Objectified

If you haven't already seen 'Objectified', go now and watch it. The movie focuses on designers and their impact on out society--however subtle it is. They interview a few prominent designers and delve into their design process and how they perceive what design is. If you are a designer, this is great insight into the minds of great designers.

Head over to: Objectified
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A Niche of Davis

Finally having sometime to take in the City of Davis, I've realized that there is a growing number of longboarders on the UC Campus. This came as somewhat of a surprise, as the majority of college students where I came from did not. But I suppose this is all besides the point of this blog.

As a designer, I'm always itching to make something, it doesn't matter what. Not to long ago a buddy of mine and I decided to start making longboards. Both independently scheming and then finally stumbling upon our common interests. We set out to make the press for the boards and bought all the materials. And so began our journey into the art of making longboards.

To date I, personally, have made more that a dozen or so boards and documented most of them. The fact of the matter is that, when the operation gets up and going it is cheaper to make your own boards than buy the mass produced ones. Albeit you do have to spend time designing how the board responds but, that is all part of the creation process and the 'bonding' of the object and its owner.

I will have a website up shortly with a catalog of my boards and t-shirts hopefully by the start of the new year. Be sure the check it out if you happen to still read this blog.