The latest Daft Punk album is not the latest Daft Punk album. Still, the Tron Legacy soundtrack is phenomenal. In 2009 it was announced that the French House duo had been composing tracks for the film. My fanaticism for Daft Punk had already been longstanding and I had been craving more studio material from them ever since I had played out their 2005 album Human After All. One should have expected this album to be brimming with clicks, pops and thumps; It’s only natural, considering their musical history. Instead, They took a more analog approach. more
Deiter Rams mastered the art of the user interface in the 1960s and 1970s, decades before the Internet would emerge as a mainstream tool for communications and commerce. He is widely considered by many to be among the greatest industrial designers. One of the reasons why I admire Rams and his work is because he helped invent the same methods of interaction that designers employ on a daily basis. more
As I stare at a blank document, searching for ways in which I can deliver this message, I am reminded how elusive inspiration can be. Part of the reason that inspiration often eludes us is that there is no one reliable path to it, and many of our best ideas come to us when we least expect them, and frequently from unlikely sources. This creates obvious problems for those of us that make our living generating ideas. After all, we cannot simply shelve our projects and move on with life. The project is our life. more
