
Maude Beatrix Drenttel, age 3, Vizsla
I love our dogs, Ruby Eleanor and Maude Beatrix. Ruby is the mother, age 6, and Maude is one of her six puppies. (Jessica delivered them all.) Each of our children is linked at the soul to one of these dogs, and they sleep together. Our dogs do tricks: they can open doors. (Regrettably, they have never been able to shut them, which explains my constant, frequently loud lament: "Where were you raised — in a barn?"). And we're not alone in this: other designers seem to love their dogs, too. I am constantly amazed when I meet dressed-in-black designers from San Francisco who have wee pups, or seemingly-sweet Minneapolis types with bulldogs or pit bulls.
True, dog owners often resemble their pets, as the old adage goes — but that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Design Observer posted an open call for designers to submit photos of themselves with their canine companions. Click here for Cats and Their Designers and here for Gardens and Their Designers.
Comments [52]
11.19.08
12:57
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01:49
peace,
HMK
11.19.08
02:25
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02:53
lifestyles of DO editors, yawn
11.19.08
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04:09
Sorry! Until the global financial crisis is resolved, there will be no talking or thinking about dogs here or anywhere else!
But first, this.
11.19.08
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11.19.08
07:57
My question is: what is it about Vizslas that designers find so compelling? Is it the formal efficiency, the imperiousness, the clownishness? All of the above, for me.
11.19.08
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11.20.08
01:35
Et tu brute? Surely design, if nothing else, has a responsibility to look sideways once in a while. The dog story is great. Mr Drenttel, your Viszla looks suspiciously like my Rhodesian Ridgeback. Niiiice.
11.20.08
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11.20.08
09:20
speaking of politics, italy, istanbul, let's visit peru La Festival Gastronomico del Gato.
looking forward to the cat series...
11.20.08
09:34
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10:29
http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/2007/10/pets
11.20.08
10:48
Interesting. 'Doggy-style' rooms...
Did they design the rooms around the dogs or the dogs around the rooms ie. 'we just need a basic-black terrier to compliment our minimalist decor?'
: )
11.20.08
12:00
Really? I can only speak for myself but the relationships of designers to loved ones (which might include pets) shape the way we process information and live our lives. I can't tell you how many projects I've worked on with my dog right by my side (or under my feet).
To me seeing designers with their pets is just as interesting as seeing photos of their well designed studios. If for nothing else, this was a fun post.
Lighten up.
11.20.08
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11.20.08
07:46
In the beginning there was Peaches.A lover of speeches.
Then Whitey caught her eye. Oh, my. What a guy.
What began as an attraction, ended in an action. And… oh, what two good dogs … oh, my…
But whatever, they're dogs. right?
VR/
11.20.08
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11.21.08
12:47
What Your Dog Says About You
Man's best friend offers interesting clues into his owner's psyche.
By Jeanine Poggi
http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/20/dog-identity-breed-forbeslife-cx_ds_1121dog.html?partner=email
11.21.08
01:42
These guys jump on clients, bark during meetings and sleep under our desks...
we just operated on Lazlo for cancer on his back and Buckley is a nuisance during client meetings; barking like a bitch (male), running into the meeting room trying to jump on clients laps... we hate it, but he's family. What can you do? He's family...
11.21.08
06:28
Here a suggestion for Peckers and Their Designers or vice versa.
I also love dogs. Had one,for many years, a darling chihuahua.I got him when I just arrived in New York. His name was Chiquinho Dudley.I would carry him everywhere.Into the Metropolitan Mueseum,Asia Society and even drew the ire of Anna Wintour,one day when I showed up at the Vogue's editrix office for an assignment. Chiquinho appeared also in one of my Village Voice poster campaign,which was all over New York City in the subways entrances and in the subways walls.
Years before,when I was 10 my mother got for me a canary .
His name was Fabiolo,which was also the nickname of Don Jaime de Mora Y Aragon,the brother of Queen Fabiola of Belgium.
Fabiolo,would sit on my head when I played the piano and was very tame,which was quite unusual.I always had birds and have lots of photos of my lovebirds Lua and Venus, my parakeets Jello and the others ones.Oh yes,there was Omar,the love bird and Samba the blue parakeet.And the cockatiel Fio and Daza.And Star. And my Brazilian cardinal,the very elegant one who lived always free on the top of my bookshelves in Tribeca .His droppings become part of my paintings.Ha!And Bahia,my jandaia conure.And of course Star,my cockatiel.and now Josie,my cockatiel,Venus and Jello and my finch family.the couple had four chicks and all live in harmony with us ,the ginger plant,which I brought as a cutting from Jamaica as a stowaway 9 years ago and my blooming narcissus.....
11.21.08
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11.24.08
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11.25.08
08:18
you all could have lived without my face, but my two golden retrievers, zach and oliver, would have brightened your day!
11.25.08
11:00
This year, she is back on the cards. Greeting Santa, I think.
What do dogs have to do with designers? Mine inspires, comforts, and saves me every day. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be here designing.
I'm sorry I missed the chance to show off my loving baby in the gallery.
11.25.08
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Thanks!
11.27.08
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12.09.08
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he behaves like a dog and is bigger than a jack russelldoes that count? :0P
12.17.08
10:12
Turns out, he had a cousin who worked at the Seattle office of Gensler, which was one of the companies I was targeting. I didn't even know they had a Seattle office until I met this guy! Anyway, after exchanging cards and a few emails, I got a job at Gensler. It remains one of the funnest places I've ever worked and I made some really good, lifelong friends there.
And who do I have to thank for this? My two beautiful Weimaraners, Oslo and Mies (as in van der Rohe)! Here we are on the couch: http://flickr.com/photos/williamcatherine/3290407540/
I believe that Weimaraners are the *true* designer dog. Ahem.
Anyway, I'm collecting ads with Weims in them: http://flickr.com/photos/williamcatherine/sets/72157603907567215/
The Weim on the NPR site is my very own Oslo. If you happen upon any ads, please send them my way!
02.18.09
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04.02.09
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please for the next session, dogs and their designers 2.0. I want to include my Whippet Tibor.
04.07.09
10:34
Designers would be doing cave paintings if it were not for dogs.
05.03.09
12:36
My dog, Mabel, tore her ACL and had to have surgery. She comes home this afternoon.
She normally spends her days hanging out with me in my home office, but it'll be tough to keep her crated in here for the next ten weeks.
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VR/
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