This week in Korea I shopped at a millimeter/milligram store. I was in milli-Heaven with this tiny pill-themed stationery set a la reduce. You can find the appropriately little shop at Ssamzie in the Insadong area of downtown Seoul.
seen 
Sep 22, '07
I wrote an article for BusinessWeek on the new Apple iPods posted here.
I ventured into the fascinating space of outsourcing recently in my conversation with Mark Zetter. As you may know, I’m a big fan of away.
When sitting down at a restaurant in Minneapolis, I noticed the waiter replaced my white napkin with a black one. Apparently the tradition here is that if you are wearing black trousers or a dark skirt, the reasoning is that a white linen napkin might leave visible lint on your clothing so they immediately swap it for a black one. Such careful attention to detail surely develops trust. I wonder how many of these kind of subtle details are managed at finer eating establishments. I looked for a list on the Web and couldn’t find anything comprehensive. The closest I could find were references to chilled silverware when serving cold appetizers, but I figure there are a few more subconciously discernable practices in the presentation of a meal out there … my hunt begins.
I did the cover for today’s issue of Key Magazine in The New York Times. The Art Director Dirk Barnett took interest in my process of creating this work, and they chose to publish my “making of” as an open approach to artmaking. In essence it’s all about how much time we have really. I wish we had more, but everyday as time passes us by, we always end up with less. Sigh.
key 2: open, seen 
(1) Sep 9, '07
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