This is Miranda July.
I like her because a few years ago she wrote, directed and stared in this..
‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’. A beautiful film that makes me want to hug her. But she also wrote this…
A really quirky and funny collection of short stories. If I ever meet her I know that we’d get on. I just know it. Take a look at her website. It’s positively charming. Oh yes, these were not part of Miranda's book.
They were given to me by my friend, Melanie Andrews. I think they are the best post-it tabs I've seen. You can get them, and lots of other nice things, at bobsyouruncle.com
And always remember this...
oh, I was listening to an interview she did yesterday
http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/07/tsoya-miranda-july.html
the website she did for her book remains one of my favourite site's I've ever seen. I keep pointing at it saying its a great case of making something imaginatively and really wanting to communicate instead of the lets just build something and hope for the best approach.
Posted by: Wil Freeborn | July 16, 2008 at 11:19 AM
oh, I was listening to an interview she did yesterday
http://www.maximumfun.org/blog/2007/07/tsoya-miranda-july.html
the website she did for her book remains one of my favourite site's I've ever seen. I keep pointing at it saying its a great case of making something imaginatively and really wanting to communicate instead of the lets just build something and hope for the best approach.
Posted by: Wil Freeborn | July 16, 2008 at 11:19 AM
C'mon, you like her because she is hot! (and she dresses well) I find it interesting that the first book, other than her own, that she holds up on her site is by Rick Moody. Only the other day I was thinking about how the current wave of quirky, small-town, American indie films (Me You and Everyone We Know, Juno, Garden State, Sideways, Little Miss Sunshine etc) owe a massive debt to Rick Moody. One of them even nicks its title and half its plot from a Moody novel. and yet they all share a feel-good sentimentalism that is mostly absent from Moody's work.
I am enjoying your blog immensely. Its nice to read a design blog with opinions other than 'this is nice' and 'i like this'
Posted by: Dick | July 16, 2008 at 11:51 AM