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Designed by Beth Shirrell, a recent grad from Tyler School of Art, designed Kalakari as part of her MFA. It also won first place in the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design Competition. This ornamental display face takes inspiration from Hindi architecture and the art of henna. Kalakari translates from Hindi to English to mean ornamentation
Swipe Saturday 3 (On Monday)
So this weekend was a little busier than I anticipated, so sorry for the delay. ‘what consumes me’ by bud cadell
The Living Principles
The new Living Principles site is up and ready for some involvement. It’s formatted in such a way that you have the capability to post content as well as peruse what others post. The opportunity to create dialog about sustainability that isn’t directly tied to one profession will help cross-pollinate and develop a growing community. The New […]
Swipe Saturday 2
If I played ping pong, I would have one—or two—of these. For Puma by Aruliden.
I Wanna be Part of The Club
A new bold boutique hotel in Singapore called The Club. By Ministry of Design. Via Contemporist.com. Photos by CI&A Photography.
The Week After
So it’s been a week since I returned to work after attending my first AIGA Leadership Retreat. Chattanooga, TN was (I’m sure) a relatively quiet city until nearly 300 devoted AIGA leaders descended. Our chapter was able to send 5. We arrived early in the morning, just in time to grab a couple hours light sleep before beginning what […]
New = Work
After the launch of my new portfolio website, I decided I should customize my blog to have a more seamless interaction with it. Well, hundreds of hours later trying to create a WordPress theme from scratch, I’ve launched the new look—which still needs a lot of work. I’ll be updating old posts so they fit within the new framework better, […]
Daphne finally gets an italic
It’s been a long time coming, but Daphne is finally getting an italic. I’ve been making adjustments to the roman and finally had time to work out a preliminary design for the italic. It’s still really rough, but worth posting about. At the portfolio review this last week, a friend of mine asked me to try and post a little […]
Weekend Serif
Having a long weekend always does wonders for projects that, during a normal work week, I have no time for. This weekend I was able to get a very preliminary version of a serif I’ve been stewing about for quite some time. It’s a sharp Baskerville, which is fairly well-known for its curves. There are still a lot of tweaks to make, but […]
Graphic Design on Reality TV…Really?
After reading another blog about the upcoming show, I was appalled by the severe lack of design finesse professing to search out America’s top designer. So…I wrote a quick email expressing my distaste. I find it intriguing that a reality show supposedly searching for “America’s Top Graphic Designer” has little concern for how it represents itself visually and […]