Topic: Ken Carbone

Introducing Guest Blogger Ken Carbone: A Look Inside His Private Journals [video]

About a year ago, I happened by the offices of Carbone Smolan, a design and branding agency here in New York. Their work for clients ranging from Morgan Stanley to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was--is--wonderful. But I was most ...READ»

Designed to be Wild: Full Throttle Choppers In Vermont

Ken Carbone takes a field trip to a Vermont museum and becomes enthralled with the sleek elegance of the motorcycle.READ»

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Big League Chew: Phils Out-Spit Yanks

Are the Yankees and Phillies actually playing baseball on Ken Carbone's widescreen TV? To him they're just hocking high-def loogies.READ»

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Dear SyFy, Imagine Greater - Please!

The Sci Fi channel announced that it was changing its name to SyFy a few months ago, and the switch happens tomorrow. Unfortunately Bruce Willis is not going to rescue us from this colossal attack of bad branding and phonetic foolishness.READ»

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Hot Diggity Dog! Design That's Good Enough to Eat

Take one baguette, slice it in half, impale it on a warm spike, add any of six sauces into the resulting cavity, insert one of five grilled sausages and serve. That's DOGMATIC: the Gourmet Sausage System. If you're looking for ...READ»

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A Better Way to Health Care Reform: We Need an Information Design S.W.A.T. Team

Long before the current debate, an op-ed piece appeared in the Washington Post positing that the U.S. health care system was critically ill. The diagnosis? Terminal Information Design.READ»

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Creepy, Crawly, Crafty: A Tapestry Woven by Eight-Legged Artists

What could possibly drive two men to spend $500,000 of their own money over four years, become employers of a million female spiders, and rekindle an indigenous tradition on the island of Madagascar?READ»

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Architecture in Golden Gate Park: A Matter of Life and Lifeless

Two San Francisco museums offer two drastically different versions of institutional architecture.READ»

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Bill and Kim's Excellently-Posed Adventure

What's up with that photo of Bill Clinton and Kim Jong Il that was released yesterday? Ken Carbone has some careful analysis.READ»

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Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics

Ken Carbone couldn't stand to let another football season go by watching great teams play with subpar helmet graphics. So he redesigned three of the worst offenders.READ»

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One in a Billion: iHandy Level - A 'Yes to Less' Review

Thirteen-year-old Connor Mulcahey made headlines last week when he downloaded the billionth app in Apple's "Billion App Countdown Promotion." As the grand prizewinner, he's now enjoying a bunch of Apple ...READ»

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François Robert Finds a Face for FLOR

The unintended consequence of industrial design and manufacturing is the parallel humanity that lives in the objects of our lives. It's a global population and they surround us. A wall outlet seems to be expressing a face of fear. A ...READ»

Ron Arad at MoMA: Who Needs Discipline?

Designer Ron Arad’s exhibition at MoMA is a lot about "no." No limits. No right angles. No expense spared.READ»

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Nike Designers to Tackle College Football With Pro-Combat Gear

Nike's new mantra should be Just Re-Do It. In recent years they've successfully tackled everything from Olympic running shoes to swimsuits, to creating a essentially an elaborate pedometer that plays music, the Nike Plus. Next up, ...READ»

Les Paul: The Guitar, the Logo, the Legend

A tribute to the Architect of Rock & Roll, who died yesterday at 94.READ»

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What Recession? Designers Storm the Waldorf for Gala

Despite the eco-friendly cardboard centerpieces, the ballroom at the Waldorf Astoria, with its velvet draperies and glittering chandeliers was an uncomfortably swanky venue for the annual AIGA Design Legends gala in a year when the ...READ»

Man Ray: An Artist Any Designer Could Love

A new show featuring the modernist artist opens this week at the Jewish Museum.READ»

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