Sep
11
2022
Hope this isn’t one of the fake internet quotes!
Architects cannot teach nature anything.Mark Twain
The source is Memorable Midnight Experience. Or so says the interwebs...
Sep
08
2022
Sep
04
2022
Another great quote from Chip Kidd's Judge This:
Small fragments can tell a much larger story.Chip Kidd, Judge This
True in design, offset printing, and something that no doubt Sherlock Holmes agrees.
Aug
28
2022
I wrote about Chip Kidd's fantastic book Judge This a while back, so here's a great quote from it that sums up the power that Graphic Design can wield in a nutshell:
First Impressions are the key to how we...
Aug
26
2022
Some lovely flowers on my walk. The world is a beautiful place when you look around.
My Walk
Flowers!
Aug
23
2022
Any graphic designer worth their Apple Mac Book should be familiar with the incomparable, inspirational, erudite, and always entertaining and thoughtful Chip Kidd. His career at Knopf is legendary, his books of his collected works are fantastic, and he's...
Aug
22
2022
After a lovely evening circumnavigating Seattle's famed Greenlake, I was returning to my automobile and noted this interesting basket hanging from a gate in front of an otherwise unremarkable and quaint bungalow.
No Solicitors!
I am not sure if it was...
Aug
21
2022
As National Football League and the English Premiere League get their new seasons underway, good to remember the words of the quintessential coach Vince Lombardi who reminds us that it's not the outcome that truly matters but the will...
Aug
20
2022
On my favorite website ever, History Link, THE website of Seattle and Washington State history, I saw the other day that it was the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for the Northern Life Tower in Seattle (August...
Aug
19
2022
In life we waste much time on useless things. Tik Tok, Grease 2, and the arduous and irritating task of typesetting bullet lists in Adobe Illustrator. If you do any sort of text layout in Adobe Illustrator you know...
Aug
18
2022
While doing some work in the attic I liked the particle movements of the dust in the darkness. Cool, random, kinetic, organic dancing bits of insulation. Though being up there for a while, let's hear it for M95 masks!
Aug
17
2022
Posted a few signs from Elitch Gardens and Water park a while ago, but had a few more to share. My favorite is the German Manufacturer's sign on the Tower of Doom drop ride. Which I have to say...
