Archive for the ‘Connections’ Category

The Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators

January 17th, 2012

Ever since the industrial revolution, when it became possible for products to be designed just once (more…)

Join the tribe…watch the video

January 5th, 2012

How are tribes disrupting traditional ways of building and maintaining your brand? (more…)

Why shopping tech still disappoints

December 9th, 2011

As the holiday shopping season rings in, CBS News asks, “Where are the cool new retail technologies?” (more…)

A work space that reflects your brand

December 6th, 2011

A workspace expresses who you are as a company as much as it serves as a functional place to get work done. (more…)

LUNAR opens Windy City office

November 9th, 2011

LUNAR has opened a Chicago office in the epicenter for design in the Midwest — the Windy City’s River North area. (more…)

Join the tribe or be cast off the island

August 11th, 2011

What does Groupon get that Blockbuster doesn’t? (more…)

In memoriam

July 25th, 2011

LUNAR lost a dear colleague on Friday, July 22, 2011. Robert Howard and his family died in a tragic roadway accident while on vacation in Canada. Our deepest condolences go out to their families. (more…)

Brand strategy + social networking

March 24th, 2011

I make up part of the Communications Design team here at LUNAR. My background is mostly in product design, but before joining LUNAR I worked briefly in the ad world.
For me, the intersection of product design and advertising creates an interesting space to work in.
Brand strategy + social networking
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The Windowfarms Project

March 7th, 2011

When I was living in Brooklyn, I had a neighbor with a crazy idea – to grow her own food in her apartment year round. I could see the vertical water bottles she used in her early attempt in her courtyard facing window whenever I took out the garbage. I thought to myself “Britta is crazy. That’s just not going to work.”

Shortly later, I realized that you should never underestimate Britta. (more…)

A 2D Designer in a 3D World

February 28th, 2011

As an Interaction Designer with a background in various forms of 2D media design, I increasingly find myself surrounded by the emerging discipline of 3D, or more specifically, stereoscopic user interface design. (more…)

Designing Differences

February 24th, 2011

User-centered design and design thinking have taken the world by storm. But is something missing in the conversation? (more…)

Designing Differences by LUNAR

Let there be light at ICFF 2011

February 23rd, 2011

LUNAR designer, Junggi Sung, will be exhibiting his Ember lighting concept at this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a four day global design summit in NYC. (more…)

Sai Tung, please!

February 4th, 2011

Here in the States, we easily think of America as the Land of Food to Go. We have the drive through, the Big Gulp and Starbuck’s lattes with cup cozies. But to walk down my home streets of Bangkok, Thailand is to see the mecca of street food and the hundreds of inventive ways it can be carried. Sai Tung, please!
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Buy me

February 1st, 2011

Commercials have always fascinated me. It occurred to me a few years ago that televisions only exist for the purpose of selling us stuff. Broadcast companies are able to spend millions on 22 minutes of our favorite sitcom because advertisers are willing to pay them millions to show eight minutes of advertisements during the show. Some of the most memorable stories, characters, and moments of my life were made possible by Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, and Ford. And it works! Americans watch, on average, four hours of television every day (or about an hour of commercials every day). Buy me
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Evolution of the senses

January 13th, 2011

Tasting colors, seeing sounds or have you heard of actually hearing color hues? It’s a reality for an estimated 1 in every 23 people. (more…)