LorraineDesign

So blogging has been on the back-burner the past week due to long hours at work combined with an apartment hunt. In any case, this month’s Weekly Readers are going to focus on craft inspiration since March is actually National Craft Month. I don’t know about you, but I get a lot of inspiration from […]

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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 […]

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…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 […]

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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 […]

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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! […]

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After a half-year hiatus, Wednesday’s Weekly Reader is back! (Although…erm…as I write this, it IS Thursday yet again…) Since finding myself unemployed last February, I found it increasingly hard to find the time necessary to compile all of the links I wanted to share each week: until I stopped the series altogether. In any case, […]

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Last year, I started a new tradition for myself by setting Design Resolutions for the year. After giving it a lot of thought the past 2 weeks, I think I am finally ready to set this year’s resolutions in stone. So, without further ado, here are they are:

Be More Disciplined in How I Use My Free-Time
Now […]

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The past month was a blur of working, getting ready for the holidays, and travel, but the kickoff to all of the fun and mayhem was the Firebelly Holiday Shop. As I mentioned last month, I contributed a booth showcasing embroidered goods and illustration prints/postcards. I was really excited that my good friend and fellow […]

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…well-wishes, that is.
As you can see, I was a little late on getting any cards out this holiday season…including this blog post! I blame the blizzard that majorly hit the Midwest during vacation. Ha! In any case, I hope everyone had a great holiday season and enjoyed their time off.

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Well, tonight I headed over to Firebelly with all of my wares to set up my little table for their Pop-Up Holiday Shop. Unfortunately, (fortunately?) I bought a car last week, so between car hunting and Thanksgiving I wasn’t able to finish all of the projects I had planned. That said, the ones that I […]

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