When I was in high school, I in inherited the old family hi-fi. We had upgraded the sitting room's entertainment center and in the middle of it was a state-of-the-art Sony component system that included a CD-player, a turntable, an equalizer, an amp, a stereo tuner, and a dual cassette deck. Back then vinyl was king and portables (like the yellow sports Walkman in my school bag) were gaining ground quickly. My local Record Store was walking distance and it was my happiest place on earth.

We all have our favorite songs, our favorite albums, but I also had ...

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Thanks to Open House New York, [S Allan] got to view the inside of the absolutely remarkable TWA Terminal at JFK Airport, designed by Eero Saarinen. It opened in 1962, but has not been in use for a while. When American Airlines bought out Trans World Airlines (aka TWA) in 2001, the terminal was closed.

We’ve admired the building from the outside for ages.

But the closest we’ve ever come to seeing the interior is from watching the Steven Spielberg movie “Catch Me If You Can”, which used the terminal as a location in the film.

Open House ...

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I never really considered myself an illustrator, even though my first foray into the art world was drawing. I even came close to posting some of my pseudo-anime pencil sketches from "back in the day" to prove my point. Sure I have tons of coffeeshop cartoons and down-time doodles but an illustrator, I am not. When inspiration strikes however, I am always prepared. Professor Brown's habit of always carrying a Pilot Rolling Ball (Precise) V5 has come in handy while waiting for friends and my never-on-time younger brother. I even started carrying what my colleague calls an  "idea book ...

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It's the most wonderful time of the year. Thanks to Staples, and a half dozen other mega-stores, that song will always remind me of holiday shopping. And when I think of shopping for gifts, be it for loved ones, office mates or myself (insert smile here) I think of all the wonderfully unique products I have seen my fellow designers create. Some of the more creative contrivances unfortunately are not for sale :( as was the case with Design Inc.'s dumbbell sports bottle and Andrew Kim's green designs.

So with credit card in hand (I'm getting those ...

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Most of you have probably figured out via context that I call the City of Angels home, always have and plan on it for a long time. But... ever since I first took a bite out of The Big Apple, part of me decided that I could spend a couple of years there. Now, if I could put down a tent and live inside MoMA, I might be convinced to stay.

If you live in, near or visited NYC, you most likely (if you didn't please lie to me) spent some time inside MoMA. The last time I was ...

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We are proud to have world renowned Polish designer Tomasz Opasinski featured on our homepage this week. He is well known for his unique design approach to abstract digital art and is currently offering a free tutorial on Filter Foundry that shows how he used Mudbox to design the background featured on our homepage. Click here to check it out.

Here are a couple abstract works from Tomasz:

Marko Vuckovic's Grass Lamp
The grass lamp is an innovative concept that i designed to enhance the décor of a home interior with natural elements, aiming to bring warmth and ...

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The 8 Worst Fonts In The World

We’d need another book, of course, to do this justice. And where would one start?

Fonts are like cars on the street--we notice only the most beautiful or ugly, the funniest or the flashiest. The vast majority roll on regardless. There may be many reasons why we dislike or distrust certain fonts, and overuse and misuse are only starting points. Fonts may trigger memory as pungently as perfume: Gill Sans can summon up ...

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