Category: Uncategorized

I had always thought that Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial hotel in Japan had been demolished in the 50’s. Turns out that the section holding the hotel rooms was demolished. But the main lobby was saved and moved to a different location. One more reason I would like to visit Japan. https://www.imperialhotel.co.jp/e/our_world/column/the_wright_imperial_2.html

Another bookmark design. I’m having a little trouble photographing this one. The colors are a bit harsh and grainy.

I’ve always liked the idea of dirigibles but they have never been successful as ordinary freight carriers. They simply can’t carry enough to justify their cost. The only time they were commercially successful was in the twenties and thirties when they were the equivelent of the Concorde, the fastest and most expensive way to cross… Continue reading Dirigibles In Alaska

These are the sort of classes that I wish I would have had the time to take in college. But now we have YouTube and the Pandemic so it’s OK. History of Industrial Design isn’t just about designing factories it’s about all those everyday things we use that that are produced by industrial manufacturing. I… Continue reading History of INdustrial Design on youtube

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs – ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”- Harold Thurman Whitman