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Showcasing Interactive Design

Michael Lynch — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:05:20 +0000

There is a fundamental problem with how we showcase our interactive design work – we can’t. Well, not accurately anyway. We place screenshots of our work in our portfolios and see them in print magazines right next to the annual reports and billboards that go along with them, but without actually visiting the website and using the design, we fail to grasp its true merit. It’s like looking at a picture of food without actually tasting it.

Do it Again (1969) – The Beach Boys

Michael Lynch — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:39:49 +0000

Tin Man (1974) – America

Michael Lynch — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:04:03 +0000

America is one of my favorite bands. Here they are in their early years with Dewey Bunnell fronting the vocals. He’s accompanied by Gerry Beckley, Dan Peek, and one of my favorite drummers Willie Leacox playing “Tin Man.” The song is off the album “Holiday”, the first of several records to be produced by George Martin.

Let Your Love Flow (1976) – The Bellamy Brothers

Michael Lynch — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:43:56 +0000

It’s really unfortunate for Neil Diamond that he passed up this song, written by his roadie Larry Williams. The Bellamy Brothers were smart to record it and make their single (it charted #1 in the US, UK, Canada, Austria, Switzerland and Germany that year). It’s just a great pop tune played by some great players.

Jump in My Car (1975) – Chris Spedding

Michael Lynch — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:24:33 +0000

Chris Spedding didn’t write this song. The Ted Mulry Gang did. But I chose to post this performance instead because visually and musically it’s a really interesting mashup of several decades, which is particularly interesting because Spedding was known as a versatile session guitarist who could play any style of rock and roll and therefore this crossover of different genres is all too fitting.

Notice how Spedding is wearing a pink 50′s Rockabilly style suit a la Elvis, playing in front of a crowd of screaming girls reminiscent of the Beatles in the 1960′s, and playing on a massive steel frame with his band segregated across it, characteristic of the stadium rock that the 1970′s would carry into the 1980′s. It’s rock music served four different ways.

Gesture Chair by Steelcase

Michael Lynch — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:49:18 +0000

Steelcase has designed a chair that is optimized for 9 new postures that we tend to take when using various technologies.

The Making of John Mayer’s Born & Raised Artwork

Michael Lynch — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:46:04 +0000

Plantation Harbor (1980) – Joe Vitale

Michael Lynch — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:55:52 +0000

Throughout the seventies Joe played drums and the keyboard in touring bands for CSNY, The Eagles, and the Stills-Young band, but here is with the title track off his second solo album, “Plantation Harbor.”

Cruel to be Kind (1979) – Nick Lowe

Michael Lynch — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:10 +0000

I watched Daryl Hall play this song with Nick on his show “Live at Daryl’s House” and loved it.

Preparing Your Samsung Tocco Lite

Michael Lynch — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:04:07 +0000