The best design isn’t necessarily the latest or the most high-tech. Seen on the BBC’s website this morning (“London 2012: 20 more Olympic Oddities“) “Given the huge amount of money spent on sports wear and team outfits, why has no one come up with a better solution for attaching the competitor’s numbers to their vests […]
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2012 REFB Barrel Wrap Project
A barrel wrap project calls for a highly visible design: after all, they have to stand out in a sea of visual data. But they can’t be so strong that they put people off – after all, we’re trying to encourage food donations, and also create visibility about ending hunger in our community . It’s […]
The Prayer Flag Project
Thanks to Jane LaFazio, I’ve discovered the Prayer Flag project – “A collective project spreading peace, good will and kindness, one flag at a time…” Inspired! I’m making a series of 4 flags based on the Loving-kindness meditation: May I be filled with Loving-Kindness May I be well May I be peaceful and at ease […]
Ernest Callenbach’s “Epistle to the Ecotopians”
Ernest Callenbach, author of the classic environmental novel Ecotopia and other works, and founder/editor of the internationally known journal Film Quarterly, died on 16 April 2012 at the age of 83, leaving behind this document on his computer. I found it well worth reading. He eloquently expresses many of the themes which concern me regarding […]
Inspiration — May 4, 2012
Lace Fence from demakersvan First Aid Box by Ulf Thomas Solbach / Radius Design Door has little Pantone reference panels for every color [seen in] nature around them… Ingrid Dijkers’ “Through the Rabbit Hole” tunnel book. Nikolaj Lund Reinvents Portraiture of Classical Musicians Stunning startrails by Australian photographer Lincoln Harrison. […]
The Secret to a Great Info-Graphic
I’ve been noticing a trend in info-graphics recently – a huge collection of facts, done in a certain style. They’re usually very tall – 500 x 2000 pixels, and colorful/dramatic. So what’s wrong with this picture? Well, they’re ineffective. There’s a lot of data, and it’s all pretty hard to read. They don’t tell a […]
Happy New Year 2012
Wishing you Peace, Love and Joy this coming year. This painting came from a panorama of photos I took last summer as we were leaving Scotland. We stopped at Dunure Castle, which looks out towards the Isle of Arran. It was a beautiful day, a restful and beautiful place. When I got home, I […]
New Work
It’s been hard to post in here – it’s been a strange year with 2 close friends passing away during the summer. So I haven’t been keeping up here. Just working at my graphic design business and working on art very desultorily, while I get used to the world without them. I’ve been invited to […]
The Top 5 Things Not to Do on Twitter
Twitter is all about discovering sources of information, interacting and sharing. It’s a conversation, a place to learn and to find people to interact with on topics you care about. But it’s only as valuable as the quality of the people you surround yourself with and the conversations you maintain. Like any gathering, it has […]
