Category: Design

  • A watched pot

    Cheapskate… or disorganized? I had to have a document printed in a few hours and I had no “regular” paper. The ink jet generally collects dust unless I am printing out a CD cover, label, or a photo on glossy stock. Even when I get directions from Mapquest, I jot them down by hand on…

  • Build your own

    The ReadyMade $1500.00 shack Today was productive, but I’ve yet to pack my bags for the next trip and the hours are slipping away. I got things out the virtual door, posted and checked off. I went to the bank. I tweaked my brother’s resumé. I did not get a haircut. I wrestled with OS…

  • Cushy

    Testing out the Oldham collection at Lazyboy Mid-afternoon, the three bears and myself ventured over to the La-z-boy showroom to check out the Todd Oldham collection that Chad spotted in an ad. The stuff looked great online, and with it being La-z-boy, there was hopes that the crisp lines would not suffer from what normally…

  • Ban Mr. Smiley

    The de-evolution of license plates I’ve mentioned my disdain before. I think license plate design is going straight down the crapper. It’s a perfect example of technology advancements that can be filed under “unnecessary” (along with a handful of Photoshop filters that should be banned). Funny thing is, the new Kentucky plates are causing quite…

  • 2004 Auto Show, Columbus OH

    The new Nissan Quest – weerdest production interior of the lot I love lookin’ at cars. I figure it’s like women and shoes, or purses. I can window shop and feel sated. The auto show this year was filled with more retro-updates and fancy tail lights that’ve become so popular of late. Aside from a…

  • Oink

    Columbus Convention Center: (Peter) Eisenman Architects with Richard Trott & Partners The sun was raking across the street as I stepped out of work in Columbus this evening. Slightly exhausted from an early morning commute and full day of whirlwind decisions, I drove to pick up mouthwash cause I thought my breath tasted bad and…

  • The parts of letterforms

    This is what I was tested on in school Every profession has a language. Here are some words common to a typographer. For the most part, these words never really come up in the daily grind of a designer. Design somehow exists on soft, subjective language that gets into feelings and moods. Who needs semantics…

  • Europe: Day 6 – You say Cologne, I say Köln (poorly)

    I ♥ European timetables Leaving Amsterdam seemed jolting. After I had just realized I had no notion of how to get around, it was time to leave. Alas, it was a nice pace of getting up and having one last breakfast at the Golden Bear. This consisted of meats, cheese, bread, juice, coffee or tea.…

  • Once again, I’m reminded I need to be thrown in a home

    The new color of caution I went to visit Tiny Tina to get my beard whacked and back-of-my-neck fur shaved. I always get some bit of knowledge when I visit my barber in Kentucky. Today, as I grabbed a handful of beard trimmings I said, "Whoa, look at all that gray!" "That’s not gray dear,…

  • You’ve seen the money

    Visual excerpts from the WAY COOL* site with interactive flash tour of the new bill But have you seen the budget for the advertising campaign? “The U.S. government is spending $32 million — that’s 1.6 million new twenties — to let you know what’s up with the double sawbuck” As written by the Holland Sentinel.…