I really like photography and I really like cool light things. And so this Kickstarter project — called the Looking Glass Portrait — caught my eye today. I haven’t backed it (yet), but it strikes me that three-dimensional image capture and creation is going to… Read More
This is a great idea: It is a bicycle light – by a London-based company called Blaze – that forward projects a bicycle symbol 6m in front of you as you ride. It also has a really bright white light. They will be (or have… Read More
My condo has an east exposure. That means I get direct sun in the morning and no direct sun in the afternoon, once the sun has crossed over onto the other side of my tower. But a funny thing happens in the late afternoon and… Read More
Urban infill developments can be tough. The sites are often small and/or narrow and that creates a lot of design challenges. Access to light is a common problem. But constraints can also be beautiful, because they have a way of forcing creativity. When I was… Read More
It’s raining here in Miami Beach this morning. But the city is still buzzing with Art Basel and everything else that is going on right now. It’s been interesting to learn about some of the measures that Miami Beach is taking to deal with flood… Read More
One of the things I noticed this past weekend when I was on my Porter Escape in Quebec City was that there’s still evidence of the seigneurial land use system. I saw it on île d’Orléans. Established in 1627 in New France, the seigneurial system… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 