Last summer I went to LA to meet up with my friend Beth. While I was there I met some really smart, cool people. Among them was an ex-designer and photographer working with Beth named Anna. We immediately hit it off when we discovered our mutual distaste for the font Papyrus—which is as prevalent as [...]
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Creativity and Neverland
Through the power of imagination we allow ourselves to suspend disbelief and give ourselves the power to dream that almost anything is possible. This was so wonderfully illustrated in Finding Neverland: the story of J.M Barrie, author of Peter Pan. If we’re to believe the movie, Barrie’s success of Peter and Wendy on opening night [...]
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Teux Deux
I have, and always will be, a list-maker. It’s a necessity. My brain flips channels like a bored fifteen year-old on winter break at grandma’s cabin up north. It took me years to perfect a system that could reign in my unruly mind. It required a self-constructed 7”x 8.5” spiral-bound day-planner with covers made from [...]
shades of green
It’s a bit challenging to be in the business of making things and to also be a conservationist. There’s an inherent conflict between making and saving. I’ve got more education in environmental studies than I do as a graphic designer and I still care deeply about making a difference. Our firm has adopted and worked [...]
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Hatch+Hamilton=Love
Hamilton Wood Type Museum located in Two Rivers, Wisconsin where the Twin Rivers empty into Lake Michigan. The Museum is located in the old mill building right on the river where Hamilton Wood Type became one of the largest producers of wood type back in the heyday of newspapers as the only media source. Jim [...]
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Taken by Design
So I bought this really cute bike basket for my burrito bike, a Schwinn Continental. The basket is cut white plastic with flowers. It’s cuter than cute actually. The basket comes off the bike to double as a shopping bag too. It made me smile the moment I saw it. I’d fallen in love with [...]
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