Talk about a minimalist design, the Oreo cookie, has one of the most popular cookies of all time. This past weekend, I was at little restaurant in the West Village that my friend Papi recommended and on its menu was a giant OREO under the desert section. It was a delicious home-baked OREO (well, restaurant-baked, but in New York it's basically the same thing).
Since then I learned that the Oreo debuted on March 6, 1912, wow that's almost a 100 years of Oreo cookies. I wonder what they are going to do for the centennial?
But, really back to the design, it is simple, and yet so successful, in my mind it is classic minimalist. It has two colors (black and white), two different materials; it makes a statement and is instantly recognizable. Let's face it, they are addictive.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006
The perfect piece: Architecture & Fashion
At times I wonder about myself:
I mean there are times when I set off on a mission with a particular design in mind. I don't always know where the concept came from because until just recently I use to not indulge in fashion magazines and or television. This is a recent new mental exercise.
I have come to the resolution that these concepts are a result of some innate curiosity and vision.
Obviously Fashion Designers and Architects have their own styles too; (for better or for worst) everyone does. People tend to pick and choose and then create accordingly. Otherwise, since all the manufactures gather every year and decide on the fabrics and hues of the moment, we would all be virtually wearing the same garments with different tags over our aggregated bodily shapes. And this would just be tragic, absolute Tragedy. As it is, at an every day level, variety is minimal and when there is variety it is not necessarily always better. Perfect example, the person that you see walking in a public place and think: Why? What were they thinking?
Two questions to consider:
Why do you wear what you wear?
Why do you live how you live?
I mean there are times when I set off on a mission with a particular design in mind. I don't always know where the concept came from because until just recently I use to not indulge in fashion magazines and or television. This is a recent new mental exercise.
I have come to the resolution that these concepts are a result of some innate curiosity and vision.
Obviously Fashion Designers and Architects have their own styles too; (for better or for worst) everyone does. People tend to pick and choose and then create accordingly. Otherwise, since all the manufactures gather every year and decide on the fabrics and hues of the moment, we would all be virtually wearing the same garments with different tags over our aggregated bodily shapes. And this would just be tragic, absolute Tragedy. As it is, at an every day level, variety is minimal and when there is variety it is not necessarily always better. Perfect example, the person that you see walking in a public place and think: Why? What were they thinking?
Two questions to consider:
Why do you wear what you wear?
Why do you live how you live?
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