Seeing American Artifact recently really made me want to add to my concert poster design collection. So for this week’s Weekly Reader, I thought that I would share a few of the designers who are on my wish list. (You also might want to keep this handy if you intend to shower me with gifts […]
Entries from February 2010
Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Poster Designers
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Design Life · Inspiration · Letterpress/Printmaking
Merge a Success
February 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments
…and I’m not referring to a business venture.
Last Thursday, Mig Reyes and friends hosted Merge, their second design meet-up event that I have been able to attend since moving to Chicago. As with last time, word of mouth spread until the party surpassed even last November’s Bevel/Emboss with a whopping 450+ creatives in attendance. Although slightly […]
Tags: Design Life
Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Lovely Ladies of Type
February 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments
In keeping with February’s theme of inspiring creatives, I give you 3 typographers that I have been digging over the past year. If only I were as good at typography as these lovely ladies. You’ve probably heard of or seen them before, so I’ll just let their work speak for them:
Jessica Hische
site | blog
Marian Bantjes
site | blog
Yulia Brodskaya
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Tags: Inspiration · Product Design · Typography
Currently Watching: American Artifact
February 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Last weekend, I was lucky enough to see the opening night of American Artifact at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Not only is the film an excellent retrospective of American rock poster design, but the director, Merle Becker was on hand with local poster artists, Jay Ryan, Mat Daly, Steve Ryan, and Jim Pollock, to […]
Tags: Design · Design Life · Inspiration
Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Oscar Noms and Aardman Animation
February 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Due to faulty internet service, I find myself once again posting Wednesday’s Weekly Reader on a Thursday…maybe a name change is in order. Ha! In any case, this past week was a huge week in the world of my first love: animation. Oscar nominations were announced, and I have to say that I hadn’t realized […]
Tags: Animation · Inspiration
A Project a Week: Sneak Peek
February 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments
A couple weeks ago, Jason Schwartz challenged me to do A Project A Week (APAW): something that I have since included in my Design Resolutions for the year. The past two weeks have been spent finishing up projects that were already in progress. This week, I hope to start working on some new work.
Week 1: Prost! […]
Tags: Design Life · New Work · Typography
