Feeling Stuck?
Try looking at your situation from this perspective. You may find a respite is not so bad right now, and hopefully you will get a burst of energy or the winds will shift direction in your favor.
Just Sayin’
June has turned out to be a stormy month here in the section of the Northeast where I live. Last night, for example, we had more than six hours of thunderstorms and pouring rain!
Owl Rescue
Popping in to say thank you to the brave men and women fighting fires in California. There just isn’t any way to show how hard their job is and how important. We all, rightly, think a lot about the damage the fires do, but, here’s one photo and news story that made me smile. I am glad the firemen took the time to rescue the little owl. He looks a little upset about the whole situation, but he is going…
Girl, Stop Saying “I Think.”
A friend of mine in her mid 20s told me QVC is launching a clothing line with Rachel Hollis, blogger and author of Girl, Wash Your Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing. My friend had mentioned it to me because I am, I admit, a big fan of QVC and a long-time customer. By the way, QVC has a bookmarker page up on its site for the line, apparently the launch is set for sometime later this Spring. My friend…
Odin Over Denver
A friend of mine sent me a message this morning telling me I should take a look at a cool Web site, a wind map of the United States: http://hint.fm/wind/. So, here’s what I saw (see below). I drew the shape on the map to make it easier for others to see what I see: a face. I see eyes, a nose, a mouth and a beard, among other things. The tip of the nose is right over Denver, and…
The Solution to Fake News is Within Our Grasp
Note: this post first appeared earlier this month as a guest opinion column on What’s New in Publishing. In the closing days of 2018, New York Magazine published an article on its Web site entitled How Much of the Internet Is Fake? Turns Out, a Lot of It, Actually. This article is a must-read for anyone involved in digital advertising. In case you were wondering, I agree with everything the writer, Max Read, has to say in the article, which is a…
Ralph Breaks the Internet: a Graphic Design Perspective
Ralph Breaks the Internet is a new 3-D movie from Disney. The plot is pretty standard Disney fare, but what interested me most about the movie is how the animators envisioned the Internet in physical space. Briefly, Wreak-It-Ralph and friend Vanellope von Schweetz journey from their video game homeland to the worldwide universe of the Internet on a quest. No more spoilers on the story than this! Now, consider the design challenge this brief represents and then focus on the biggest…
Researchers Develop Memory Aiding Typeface
In the Seybold Report newsletter, we love reporting on typefaces, especially history of type design and new typefaces. I laughed out loud when I learned about this new one (see below), and, of course, we had to share the news with the Seybold Report subscribers in the last issue (18.19) of the newsletter, which published earlier this month. “Researchers Doctor Janneke Blijlevens and Doctor Jo Peryman from RMIT’s Behavioral Business Lab (Melbourne, Australia) collaborated with the School of Design to…
Celebrate Museum Day: Get Free Tickets to Visit a Museum Saturday, September 22, 2018
Museum Day is a wonderful annual program run by the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. Museum Day is a one-day event in which participating museums and cultural institutions across the United States provide free entry to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. Participants may download one ticket per e-mail address. The ticket provides free general admission on Saturday, September 22, 2018, for two people. Here is the link to find out more, select a museum, and create the ticket: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/….
Sunlight and Shadow: Longwood Gardens October 2016
Longwood Gardens is a beautiful place year-round. I created this three-minute still image video using photographs I took during a recent visit to take in the Chrysanthemum Festival and also enjoy a long walk on a beautiful fall day. Enjoy and please share! [vimeo 191745313 w=640 h=360] Longwood Gardens October 2016 from The Joss Group on Vimeo.