Apr
14
2010
A good way to recycle jewelry and other baubles. The Golden Calf: Design Something Every Day 18/365.
The typeface is PR Agamemnon Bold, Top Lining. A cool typeface, I'm quite font of. Created by the talented designer Peter Rempel. You...
Apr
13
2010
This design is part of a poster I created promoting a Shavuot service held at Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Each of the icons in the poster are symbolic of some facet of the holiday. For example, the agricultural and...
Apr
11
2010
Cool mid-century blog Boom Pop! http://boom-pop.blogspot.com/ #
Interesting/Useless fact for the day: The water at the Jungle Cruise in Disneyland is dyed green to provide atmosphere and hide the tracks. #
16 Environmental Awareness Posters and Advertisements http://goo.gl/vBtl #
The beginning was...
Apr
08
2010
A little illustration I did in preparation for spring. Though in Seattle with our rain, spring seems very far away.
Apr
07
2010
Masking an image is one of the most difficult things to do convincingly in Photoshop. If you are interested in effective masking techniques, you need to watch this video! In it you will be guided by PhotoShop guru Deke...
Apr
04
2010
Watch TIKIMENTARY - IN SEARCH OF THE LOST PARADISE on Vimeo! http://vimeo.com/10198434 #
the best movies of the United States Government, from training films to history FedFlix : Internet Archive http://goo.gl/zQfK #
Take history exams from the 19th Century! University of...
Mar
28
2010
More design deconstruction from the New York Times! Poster Art for Revival of ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ - NYTimes.com http://goo.gl/IDfX #
An amazing photo of long lost Dreamland park on Coney Island... Dreamland Twilight: 1905 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive...
Mar
23
2010
The Seven Deadly Sins. The Cardinal Vices.
Just listing them is very evocative, they drip with poetry and dread and have since they were slowly codified during the early history of the Catholic Church:
pride
avarice
envy
wrath
lust
gluttony
sloth
The nature of these sins are...
Mar
23
2010
Design Something Everyday 16/365
After reading the amazing tutorial "How to Creat a Retro Boxing Poster in Photoshop" from James Davies I was inspired to give it a whirl. I didn't get quite as faux-vintage as James did, but went...
Mar
23
2010
While pursuing the world's number #1 package design website™, the Dieline, I was impressed by the new design and product photo shoot for The Impossible Project; a new film for Polaroid instant cameras. I enjoyed the designs startling white...
Mar
21
2010
Cool Chinese Cultural Revolution Posters http://goo.gl/qJ0G #
Cool Metropolis Mashup! YouTube - Que Sera - Wax Tailor http://goo.gl/dIKZ #
RT @jthompsondesign: Saturday Showcase: I Love Typography #3 http://bit.ly/dkH5PR #
Let's go push some pixels around today! #
Showcase Of Web Design In China:...
Mar
15
2010
I found a great article in Esquire wherein book jacket designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd discusses the thinking and methods that underlie some of his recent work. One typography trick that is particularly useful is how he created the distressed...
