a designer's travelogue
There's a saying that states the desert attracts eccentrics, visionaries and crackpots. Ok, maybe there isn't, but there should be. Because it does. The desert I mean. Attracts visionaries and crackpots. Because it does. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. Visionaries have that...
I recently received an invitation to view a new feature called Brilliant at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas. The invitation was not explicit...
"It's kindergarten nap time for grown ups in a sound sphere." Have you heard of The Integratron? Yea, me neither....
Sure there's Taliesen, the Guggenheim and Falling Water but if you fancy yourself a Frank Lloyd Wright aficionado, you better...
This past month I saw: a sound effects show, a teenage heartthrob, a surrealist play, 4 hysterical comedians, a mediocre dramedy, a...
[lead]"Chaplin, Valentino. You want to make it interesting? You call Fairbanks."[/lead] That is bona fide, actual dialog I heard while...
Speeding along Highway 15, I see fluorescence in the distance. Bright, slam-on-the brake, fluorescence. I don't know what it is....
Disney gets it. All the Disney theme parks get it. The details matter. It's what sets them apart from other...
There is something intrinsically lovable about a large, oval head. From Hello Kitty to Madagascar's Mort, an oval head screams cute and cuddly....
You've got to be some kind of crank to not want to go to Disneyland. It's clean, sunny, and filled with...