Girard!

Look what’s new from House Industries! An Alexandar Girard line of typefaces and merchandise. Exciting!
I picked up some of his folk-style nativity scene Christmas cards when I was visiting the International Museum of Folk Art in Santa Fe in New Mexico, where he was a curator. They were so beautiful in fact, I had a [...]

Location Typography

Carrying over a topic from my previous post … the new Bond film’s location slides were found thanks to a flickr conversation moderated by Matt Hamm, who also created a new set with the images from a UK firm, Tomato. Here are few of my favorites, but check out the set on Tomato’s site or [...]

Bond Typography

While Bond might indeed be mindless and unrealistic action, I have grown up with this character and awe for those amazing first few minutes of the famous title sequences… I wasn’t too disappointed this time around. With lots of sand and motion, it had its own feel to keep things fresh – but was definately [...]

Obamabats

A friend sent this to me, and I LOVE it. 24 Obama themed dingbats!
Obama’s campaign not only embraced technology and the social networking as part of its brand – but also had a solid visual identity to give a backbone to it all. Here, a grassroots version of that identity created by designer Jeff Domke [...]

AIGA Event in Pasadena

The AIGA/LA and Mohawk Paper are hosting an event at the Pasadena Museum of California Art, showing off the winners of the Mohawk Show 9. And even better than the wine, food and work:
San Francisco-based graphic designer Michael Osborne designed the stunning Beckett Cambric promotions for Mohawk Fine Papers. Michael will talk with us about [...]

Little by Little

A great image over at Social Design Notes. “Thinking about the pace of social change. Here’s a quick sketch.”

Sites that make me say “DANG!”

If you’re in the creative field, perhaps you know the feeling … you’re working hard, liking your stuff, or at least satisfied … then you look over at a co-workers, classmate or friend’s work who is kickin’ major @$% while taking names and you just have to say … “DANG!”
If you can get past the [...]

Avant Magazine

Publication Design, and Illustration
In this issue of the avant magazine, I was able to try some illustration for a short article titled “Open Account,” as well as the design for the cover, and feature story.

AIGA and Design for Democacy

It must be election season … AIGA’s (American Institute of Graphic Arts) is full of many specific interest groups such as Design for Democracy. Looks like they have been doing some amazing headway to help election officials avoid another ballot design disaster, and make the voting experience clear and simple which we saw in 2000, [...]

Pasadena Art Walk

I recently found out my photography was accepted into this year’s fall Art Walk, part of the Pasadena Arts weekend!

The Art Walk is from 11-5 on Saturday, October 11th . I will join other local artists with a booth to show and sell my photography in this street fair of performances, workshops, and visual art!
The [...]