Circaviso » Design http://www.circaviso.com starting from zero Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:31:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Starting from zero in 2010 http://www.circaviso.com/2010/01/starting-from-zero-in-2010/ http://www.circaviso.com/2010/01/starting-from-zero-in-2010/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:48:57 +0000 Michael Mayes http://www.circaviso.com/2010/01/starting-from-zero-in-2010/ I finally got myself an iPhone. But that's not the point here. It's about this blog being an active place. Keep an eye out for updates from me on lots of things including:

  • websites and technology that I am using and testing
  • product development ideas and innovations
  • NYC and west village culture and events
  • travel, photography, music and design
  • productivity and process

I'm looking forward to writing on weekly themes and sharing with you. Leave me some comments and let me know what you want to see.

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]]> http://www.circaviso.com/2010/01/starting-from-zero-in-2010/feed/ 0 The architecture of brands http://www.circaviso.com/2008/11/the-architecture-of-brands/ http://www.circaviso.com/2008/11/the-architecture-of-brands/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:13:51 +0000 Michael Mayes http://www.circaviso.com/blog/?p=56 Today is a new day. This blog is a new blog. Its about starting over. Its about turning around. And now, its also about architecture and brands. A few times each week, I plan to compare a building and a brand – usually why I think the two are similar, perhaps topically based on the news, or because I thought they were interesting. Let's see how it goes. Let me know if you like it.Frank Gehry’s House

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That's where one of my favorite sites comes to mind, if you are interested in some off the wall, non-traditional furniture. CribCandy uses social bookmarking features to let users add products they find online to the CribCandy catalog. Wists allow users to assign any tags they want to product and categorize them.

It's pretty fascinating what's out there these days when it comes to design. From the Gehry cardboard chair to a lawn mower that hovers, you can find just about anything if you look hard enough.

The variety in style, material, size and shape is often overwhelming to a consumer. Too much choice is a bad thing. Starting from zero — that's where its at.

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