Sep
21
2021
We have an Apple TV and I love the screen savers they play, especially the video from the space station. A fun family game is to try to guess out where on Earth it is showing. Geography is where...
Sep
20
2021
Not sure if Department of Agriculture should really be forced in the shield, but hey, maybe that's just me.
Sep
19
2021
I was dropping off some overdue books at the Library the other day, (SORRY SPL!!) I was surprised and delighted to encounter the fantastic temporary art Installation Orca - Wolf Transformation by Micah McCarthy. Really outstanding work. it as...
Sep
18
2021
I was in the SODO area of Seattle the other day and saw the poignant mural commemorating the life of local legend Kris Brannon, the "Sonic's Guy." I had to pull over and get out to pay my respects....
Sep
17
2021
A few years ago the Seattle Art Museum put on an amazing exhibition "Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum." It was an amazing collection of powerful works. The brilliant, bloody, and realistic depictions of the human...
Sep
16
2021
Found this fantastic quote from the great architect Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) in the Book Eero Saarinen: An Architecture of of Multiplicity by Antonio Ramón. It's true for architecture and for all forms of design as well. An insightful bit...
Sep
15
2021
Funny story, I was going through my draft posts and I found this one, started on December 17, 2014! All I had was a title, guess it came too fast for me to see it coming or finish the...
Sep
14
2021
This week's Typography Tuesday: Know You Type Designers: Claude Garamond.
Claude Garamond
Born: C. 1500
Died: 1561
Typefaces: Faramond, Grecs du Roi
Few type designers are as well known as Claude Garamond. There is good reason for this, his contributions to letter design and...
