a designer's travelogue
You probably have seen film footage of this site: a brilliant white flash, a pause, and then a building explodes into a million bits. If not, see below. https://youtu.be/6mV8K9rN9Iw These tests, conducted in the Nevada desert, were considered far afield from civilization at the...
With the release of the new Mary Poppins movie, I thought it would be a good time to introduce my...
I passed this house so many times. Drove right by. It's just not what you're expecting, lodged between a parking...
Experiencing an altered reality in the desert used to be left to hallucinogens. Not anymore. An art project called the...
Leaning in a warehouse studio, surrounded by huge letters, old slot headers, a pink champagne glass and hundreds of lightbulbs...
Each year, at the end of April, a celebration of midcentury architecture and history takes the place of the usual...
To be honest — and shame on me — I never really thought about the artists, designers and illustrators behind...
A Wellington, New Zealand airport shop with a beautiful typographic mark. Nice fit.
A small but select exhibit hangs at the UNLV Lied Library. Called "Unbuilt Las Vegas: Imagining Failed Dreams," it showcases...
There's a saying that states the desert attracts eccentrics, visionaries and crackpots. Ok, maybe there isn't, but there should be....