thinking out loud with sketches for an upcoming competition. been thinking about #OWS. been thinking about the future.

I’m a big fan of the branding of the non-brand (think Muji), and so lately, I’ve been peeling away the excessive labelling on some of the products I’ve been using to enjoy them in the beauty of their…nudity?

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Having fun with illustrator, and making sure my blog knows I’m still alive, here’s a little vector I threw together. Those of you who’ve flown into YVR (or have an obsession with Google Maps) will recognize this little lump of island nestled between Vancouver and Richmond: Sea Island!

Work chairs to complement our long white tables atop thin, elegant trestle legs are hard to come by; you can’t just plant your typical heavy black office chair and hope it’ll fit. Scouring the the city’s thrift shops uncovered a pair of beauties!

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As you might have noticed, I like my stuff organized, but I was having trouble keeping my two identical WD external hard drives from looking a mess; I couldn’t stack them or they’d get too hot, so they’ve always been fanned out on my desk, taking up space and creating a tangle of cables. I can’t go without them because I run everything off them, so what would an architect do?

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Having secured a new apartment in Vancouver, I was thinking about the furniture we’ll be needing to furnish the place. My first thought was to load up the place with task lamps (that’s the architecture student blood in me), but I wanted to try out this concept I sketched out: the light jar.

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I woke up (because my iPhone was abuzz with Watsapp) to find this beauty waiting in my Mail inbox: the preview of the Wacom Inkling. This pen and sensor attachment clips onto a sketchbook and turns all your sketches into vector or raster.

(PAUSE)

Yes. It’s true. I went through the videos (and so should you) and I can say for sure that I am excited to have all my concept sketches instantly vectorized and layered…and all in a beautiful little package. I bought a stylus for my iPad to try and replace the sketchbook, but nothing is quite as quick and comfortable as a pen on a Moleskine; this hybrid solution should bridge that gap. I am definitely looking forward to late-September to pick one up (and one for Shirley, too) and go on a sketching rampage.

not very many people have seen this little project yet, but the team of tae and i have been working hard to produce our class of 2011 graduation rings and packaging. this is the first project from our newly formed MAISON DE SYNECDOQUE collective, and you’ll be seeing more from us.