Design

“Nation on the Move” is the magnificent second episode of the America Revealed PBS series. Interestingly, the show is British-made.

Photos by Paul Ringstrom of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Muirhead Farmhouse which I had not heard of until this moment. I just love it. Beautiful brickwork that seems to be just the same as unbeautiful brickwork. Perfect shapes. The slightly outcropping wooden ziggurat on top. Oooh. Also the Sims House.

The teardown: iPad.

Taking his time, Morozov asks the right questions about Steve Jobs, comparing him first to the Bauhaus movement, then to Henry Ford. Many quotable quotes, and good comments, especially the long one from JakeH at 02/27/2012 – 7:46pm EDT.

The new $100,000 Fisker Karma, The World’s Most Interesting Car, reviewed in The Wall Street Journal. James May in Top Gear Loves it too. Interior has been described as mid-century modern. Oh yes and made in Flinland.

Ohio-based identity designer Adam Ladd asked his 5-year-old daughter her impressions on some popular logos.

Toca Boca: ingenious iOS games for kids and not such.

John Malkovich on Charlie Rose.

John Malkovich: The world is in fact, well, if you’re anywhere near as lucky as I have been, but even if you’re just moderately lucky, the world is in fact an exquisitely beautiful, endlessly fascinating place filled often with spectacular people.

Charlie Rose: That’s exactly the way I feel.

JM: You know…

CR: Exactly!

Irit and I were discussing this regarding ET, which still feels contemporary: in arts, entertainment and style, it’s been Groundhog Day for 20 years. “Now that we have instant universal access to every old image and recorded sound, the future has arrived and it’s all about dreaming of the past.”

We need to go back to nature in order to move forward. Amazing futuristic ways to be smart about energy in your own house by Philips at Dutch Design Week.

Designs to replace Britain’s electricity pylons.

The inevitable and welcomed iPhone 4S teardown by the ifixit guys.

Arstechnica, the iOS 5 review. Featuring game-changers Siri and the iCloud.

Best of the Steve Jobs eulogies: John Siracusa, David Pogue. And one about his house. A favorable comparison with Thomas Edison.

My favorite FLLW site is Peter Beers’ Frank Lloyd Wright Road Trip. He’s stayed at the houses wherever you can, and done some benign architectural stalking where the residence remains private.

Krauthammer visits the new King memorial in Washington.

John Siracusa’s must-read Lion review.

Bless the internets. Great explanatory essay on dishwashers on epinions.

Ashton Kutcher’s exceedingly nice house is for sale. Lots of wood.

Yet another incredible AAPL quarter.

Festo’s SmartBird: a robotic flying seagull.

Cool, Tel Aviv.

Scully on Jobs.

Animals on the London Underground — awesome!

Both the BBC and Fox news web sites have recently been redesigned, with the BBC losing its looks and Fox getting neat and serious.

Andy Rutledge on Lies, Deception, and Subcontracting.

This video of a tablet mockup makes me horny at last for a tablet computer. I’m excited for tomorrow’s Apple announcement. Guess I’ll be standing in line to buy one as well.

Hypercritical by John Siracusa, or, The Tao of Editing.

The Mini Countryman.

Three cheers for the Vintage Ad Browser.

leogeo.com, a veritable museum of Flash loveliness.

Just discovered Kuler by Adobe. Nice.

Web fonts are coming.

British plugs, rethought. Behold, the genius.

The Scroll Clock. I love this!

Raphaël is a JavaScript library for vector graphics. I think we’ll be pursuing this.

Cool bendy Manhattan map.