good presentation skills etc..) but most of all you should have the desire to work in a collaborative environment. If you think you fit the bill then send your information to work@primestudio.com.
At the IDSA NY Holiday party a couple of weeks ago I picked up this great little booklet. It’s produced by the Loughborough Design school as part of a PhD undertaken by Dr Eujin Pei and is basically an attempt to provide a standardized vocabulary along with visual examples of the many phases of the design process – i.e design development model vs. appearance prototype etc..
I think it’s a great tool which is long overdue and I can see it being of a big help for us describing to clients (especially those not too familiar with the design process) the activities we’d undertake during the various phases of a design project. It can be downloaded in pdf format here.
And that folks is my last post of the year for 2011. Looking forward to some quality time off with the family over the Holidays and to coming back in 2012 refreshed and recharged.
Christmas is coming so like all good New Yorkers I went out with the family yesterday to check out the Holiday Windows and decorations – a jolly fine time was had by all.
First up was Barney’s, who’s Gaga theme really didn’t do it for me. Next up was Bergdorf mens which were pretty cool – stuffed animals in various human situations – Barber shop etc.. Bergdorf women’s, with their theme of Carnival of the Animals, where absolutely outstanding – check out the photo’s in the slideshow above. Each window featured a different craft – wood carving, metalwork, sculpted paper etc.. The craft and vision were phenomenal - a complete must-see for any designers looking for a dose of inspiration.
Then we saw the Rockefeller tree (which was mobbed) and the new light show at Saks (better than the snowflakes) before ending up at Lord and Taylor. They are always the most traditional of the bunch but they were pretty cute this year. The inspiration for them came from the original 1941 illustration shown above. Certainly got me in the Holiday spirit.
Haven’t seen Macys yet – I’ll probably pop down one night after work.
Not a good start to somebody’s day.
Walking up 7th Avenue this morning around 8:30 to go get a croissant from Pret I came across this scene – directly opposite Macys. Luckily it doesn’t seem like anyone was hurt.
Ironically enough the owners of the bus were called “Reliable Transport”.
Browsing the interweb over lunch I came across this blog from Christopher Neimann, an Illustrator, who basically drew and tweeted his way through his entire NYC marathon run a couple of weeks ago.
It’s genius – check it out.
P.S Hope he doesn’t mind me swiping a couple of images for this post.
I’ve been lucky enough to just be in the right place at the right time a couple of times recently to see some amazing skies. The first picture was taken walking up Seventh Avenue last week, I looked over at a gap between two buildings and caught a glimpse of the Empire State building with the moon just disappearing behind a cloud. The second shot was taken at my house upstate this weekend – the sky was just an amazing color.