A Tribute To Blue Ivy Carter

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Spaceman Jr

I try to ignore celebrity baby announcements but this one really meant a little more.

Jay-Z is a cultural icon of our generation. The equivalent of Paul McCartney or Elvis having a daughter. Anyone over the age of 40 will not understand.

Bonnie and Clyde welcomed a daughter into the world named Blue Ivy Carter. It’s going to be a tough run for this little girl. To paraphrase Hov’ on “New Day” from Watch The Throne,

“Sorry junior, I already ruined you
Cause you ain’t even alive, paparazzi pursuing ya
Sins of a father make your life ten times harder.”

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Carter.

Tom Sachs’ Color

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Spaceman Jr

A friend recently told me that, “In order to be a designer, you must learn to see the world differently.”

It’s easy to look at an object and think that it doesn’t look right or could look better, but taking it to the next step and thinking in detail how it could be improved is entirely different.

Tom Sachs sees the world differently. He recently released a video called “Color”. It explains his studio’s opinions on each color. I had never thought about color the way he explains it and I’ll never think about olive green or Mcdonald’s Yellow ever again.

A good designer analyzes everything about objects and understands that colors can tell a story in ways that no words can.

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