Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Lucky Charms

I totally sprinted for the end of this one, but no gold, again.  Is this some kind of joke?

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Grasshopper

It never fails...

You stop paying attention for one season and the next thing you know the design-team has totally screwed up the new Grasshopper release 1.2.7 --due next week. Dammit, get the project manager in here!

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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Huffy Pro Thunder | 1980

I saw this theft notice in Misha's Coffee shop in Alexandria, VA.  Still lamenting the loss of the Pro Thunder about 31 years later...

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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Oso Fresh ...on the Road

What exactly are your doing in your car that requires about a dozen and a half Strawberry and Pine air fresheners about 2.5 feet from your nose?

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms in the April evening around 6pm. Washington DC.

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Typeface

This snippet of video describes the decision-making process typeface designer, Erik Spiekermann, uses in creating his work.  Fonts and typeface form the stylistic characteristics of letters, which when joined into words, provide nuance and impact to our formatted communication.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Canned

I opened up my mother's senior year book (1967?) and found these.  So what exactly are we attempting to convey here ladies?  I dig the vehicles in the background.

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