My last post was, yet again, all about design. Obviously, design matters a lot to me. It's turned out to be very cathartic to have a place to let my love of design and my life as a diabetic converge in conversation. Integration of these 2 important parts of my life has really helped. (And thanks to everyone for listening, by the way).
So as I said, I blathered on for quite a while about design in my last post. I felt better afterwards. It was Sunday so the New York Times was on the driveway, waiting for me to finish. I love the special Style magazines that periodically show up in the Sunday Times. Fashion, Home, Travel. This week it was all about travel and one of the features was about Dallas, of all places. All the fabulous places to go there, all the great resources and experiences, basically all the high grooviness in Dallas. On page 145, there is an image by peter rad of a high-end design boutique called collage 20th century classics. Very chic, very mid-century modern, very high design. I'm looking at the picture (having just finished writing my own little diatribe about the importance of design and the pump remember) and what do I see? Is that woman on the right wearing a pump? Are you kidding me? It looks like that tell tale pager like form with big buttons and arrows on the front that I so love? Isn't that my favorite tubing snaking out of the top there, ready to be snagged on a fabulous chair arm or door knob? I've never seen a pump in "regular" picture before. Ever. And suffice it to say that a big part of my job is reading magazines, newspapers and blogs. I read tons of them. Really. This is a first. I've never seen an image of a person wearing a pump in regular life before. World's collide. Cue up the Twilight Zone music. Ok, maybe I'm over-revving a bit here, but still, you have to admit, it's a little wild.
Haha! That's awesome!
Posted by: Sarah | March 29, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Oh, another thing. I work with a whole slew of designers. I was talking one day with one of the designers about medical design, as she has a friend who is in the trenches of medical design. My daughter wears Thera-Togs all day every day, they help align her hips and legs in the correct direction. Well, summer is coming up, and she will still be wearing these icky sicky looking things. I'd really love if they made them with patterns! But these things just don't seem to come up when they design this stuff...
Posted by: Sarah | March 29, 2007 at 10:25 AM
That is just the coolest thing I have ever seen. I just showed everyone in my office. :)
Posted by: Kerri. | March 29, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Are you kidding? That is really cool! Although I'm not brave enough to let my tubing hang out like that. ;)
Posted by: Lili | March 29, 2007 at 01:40 PM
Nice on the pump wearing eye you have. Nice ad.
FYI, there's a judge wearing a pump in the armhole of her dress in a scene near the end of Mad Hot Ballroom, the indie film about young kids competing in dance competitions in NY. Just another "hey! check that out" moment.
Posted by: Lyrehca | March 29, 2007 at 01:49 PM
Whoa! Very cool!
Posted by: Scott K. Johnson | March 30, 2007 at 11:20 AM