Sorry for writing so much about guitar and music on my Danish Modern blog, but hopefully readers will find this interesting. Since I got my new guitar, I’ve been playing it exclusively through my computer, and have been pretty much blown away by how great it sounds.  I’d love to use a real amp, but […]

Fans of designer Jens Quistgaard will appreciate that his family has taken over all of his designs and is working to do more with them in the future.  Learn more at their new site.

I just found out today that the syndicated Adam Carolla radio show was cancelled.  His station went Top 40 – no more talk – just crappy music all day.  This saddens me greatly as he and his crew kept me company on my 45 min-each-way commute. Whether you agree or disagree with him, you can’t […]

Those of you who have been following the saga of my guitar can rest easily.  It has all ended and all is well.  Here’s the short version of the story: – Jake builds custom guitar for Mark in 1991 – Mark gets crazy and decides to cannibalize said guitar and blogs about it – Jake […]

A little over a year ago, on Jan 4, 2008, Jens Quistgaard died at 88. I found out a few weeks later while finalizing the research for my book, Danish Pepper.  I was scouring Danish design sites late at night using a free online translator to see if there were any additional biographical facts I […]

The Canadian design blog Kitka Design Toronto posted a very nice review of my book, Danish Pepper.  You can read it here: http://kitkadesigntoronto.com/?p=917 I did a little reading of the blog and there are lots of great articles on Modern Design and the joy of collecting design items.  They also have some cool profiles of […]

In a rare move, I’m selling a Dansk salt and pepper set by Quistgaard.  I couldn’t resist when I saw this for sale, but it wasn’t cheap, so I’m going to sell it in the hopes I make a little extra money to buy more pepper mills. You can visit the auction here to read […]

Yes we can!  And all that!!! What a great day for the US.  Amazing speech, amazing day.  I can’t wait for the change to start… Did you see the new whitehouse.gov?  That was quick, and there’s even a blog.

I was pretty busy during the holiday with work, so I haven’t been able to post lately.  In the spirit of Festivus, I thought I’d start the new year out right by airing some grievances with eBay. I have a love/hate relationship with eBay.  It’s probably my favorite site, and it has truly revolutionized the […]

There’s not too many shopping days left in this holiday season, so I just wanted to make sure people know they can find the perfect gift for the Danish Modern lover at the Danish Pepper Danish Modern Store that I put together.  It’s full of books about the era and accessories from Jens Quistgaard and […]