http://www.grahamhicks.com/ Weblog of an Interaction Designer in San Francisco en-us graham@grahamhicks.com 2005-01-25T09:34:20-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000027.php Union Square Originally uploaded by gmh. Just testing this Flickr's 'blog this' feature. I'll be changing some things around here sometime soon. This whole blog thing just isn't really working out.... 27@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2005-01-25T09:34:20-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000025.php I suppose I should actually update this site sometime, no? Well, there were a few "inspirational" things I've run into recently that should be worth sharing. First of all, Naoto Fukasawa came back to IDEO to share some of the... 25@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-07-27T10:15:55-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000024.php Last week I found this book. It has a beautiful cover, but a creepy title. Poor bunnies.... 24@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-06-13T01:00:18-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000023.php Design seems to have been getting a good amount of press recently. IDEO is on the cover of BusinessWeek (you can buy the issue on newsstands, read the article online or download the issue from Zinio), Pentagram was featured... 23@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-05-10T21:55:59-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000022.php Continuing with the Mac geek theme, last weekend I followed the instructions on Applefritter and removed all of the white paint from the inside of my old iBook. I replaced it with a map of France from an old Michelin... 22@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-04-18T19:34:04-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000021.php Part one of Geeky Things to do with Exposé, an iSight and Grab.... 21@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-03-27T09:37:51-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000020.php I spotted these at Amoeba this weekend. Could dismembered arms be a new trend in album art? On the left is Spiritualized's Amazing Grace and on the right is Spoon's brilliant Kill the Moonlight.... 20@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-03-23T21:57:07-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000019.php The two typefaces I designed for Test Pilot Collective have been added to MyFonts.com, which means that I get my very own official type designer webpage.... 19@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-02-26T22:24:12-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000018.php Just in case you were wondering, Graham Hicks sounds as good as ever. No that's not me.... 18@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-02-07T12:06:41-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000016.php There's been a lot of talk about the new iPod mini's size and colors and price, but I think of of the more interesting parts is being overlooked. The new wheel+button configuration seems to be an excellent improvment over the... 16@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2004-01-07T11:44:18-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000015.php Sorry about the lack of posts here recently. For some reason it seems that I like to post on the 6th of each month. Anyway, here are a few interesting things I've seen recently: A New-york-times-registration-required article about the making... 15@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2003-12-06T12:35:33-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000014.php I'd never heard of it before, but the Dublin Spire seems like a pretty stunning monument. Apparently, it is the first major monument in Dublin that is not about memorializing an injsutice, but is instead meant to help people look... 14@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2003-11-06T22:51:48-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000013.php How's this for adaptive design? Instead of buying clothing, just get some felt and velcro squares and build your own clothing (or whatever else). Actually, now that I think about it, it's more adaptable design than it is adaptive.... 13@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2003-10-06T23:25:02-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000012.php It looks as though Naoto Fukasawa's latest collaboration with the Diamond, Inc. is the creation of a company called ±0 (Plus Minus Zero). Their aim is to create household items with a "spirit of fun" in much the same way... 12@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2003-10-05T22:46:39-08:00 http://www.grahamhicks.com/archives/000011.php Back in 2001 German art collective Fursr (creators of the PainStation) developed a "board game" called His Master's Voice. The game has no rules of it's own, but players can control small spheres on the game board by singing or... 11@http://www.grahamhicks.com/ 2003-10-04T17:01:40-08:00