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Ping Signatures

Venice: branded elements
Signature elements of the Jack Spade retail experience in Venice: a book rack; ping-pong table.



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17 Mar 2012

In: Design Inspiration, Venice
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Shoe Truck

17 Mar 2012

In: Cultural Norms, Venice
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Food truck’s stretched, in Venice Beach
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Downtown LA

05 Mar 2012

In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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If you were to write about Southwest Border Violence there’s a fair chance you would utilise some of these words: Drug cartel Violence, Gang, Drug …
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Wind Turbine

27 Feb 2012

In: Design Inspiration, Oahu
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Hair Textures

21 Feb 2012

In: Design Inspiration, Oahu
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Off-grid for a week.
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Seat Memory

07 Feb 2012



Seat adjustment interface in ANA first has shifted to full touch screen, a nice enough design, but in-use feels kinda cheap compared to more nuanced …
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Ride Hard

26 Jan 2012

In: Cultural Norms, San Francisco
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One of those short stopovers in San Francisco – three hours on the ground.
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Put it On…

Square’s ‘put it on my tab’ in action, used by Grignani.
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Missed, Mixed Emotions

19 Dec 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Portland
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The electric toothbrush is a wonderful invention – even if Braun’s milking of the its patent portfolio with propriety toothbrush heads feels like price gouging …
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Dimensions, Focus

02 Dec 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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