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 […]
Entries Tagged as 'Inspiration'
Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Craft Week 1
March 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: Design Life · Inspiration
Wednesday’s Weekly Reader: Poster Designers
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Design Life · Inspiration · Letterpress/Printmaking
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
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Marian Bantjes
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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
New (old) Work: Hallmark Turns 100!
January 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments
If you’ve been a long-time reader of this blog, you may have noticed me hinting here and there about getting to work on exciting projects that I’m not able to post about until they go live. This past week, Kansas City’s own Hallmark Cards kicked off their year-long centennial celebration: something I have been bursting […]
Tags: Advertising · Design · New Work · Web Design
…In With the New!
January 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments
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 […]
Tags: Design Life · Inspiration
Firebelly Holiday Shop Recap
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Design Life · Illustration · New Work
Firebelly Holiday Shop Sneak Peak
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
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 […]
Tags: Design Life · New Work · Web Design
