Author Archives: lucky925

By My Own Design

Posted on November 5, 2012 by lucky925

I’m an opinionated person, for the most part. Owning and expressing my feelings about how I see the world helps me to better understand who I am as fully engaged individual and not just a shell or the shadow of … Continue reading →

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Eroding Fences

Posted on November 2, 2012 by lucky925

I’ve never seen this happen before. A fairly new, five maybe six years old, iron fence practically dissolving before my, and the home owner’s, eyes. Such a sad and wasteful sight it is especially in light of the fact that … Continue reading →

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Is it Art or Design?

Posted on November 1, 2012 by lucky925

I love taking pictures with my digital camera. I used to take a lot of pictures using film but I never felt the freedom I do with digital. There just isn’t anything that quite matches the nearly infinite number of … Continue reading →

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Bold Statements about Color

Posted on October 30, 2012 by lucky925

In Mexico you’ll find houses painted brilliant, bold colors like some of the houses here in San Francisco. I’m attracted to them for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I admire the fearless attitude by which the owners strike a note … Continue reading →

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World Champion SF Giants!

Posted on October 29, 2012 by lucky925

I know, I know, baseball is a sport and doesn’t really have a place on a blog about design but this is, afterall, a SF design blog and I’m really proud of my team and my City. Given all the … Continue reading →

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Gates on My Mind

Posted on October 27, 2012 by lucky925

“I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.”                            – Arthur King Pinero Gates, unlike fences, are designed to be opened, not by everyone perhaps, but because they are doors they possess a huge … Continue reading →

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It’s All About Me

Posted on October 26, 2012 by lucky925

I just celebrated my one-week anniversary of blogging and thought it was high time you got to know me a little better. This is me and my family (a couple of years ago.) This is my house in San Francisco. … Continue reading →

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Telephone Poles and I

Posted on October 25, 2012 by lucky925

Go way back to the day when I was a kid living in Monterey Park, a suburb of Los Angeles, when my dad, one beautiful afternoon, took out his dad’s paint box and painted a watercolor of the telephone pole … Continue reading →

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Color At Your Feet

Posted on October 24, 2012 by lucky925

Back in good old 2010, when I had a paying job (thanks to the Obama stimulus program), every morning I would walk down my street toward the BART station to catch a train heading downtown for work. I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Neighbors and Fences

Posted on October 23, 2012 by lucky925

“The fence that makes good neighbors needs a gate to make good friends.”* When the wooden fence in our backyard finally gave way and came crashing down I was relieved. I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later … Continue reading →

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