Kelly Smith | Made in Seattle

Kelly Smith of Curious Office on the internet, design and photography.

Month: January, 2008

My 2 cents.

No, I probably won’t actually produce these for sale. It’s just that we at Curious Office are sometimes asked to give advice and I realized that the best advice is probably the same stuff you’ve already heard over and over. So, I wanted to try to communicate it in a fresh way to hammer the [...]

Pluggd.

Finished! I worked with Alex Alben and Alex Castro over at Pluggd to help out with the a logo and Drupal template.

Sand painting

CoolSpotters: Our first investment in 2008

Yesterday I mentioned that Curious Office made another small investment – this time in Fanzter – the guy behind a new concept called CoolSpotters. A lot of people emailed me trying to figure out what Fanzter does. The answer is that Fanzter is the development company behind CoolSpotters. Probably too early to say what they [...]

Friends from Monaco and New York visit us for the weekend

Old friend John Palmer and his lovely girlfriend Susan fly in and visit us for the weekend. Mary Goodman and I host a few days of festivities including this casual Sunday morning brunch at Mary’s place in the Old Queen Anne Schoolhouse.

Hey, a new layout for KellySmith.com

Yep. It’s true. I designed the last WordPress theme and some things just didnt work right. For example, I had all kinds of things that didnt quite work right when people used older versions of some browsers. And, I also like to have a lot of columns on the front page that show for those [...]

The lost formats of media

This is an AMAZING compilation of the various media formats we’ve had to endure over the last 70 years. From the Twelve Inch Record to the TelCan to the 9 Track Open Reel Tape – you’ll learn more about recording format types than you ever knew existed. Cool.

FlowrPowr

This work isn’t new. I think I did it over a bottle of red wine back in 2004. But, I lost it on an old hard drive and found it again.

De La Espada

If you don’t know De La Espada furniture you should cruise over to their website and check it out. Be sure to check out their sister brand, Atlantico as well. It’s similar in style to Seattle’s own Henrybuilt.com and overall very hard to find fault with this stuff. Solid wood and very, very cool.

Monocle magazine

I just discovered Monocle magazine. Launched in February 2007, Monocle is a global briefing covering international affairs, business, culture and design and it is VERY well done. Most new magazines don’t make it but this one is a seriously professional affair. I wish them well. Get your hands on it!