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Posted by Eric Teng on April 21 at 3:00 PM
Shanghai, China has had it’s share of crazy-tacky architecture in the past decade, but the spate of new buildings being completed in time for the World Expo suggests the city might finally be coming out of it’s awkward, “teenage” growth-spurt years, and into a full-fledged design capital in this new millennium.
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Posted by Eric Teng on February 21 at 9:30 AM
Just how powerful is the perfect marriage of the visual and the verbal? One of the things about great design that never ceases to amaze me is its ability to elicit a range of emotions, from sheer joy to melancholy, and every possible feeling in between.
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Posted by Eric Teng on August 18 at 10:18 AM
There's nothing more satisfying than the sense of accomplishment that comes from knowing you've transformed something ordinary into something amazing that exceeds all your expectations. Such is the case when I recently took on a weekend project of giving two unassuming dressers a makeover.
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Posted by Eric Teng on March 23 at 5:30 PM
Something amazing happens when form and function blend beautifully and effortlessly: design that's simple, iconic, and so darn good.
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Posted by Eric Teng on February 23 at 12:09 AM
In a bold move to counter the general malaise in consumer spending and it’s own declining sales, Saks Fifth Avenue has launched a new spring campaign that encourages customers to stand up in solidarity and shop!
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Posted by Eric Teng on February 17 at 12:00 AM
Recently, the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award to Charles Harrison, an industrial designer whom I’ve never heard of until I came across the article in Smithsonian’s monthly publication. When I started reading the designer’s achievements over a career that spanned half a century, I was impressed and humbled by the breadth of his output.
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Posted by Eric Teng on February 8 at 12:00 AM
Recently, I went to the newly renovated Museum of Arts and Design (at its new home on Columbus Circle) to see the new exhibition: Second Lives - Remixing the Ordinary. I must admit, part of the reason I went in the first place was to check out the museum’s much buzzed-about architecture. With a new textured façade of glazed tile and glass, offering an expansive vista of Columbus Circle and Central Park, the new building weaves together the museum environment and the street life of the surrounding neighborhood into a seamless, visceral experience.
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Posted by Eric Teng on February 2 at 12:00 AM
As a self-proclaimed amateur photography buff, I was saddened by the death of Polaroid film cameras last year...
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Posted by Eric Teng on September 22 at 6:20 PM
Last week I attended the AIGA Design Legends Gala and while there, I took a look at all of the artwork donated by notable designers for the Silent Auction being held that night.
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Posted by Eric Teng on September 15 at 6:34 PM
Nowadays, the words "innovative typography", especially as it applies to poster design, almost seems redundant. Just look at the following three examples shown below.
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Posted by Eric Teng on August 25 at 9:41 AM
I remember the first time I held one in my hands. I was about ten years old, and the photographer at Hershey Park just snapped a picture of my family and handed me the print.
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