First and Ten, time to drink again!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaPmQoM4pbmU6SKfBMkgKooVonJI8ooPmX0P6qwnzFJ5wADzClL47EfRA9OQZpGarJlBrC1tnp7b0wNn_BHAW6RUg1LCxL0cHG83tFAs1B_zjLgZXUDjtkEUJVo8mf_zPGcQxWORDYO2r/s1600-h/beer2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024420875959159922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaPmQoM4pbmU6SKfBMkgKooVonJI8ooPmX0P6qwnzFJ5wADzClL47EfRA9OQZpGarJlBrC1tnp7b0wNn_BHAW6RUg1LCxL0cHG83tFAs1B_zjLgZXUDjtkEUJVo8mf_zPGcQxWORDYO2r/s400/beer2.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEeuDnNZIrcsZ4cNa-fiVXK-FIsqncBj38PlXJm1hkvl0djDIRm3vcKa1RNwtWd_4N6s7QK-ZrLTdBkyKc8xb4v4yRZiNjiF47EzrzFf6Dl0Q4vmjTdRKHqlF6UCamt6hzdIPifFb4L0X/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5024419492979690594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEeuDnNZIrcsZ4cNa-fiVXK-FIsqncBj38PlXJm1hkvl0djDIRm3vcKa1RNwtWd_4N6s7QK-ZrLTdBkyKc8xb4v4yRZiNjiF47EzrzFf6Dl0Q4vmjTdRKHqlF6UCamt6hzdIPifFb4L0X/s400/Picture+1.png" style="cursor: pointer;" /></a><br /><p>With the Super Bowl coming up, I thought this was genius. Designed by Michael Kritzer of Georgia, USA, this is simply one of his interesting product designs that doubles as a problem-solver. </p><p> The following is taken from <a href="http://www.michaelkritzer.com/">his own personal site</a>:</p><p>The beertable is all about fun, relaxing, sports, and, of course, the beer. Designed to be a centerpiece for a sports get together, the beertable offers usable tabletop space for magazines, chips and dip and while isolating the condensing beer in individual insulation containers. The sidebar of the table can even be used as a towel rack for napkins.<br /><br />Made out of molded plastic, the beertable is a low cost furniture solution that can fit into either a contemporary or modern home. The beertable can also be made in the colors of certain beer companies or even ones favorite sport team to help garner brand loyalty and pride.<br /><br />The six inverted stainless steel lined containers function as mini insulators to help keep chilled beer nice and cool. The silos can fit almost every standard sized beer bottle and when all six silos are filled with bottles, the resulting look resembles a clean/control esthetic that brings resolution into any room it's placed in.<br /><br />The beertable relies heavily on the sports theme as a design element. Sunday afternoon football, chips, dip, and once again the beer, are all guiding inspirations for the beertable.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I think it's only a prototype and is not available for purchase.<br /></p><p>But be sure to check out <a href="http://www.michaelkritzer.com/">Michael's site</a>, he has lots of wonderful designs and has received many awards. </p>

First and Ten, time to drink again!

With the Super Bowl coming up, I thought this was genius. Designed by Michael Kritzer of Georgia, USA, this is simply one of his interesting...

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Today's Best Product Design Pick: Ceramic Cone Speakers

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><div class="tn_post"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px;"><a href="http://www.thisnext.com/item/751F6919/Ceramic-Cone-Speakers-by?u=laurasweet&p=/item/751F6919/2114F7F9/Ceramic-Cone-Speakers-by&t=blog" title="Ceramic Cone Speakers by Broberg & Ridderstråle"><img alt="Ceramic Cone Speakers by Broberg & Ridderstråle" src="http://www.thisnext.com/media/blogit/02EC372B.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(187, 187, 187) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-width: 1px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 527px; height: 543px;" /></a></div><p>These cone shaped speakers with ceramic housing won the best product design award from Wallpaper magazine for 2006.<br /><br />Based on the fact that they project upward when lying in the corner of a room and this is optimal from an acoustic standpoint.<br /><br />Which is what you buy speakers for, right? </p></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.brda.se/">Broberg & Ridderstrale</a>

Today's Best Product Design Pick: Ceramic Cone Speakers

These cone shaped speakers with ceramic housing won the best product design award from Wallpaper magazine for 2006. Based on the fact that t...

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Meet David Tomb. His Artwork Is The Bomb.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOQwiQ3YrT9poiNw4vOgtDvmS858ONWwDibgF0AsXzfIwACp6gsGEwJuNby3_mQkp6b9oEx0pJ2hOlNIZ99K7xlYD5Yn2Ak1-4eSXKut6opAcLeDQ7KG0DGbGheM1EjLKLiiOggI6x0Vj/s1600/still_lives_in_living_color_59x58.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475647247558470210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOQwiQ3YrT9poiNw4vOgtDvmS858ONWwDibgF0AsXzfIwACp6gsGEwJuNby3_mQkp6b9oEx0pJ2hOlNIZ99K7xlYD5Yn2Ak1-4eSXKut6opAcLeDQ7KG0DGbGheM1EjLKLiiOggI6x0Vj/s400/still_lives_in_living_color_59x58.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 531px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Still Lives in Living Color, 59" x 58.75" Oil paint, alkyd glaze, pastel on canvas, 1988 </span><br /><br />Looking to collect work from the next great artist? Here's one.<br /><br />A California native and resident, Tomb (which DOES rhyme with Bomb) has mounted solo exhibitions at the Fresno Art Museum, and the Artists’ Forum, among others. He has participated in group shows throughout the United States. His work is included in the collections of the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Fresno Art Museum, and the Oakland Museum.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVq82JLb-QhBHoWMwLaHgHn0OYx4hTFAiI_URK1tIziA5S9f5idl7nrRdUgVgbgR2gV5GasOaWX156fhQBzvr4j9083z6i7tAsteIv2RsFuPDZU6VH9zKiNDO_2funtsc2I8zV36DWJph/s1600/burden_of_dreams_84x80_1991.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475647609765970050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVq82JLb-QhBHoWMwLaHgHn0OYx4hTFAiI_URK1tIziA5S9f5idl7nrRdUgVgbgR2gV5GasOaWX156fhQBzvr4j9083z6i7tAsteIv2RsFuPDZU6VH9zKiNDO_2funtsc2I8zV36DWJph/s400/burden_of_dreams_84x80_1991.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 319px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Burden of Dreams, 84" x 180" oil paint, alkyd glaze on canvas 1991 </span><br /><br />David Tomb has embraced the discipline of the portrait, but abandoned its historical convention, choosing to infuse his work with an intense and uneasy energy that speaks to our time. A San Francisco Bay Area Painter, Tomb's energetic line, acid color, and keen observance make for penetrating portraits and fresh figurative works that demonstrate a unique contemporary vision.Tomb utilizes in his media, charcoal, gouache, ink and watercolor, often loosing himself in the beauty and purity of mark making and pattern. His works assimilate stylistic tropes from a pantheon of canonical portrait painters, from Francis Bacon, to Lucian Freud, to Alice Neel.<br /><br />As a huge fan of the painters mentioned above, it's no wonder I love his work.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjDF1DVps1VXNY9QyT2I5VPHsyFk7WNDLMMg0yMSkD-0FavF-ypwOuFWvdWDnjFB7VPg9NlUAHHrIpncQowXEjHGedkuEST8i0ZJ9TlxLCkkk2f0SC9rxozcwv55jthH_Cp8d73rJ9IVD/s1600/navigating_5x10_dtl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475648031770423778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjDF1DVps1VXNY9QyT2I5VPHsyFk7WNDLMMg0yMSkD-0FavF-ypwOuFWvdWDnjFB7VPg9NlUAHHrIpncQowXEjHGedkuEST8i0ZJ9TlxLCkkk2f0SC9rxozcwv55jthH_Cp8d73rJ9IVD/s400/navigating_5x10_dtl.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 517px; height: 263px;" /></a><br />above: Navigation, 1989, Oil paint, alkyd glaze, pencil on canvas, 60"x120"<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbenbYmaS9I/AAAAAAAAAFs/JUzOoBmBuMg/s1600-h/susan_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023667998256942034" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbenbYmaS9I/AAAAAAAAAFs/JUzOoBmBuMg/s400/susan_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 532px;" /></a><br />above: Susan (oil painting)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpMa5_yfmEhJuE7Nzd_ZGPVb8IT7zx00EOCHQ7wTiQo5wk-Q4w-FYM6aaQegQCmtXZ63t78gNYmXraY-j_9kH5kpg28Sm8_QMIM87wkuuVzjUW9xzOsKHf81WOq3n3PgsJl88VYIFjJbL/s1600-h/brent_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023667731968969666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpMa5_yfmEhJuE7Nzd_ZGPVb8IT7zx00EOCHQ7wTiQo5wk-Q4w-FYM6aaQegQCmtXZ63t78gNYmXraY-j_9kH5kpg28Sm8_QMIM87wkuuVzjUW9xzOsKHf81WOq3n3PgsJl88VYIFjJbL/s400/brent_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 785px;" /></a><br />above: Brent (mixed media)<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbeoJYmaS-I/AAAAAAAAAF0/sSLdzPaXdzU/s1600-h/Image02_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023668788530924514" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbeoJYmaS-I/AAAAAAAAAF0/sSLdzPaXdzU/s400/Image02_1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 781px;" /></a><br />above: Untitled Male 1, 2001, 44 x 30", mixed media on paper by David Tomb<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8ljz7aqQnu2_nplJaQnxh7ha8QvOaf8o7_efRFFDro28P8YOCcJ9XS5JJWUbOW5o_x2XtpYS5qRpnrcRWBC5SJ3gJjUasrie3mQZ85Xzpq94GtFhY9P-8PlQGAFoG-lvEm23p_75-_m-/s1600/cory_60x48_2000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475646847634473954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8ljz7aqQnu2_nplJaQnxh7ha8QvOaf8o7_efRFFDro28P8YOCcJ9XS5JJWUbOW5o_x2XtpYS5qRpnrcRWBC5SJ3gJjUasrie3mQZ85Xzpq94GtFhY9P-8PlQGAFoG-lvEm23p_75-_m-/s400/cory_60x48_2000.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 629px;" /></a><br />above: Cory (oil painting)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAM4Z4Zw8Qw5DpnXBwXZz-74jqPGhnWIhb7JKfmW9cCJCrQkNKpQsvzBGSOzCWc7VA_7fS4ZZEB3QenOmjJJR7yK7guXMmxWx-P12yQsF2Bzu0V7ngp2Nb6B9QHvr0rWjlK-koSlSu050/s1600-h/david+in+studio.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023671124993133554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAM4Z4Zw8Qw5DpnXBwXZz-74jqPGhnWIhb7JKfmW9cCJCrQkNKpQsvzBGSOzCWc7VA_7fS4ZZEB3QenOmjJJR7yK7guXMmxWx-P12yQsF2Bzu0V7ngp2Nb6B9QHvr0rWjlK-koSlSu050/s400/david+in+studio.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />above: David in his SF studio<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbetsomaTAI/AAAAAAAAAGU/AZpuwPz4bjk/s1600-h/tombexamples.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023674891679452162" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zqFoq3qej2c/RbetsomaTAI/AAAAAAAAAGU/AZpuwPz4bjk/s400/tombexamples.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 364px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnn54SDdjHMO1m1HyBU5LgXEVNxHgvp5W1wpKc5HBHMLnLGiBXaEeej9j_tnvzW0eZSnkPqEnasxBK5th0SVnZOUHj45qqmebJHC3JLJV30uFxYzEuNzerei2cJHbaOItqB6J4MNQ8xfC/s1600/ethan_wallison_30x20.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475648828111720562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnn54SDdjHMO1m1HyBU5LgXEVNxHgvp5W1wpKc5HBHMLnLGiBXaEeej9j_tnvzW0eZSnkPqEnasxBK5th0SVnZOUHj45qqmebJHC3JLJV30uFxYzEuNzerei2cJHbaOItqB6J4MNQ8xfC/s400/ethan_wallison_30x20.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 364px;" /></a><br />above left: various paintings and exhibit. Above right, Ethan Wallison, oil painting<br /><br />Below are just a few links to impressive reviews of his work:<br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_chronicle_david_tomb_article_IV.htm">San Francisco Chronicle IV</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/press.htm">San Francisco Chronicle I</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_chronicle_article_II.htm">San Francisco Chronicle II</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_chronicle_david_tomb_article_III.htm">San Francisco Chronicle III</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/s_f_weekly.htm">SF Weekly</a><br />.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/essays/essays_david_tomb.htm">Essay by Harry Roche</a><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/david_tomb_essay_bruce_nixon.htm">Essay by Bruce Nixon</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_francisco_bay_guardian_art_review.htm">Review: San Francisco Bay Guardian</a><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/artweek_david_tomb.htm">Artweek</a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size:78%;">.: <a href="http://www.davidtomb.com/press/san_diego_union_tribune.htm">San Diego Union-Tribune</a></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></p>

Meet David Tomb. His Artwork Is The Bomb.

above: Still Lives in Living Color, 59" x 58.75" Oil paint, alkyd glaze, pastel on canvas, 1988 Looking to collect work from the ...

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