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...
Aug
16
2022
After watching a fantastic Webinar put on by Paper Specs with the amazing pop-up book creator Simon Arizpe, I was inspired to go pick up a copy of The Element's of Pop-up by David A. Carter and James Diaz...
Aug
15
2022
This sign spotted in Austin Texas has it correct. What happen's @ the tiki bar, stays @ the tiki bar. Damn right.
Ya Goddammed right!
Aug
14
2022
I wrote a little about Steven Pressfield and his amazing book The War of Art the other day so seemed apropos to share a little wisdom from the man.
The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else...
Aug
13
2022
Okay I gave a hard time for Elitch Gardens and Water Park a hard time a little while ago for a confusing sign. But to be fair they had some lovely ride signs that I enjoyed. Here's a small...
