Nov
02
2021
Saw this the other day when visiting the beautiful, but sadly mostly empty Pacific Place Shopping Center in downtown Seattle. A well done branded vinyl wrap in the basement near the elevators to the parking garage. It is a...
Jan
13
2018
This is a pretty amazing fusion of graphic design and motion graphics. German designer & animator or Henning M. Lederer puts historic minimalistic cover designs into motion. In many ways it reminds me somewhat of Oskar Fischinger's pioneering abstract...
Nov
25
2017
Last no my wife and I were picking up a turkey from the grocery store. The day after Thanksgiving is the perfect time to pickup a cheap bird. While she decided which one would soon be joining our family,...
Jun
27
2017
This is a pretty amazing short film that the great designer and filmmaker Saul Bass created to pitch his idea to redesign the Bell Systems logo. It's a relic from a different time, but it is completely correct in...
Mar
06
2016
I am something of a fan of the disutopian genre. 1984, Brave New World, A Clockwork Orange, The Road Warrior and other similar works of art made a strong impression on me. I suppose it is not uncommon for...
Jun
15
2015
I try to have coffee with a good friend every week at Louisa's Cafe & Bakery in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood. This restaurant is great and I enjoy hanging out there. Beyond the great coffee, another thing that I love...
Jun
02
2015
Much of the things designers work on is very ephemeral in nature, printed pieces that are quickly recycled, web sites that are outdated as soon as they are relased, so I was very excited to work on something a...
Jul
21
2014
Just playing around a little today with Illustrator.Making a stylized version of the word "go." Reminding everyone to just go and do it! What ever "it" maybe. \
Unless it's being a jerk, don't do that. Or litter.
Apr
25
2013
Sep
05
2012
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
Albert Einstein
Aug
25
2012
My weekly design for August 14-19, 2012 CE.: Playing with Pastels
Apr
19
2012
Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic."
-Charles Eames