RectilinearSubmitted by Patt W. at GSU.
A rectilinear polygon is a polygon all of whose edges meet at right angles. Thus the interior angle at each vertex is either 90° or 270°. Rectilinear polygons are a special case of isothetic polygons.Read all the CritCode submissions.
From the art studio to the farm, a little bun for everyone. Thanks for the pic, Jessamee S.!
Send an image of your buns in use to design@critbuns.com
The story behind CritBuns can never be told enough. The IDSA (Industrial Designer's Society of America) thought so too, and invited me to speak at their 2007 MidEast conference in Cincinnati, OH. The conference was held at the University of Cincinnati's infamous DAAP building, designed by Peter Eisenman. The event catered to students and professionals in and around the Ohio region, and featured speakers from all over the country. Themed with "Big Brands, Big Ideas", I kicked off the festivities with a little brand and big idea - the notion of an independent designer taking their idea to market, and the role of the story in that process. I shared observations and insights acquired over the last 7 years, from prototyping to toolmaking, salesmanship to contracts, focusing on using your product's story to gain brand awareness.
20 slides x 20 seconds. This is the format of Pecha Kucha, an informal gathering in San Francisco and other major cities around the world that bring together people making stuff happen, who want to talk about it. I presented in the second half of the evening, to a crowd of over 200 people packed tightly into 330 Ritch Street. CritBuns ruled the floor! The well prepared presentation (days of planning) ran like a well oiled machine, flowing from one slide to the next, hitting punchlines square in the jaw. The story was an animal, and I was its tamer.
We've donated a pair of CritBuns to be part of the San Francisco AIGA Chapter's Heart Throb auction. Proceeds to support Joey's Corner - a non-profit design consultancy. The lucky winner was a gentleman from Protero Hill, CA, and lived a lime green house. Fitting.
Give the gift of buns this holiday season. The well known San Francico design store, Zinc Details, will be hosting a holiday party at its 2410 California Street location. I will be on hand with a selection of CritBuns, demo chair, and limited edition booklets.
Another October, and another Alumni Sale. It was crisp air, and crisp sales - CritBuns sold out of stock at the Rhode Island School of Design's 2006 Fall Alumni Sale. A sea of people were initiated to the curvy cushion, and I witnessed again the power of the story; customers would literally turn around and repeat it to the next person in line. This year's most requested color? Purple.
