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reviewed The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. April 20, 2009
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders is an odd topic for me to approach reviewing. As an adult, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to sports, let alone to the methods incorporated by sports organizations …
reviewed Skip Hop Splash. April 19, 2009
Skip Hop Splash
I foremost love the Skip Hop Splash because it turns a product that is almost annoyingly mundane into something as sexy as you feel comfortable associating with infant gear. Traditionally, there is nothing …
reviewed The New Yorker. March 27, 2009
The New Yorker
I have to admit that I started reading The New Yorker as a means of associating myself with many of the snobby, intellectual tropes (cliches?) that so many people bash the magazine for. But over time …
reviewed Get Excited and Make Things Tee. March 26, 2009
Get Excited and Make Things
Like a lot of people primarily connected to the design world through the internet, I've been following the reemergence of the Keep Calm and Carry On motivational poster. The piece was originally designed …
reviewed Stephen Colbert. March 26, 2009
Stephen Colbert
I found it difficult for a while to separate Stephen Colbert in my mind from Jon Stewart. Colbert, an alumnus of the Daily Show, has a lot in common with Stewart, including, most notably, a particularly …
reviewed Kogi. March 25, 2009
Kogi Short Rib Taco
I'm fairly annoyed with myself for once again getting caught up in the LA snackfood hype machine that has drawn me toward more high end cupcakes than I care to admit (let alone Pinkberry) but Kogi actually …
reviewed Batman Icon's Mutation. March 20, 2009
Bat Signal
This is a very simple but engaging video for anyone with an appreciation for the Batman brand and how it has evolved over several decades. For casual fans, it's easy to lose track of this logo's transformation …
reviewed Op-Ed in San Francisco Chronicle, Mar.... March 19, 2009
Op-Ed in San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 2009 by J.R. Johnson
Like a lot of recent college graduates, I stepped straight into a big company after getting out of school, feeling like the security provided by an established employer would be a sensible place to start …
reviewed Do the Right Thing. March 18, 2009
Do the Right Thing film poster
There are a myriad of potential takeaways from a movie infused with the socio-political complexity of Do the Right Thing, many of which are greatly informed by the ideas about race and racial conflict …
reviewed Adam Lambert. March 13, 2009
lamb
Say you took the corniest elements you could imagine from some of the most potent music business archetypes—The Rocker, the aging Vegas Lounge Singer, the sensitive Singer-Songwriter, and the cross-genre …
reviewed Have'a Corn Chips. March 04, 2009
Have'a Corn Chips
I have to say that the corn chip isn't exactly an edible item that I consider to be even remotely subject to inspired interpretation. But sometimes you come across a snack food that simply shifts the …
reviewed Blue Marilyn c. 1964. February 21, 2009
Blue Marilyn c. 1964
I really like "Blue Marilyn", one of the artist's various interpretations of Marilyn Monroe, as an example of some of the best of what Andy Warhol was capable of creating in the mid-'60s. Sure, it feels …
reviewed New York City in a Bag. February 13, 2009
NYC in a Bag
Muji introduced New York City in a Bag a little while back, but it seems like it was unavailable throughout 2008. The set is pretty exciting for someone like me who gets abnormally impressed by good design …
reviewed Clockwork Beethoven Bust. February 13, 2009
Clockwork Beethoven
The confluence of pop culture references and artistic subversion in this Clockwork Beethoven Bust is impressive and speaks to the sophistication that is going into collectible toy design these days. Frank …
reviewed I Am Not A Paper Cup. February 12, 2009
I am not a paper cup
A perfect storm of clever and green product design, I Am Not a Paper Cup is a double-walled porcelain cup styled to look like a disposable paper coffee cup. The reusable lid looks just like the plastic …
reviewed Step Brothers. February 06, 2009
Step Brothers (Single-Disc Unrated Edition) (2008)
The clip below expresses pretty well the juvenile aesthetic that draws me to Step Brothers. In this scene, Dale is feeling threatened by Brennan, who has just moved into his house, a domain over which …
reviewed Hugh Hefner PEECOL. January 24, 2009
Hugh Hefner PEECOL
Because I've always found Hugh Hefner to be an idiotic bimbo who has managed to skate by on the coattails of the sexual revolution, I was pretty surprised to find his PEECOL figure so appealing. I like …
reviewed Little Superstar. January 23, 2009
Little Superstar
I'm an adherent to the idea that the majority of popular online content is designed in easily digestible nuggets. Most people just want something that can be read, viewed, heard, or otherwise interacted …
reviewed Barcelona Couch. January 23, 2009
Barcelona Couch
Refined in form to the point of feeling more like a daybed than a couch, the Barcelona Couch is a classic of mid-century modern understatement. The couch is a lesser known cousin to the Barcelona Chair …
reviewed President Obama's Inauguration Speech. January 23, 2009
Barack Obama
I feel like the jerk who's trying to rain on the parade, but I was a little underwhelmed by Obama's inauguration speech. As someone who voted for him and was a vocal supporter of the man throughout his …
reviewed Drumstick Pencil. January 20, 2009
Drumstick Pencil
Good design is often seen as a savvy mixture of utility and form that speaks to individuals possessed of sophisticated tastes. But say you, as a designer, aimed at creating products that were appealing …
reviewed Abbey Road. January 17, 2009
Abbey Road
Forget the appeal of the music on this album for a second, and let's just consider the album cover, specifically in its relation to the myth that Paul McCartney was dead at the time and that the band …
reviewed Tube Map. January 16, 2009
Tube Map
If you've ever been on vacation to London, you've no doubt taken a ride on the tube, which you might have referred to as the underground (a commonplace truncation of the transit system's proper name: …
reviewed Noguchi Table. January 15, 2009
noguchi table
Next time you're engaged in cocktail conversation or chatting around the water cooler and the topic of good furniture design leans toward coffee tables, keep the Noguchi Table in mind. This piece is arguably …
reviewed Tito's Tacos. January 14, 2009
Tito's Tacos
Tito's may be the most overrated casual dining experience I've ever come across in my life. Not only is it highly regarded among armchair foodies both online and off, a drive past this jumbo taco stand …
reviewed The Counter. January 10, 2009
Menu photo
I guess it takes someone who refers to himself as DesignDude to review The Counter's interior layout rather than its food, but I figure it's part of the overall experience. I was really pleased with the …
reviewed El Cholo. January 09, 2009
El Cholo
As a kid, I don't really remember taquerias. Maybe it was growing up in suburban southern California or maybe it was just the '70s, but Mexican food, as I understood it, pretty much came from a chain. …
reviewed Bottle Rock. January 09, 2009
Bottle Rock
Bottle Rock is a rough diamond (pun intended) in the emerging downtown section of Culver City. One of a handful of destination restaurants and bars that have popped up in the last couple of years, Bottle …
reviewed The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. January 09, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The conceit of a man born old and traveling through life backwards is clever enough and is tied in with a bit of charming magic in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It's a decent hook. The promise …
reviewed Intellivision. January 08, 2009
Intellivision
Intellivision was the first video game console that I really got into, by far the one I logged the most hours on, and ultimately the system that I recall most fondly. I had a reasonable amount of experience …
reviewed Double Parking. January 07, 2009
Double Parking
While there's a completely reasonable side of me that recognizes double parking as illegal, annoying to others, and potentially dangerous, I'm going to throw caution to the wind here. Maybe it's having …
reviewed Offi Tiki Stool. December 31, 2008
Offi Stool
I tend to think the stool is one of the most underrated pieces of furniture design out there. People simply don't respect it. It's functionality is often swapped out for the use of a chair to reach that …
reviewed Tetrad Mega. December 30, 2008
Tetrad Mega
Ever imagined the perfect blend of understated elegance, detailed handcrafting, rich materials, and a clever video game reference all wrapped into a piece of designer furniture? Of course you haven't, …
reviewed Shining. December 19, 2008
Like many visual mashups, "Shining" works because it utilizes recognizable elements, it is short and digestible, and it is fueled by a humor that is equal parts slapstick (for immediate effect) and clever …
reviewed Twitter. December 11, 2008
Twitter
is going to confine his review to only 140 characters as a means of expressing that Twitter is really just about being both clever and brief  
reviewed Jon Stewart. December 11, 2008
Jon Stewart
I love Jon Stewart a) for how approaches his subject matter in an informed way, and b) for he offers a significant amount of levity to topics that might otherwise feel too boringly serious to those not …
reviewed Twix Commercial (YouTube Video). December 10, 2008
The commercial is pretty boring, but that's a genius tagline.   
reviewed Rahzel Twix Commercial (YouTube Video). December 10, 2008
Hip-hop, as a pop art form, seems to lend itself to commercial pursuits better than any other I can think of. I'm still not quite sure if that's a good thing or not, but I generally come to the conclusion …
reviewed Peets Coffee. December 09, 2008
Peets coffee
I always think the biggest draw of Peet's is how robust the coffee is. Comparing a Peet's standard brew to that of another chain with more market share is a joke, as a cup of Peet's coffee can make its …
reviewed French Fries. December 06, 2008
french fries
French fries are a perfectly rendered guilty pleasure. There's simply no point in trying to argue that they are good for you on any level. The lowly and nutritionally-challenged potato, deep fried and …
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