The Distinct Studios Journal

Danish lighting designer, Jesper Kongshaug created a Northern lights experience during the DC Nordic Cool Festival 2013 by recreating the effects of the lights on the Kennedy Center facade. Here are a few iPhone pictures from the experience. It was a cool March evening. The play of the lights against the trees and the architecture [...]

The artists had come together to talk about Byrne’s new book, “How Music Works” but also the impact of changing distribution models.

The Phillips Collection, The Hirshhorn & The New Web

“The bond between mankind and animals, and the extensive history that it accompanies, is my interest” – Charlotte Dumas

Drawing is a way of conveying things that cannot be put into words.

August Heffner presented an educational lecture to an engaged crowd of  AIGA DC members earlier this month.  It was a tour of his experiences as a designer and Assistant Creative Director for the in-house design studio of the Museum of Modern Art. He did an excellent job of speaking to how design constraints can lead [...]

Yesterday, I was very sad to hear about the passing of Hillman Curtis. He was a role model, an artist and groundbreaking designer in digital media .  I spent countless hours with his book, Flash Web Design. It opened up a new direction and showed the potential of the web for creative visual expression. I [...]

The new “liquid architecture” exhibit at the Hirshhorn by the artist, Doug Aitken.

The DSEE Digital Print and Design Conference held some surprising charms last week. First due to some untimely fog in the Washington DC area, the keynote address by Stefan Sagmeister was moved to 4 in the afternoon not the scheduled 9:15 am. What could have been a uncomfortable situation was saved by the outstanding Decoding [...]

It’s fair to say that this entry is an excuse to post another cool cat picture. It’s also another excuse to talk about the Phillips Collection exhibit SnapShot again. This image of a cool cat called a Caracal is at the National Zoo in Washington DC. I happened to call my Mom yesterday as she [...]