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So I was trying to upload an image to my (this) WordPress site and I kept getting an invalid JSON error. Turns out the pixel dimensions of the image were too large. It would have been helpful if the error message had said that.

I placed an order for some of the Derwent ColourSoft pencils that I didn’t already have in those colours. All the colours I bought would be considered lightfast but I wanted to to try filling in some additional colours by ordering from Derwent’s “Lightfast” line. So I ordered the”Turquoise Green”. As a color it’s nice enough but it lacks the “smooth as butter” texture of the ColourSofts. It feels… scratchy. I’ll be sticking to the Derwent Drawing Coloured Pencils and the Coloursofts from now on.

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 the ocean. Once airplanes could make the trip, comercial dirigibles were doomed.

Dirigibles in Alaska

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2022/01/09/for-over-a-century-alaskas-airship-dreams-have-been-dashed/

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 especially like the lectures on Art Nouveau and Art Deco.