tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69253324742715966712024-02-07T22:23:00.663-05:00Three Red Hens: Letterpress & DesignThree Red Hens blog details the trials, tribulations & triumphs of starting letterpress printing.Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-61884245304552081702009-03-03T13:05:00.007-05:002009-03-23T22:36:21.942-04:00Enjoy a beard, even if you can't grow one...<span style="font-family:arial;">Call me crazy, but I have always wanted a hat with ear flaps that became a "beard"—especially on a windy New York day like today. It seems like I'm not the only one. This week I bring you plenty of ways to enjoy a beard even if, like me, you can't grow one of your own...<br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqwffGR8VXknTM89y920z7dlkDpHIHMW0f8Vw8MObbBz33H2dIhye7Lw5MF0CTbj2y4HKdSeeNVs1lJbN4hTZWhOGwsr700zNYpTfDDDv8F6d1D6QviGkxlu4cKyQ9BqbjzwUPIczgbI/s1600-h/beardsnew1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqwffGR8VXknTM89y920z7dlkDpHIHMW0f8Vw8MObbBz33H2dIhye7Lw5MF0CTbj2y4HKdSeeNVs1lJbN4hTZWhOGwsr700zNYpTfDDDv8F6d1D6QviGkxlu4cKyQ9BqbjzwUPIczgbI/s400/beardsnew1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316567687557348802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fabulous <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_1&listing_id=22652571&ga_search_query=beard&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=2&min=&max=&order=">"Beard T-shirt"</a> from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5664427">Hide & Seek Clothing</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">I have to get myself one of these—I love love love it!</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVE2Dbc1By4zSR9vdbQFaXMx4IjGL7D718cjeLFqs6ayEsfHgz9W38RWhIf_wS1Q_dulcBfRq0XSq7fQUQ6yiExK7SWnu5eDiYKni9mmTjbdQxKcdF5fHe8Shx-_cwLFanhyFKCGTjAw/s1600-h/beards1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVE2Dbc1By4zSR9vdbQFaXMx4IjGL7D718cjeLFqs6ayEsfHgz9W38RWhIf_wS1Q_dulcBfRq0XSq7fQUQ6yiExK7SWnu5eDiYKni9mmTjbdQxKcdF5fHe8Shx-_cwLFanhyFKCGTjAw/s400/beards1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316564522998489106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vt_related_1&listing_id=22684903">"Beards are Sexy Tote Bag"</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> from </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6167248">The Bold Banana</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagSznmWRehiE6jSO_ULAKOEE3lYs8o1dKp_mBJxBW5QpN-XtrmPRz3ivSgmDUGReq09Koi0gBJxy795A78rfQd-W_Of59BMIzyfYZvczZOXCrVStO_skHyU5_4rzB-ICd0SJNIUELwxg/s1600-h/beards3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagSznmWRehiE6jSO_ULAKOEE3lYs8o1dKp_mBJxBW5QpN-XtrmPRz3ivSgmDUGReq09Koi0gBJxy795A78rfQd-W_Of59BMIzyfYZvczZOXCrVStO_skHyU5_4rzB-ICd0SJNIUELwxg/s400/beards3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316564516471430738" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A variety of covetable </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.vikprjonsdottir.com/">"Beard Caps" from Vík Prjónsdótti</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This is the kind of beard hat I dream about!</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfYf0KhAy0-U5gyY7orzp5B629aZcmGLlK9XeWnflk_kguVTHwzLtDJXmJrZLzVjJXGD6VQkkyLQIFuC16EUmDIIdVAZ-cC6w-9ilYp3LWEl-rZ05soGx8cUBizoByWDZcabpP9VCAnY/s1600-h/beards5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfYf0KhAy0-U5gyY7orzp5B629aZcmGLlK9XeWnflk_kguVTHwzLtDJXmJrZLzVjJXGD6VQkkyLQIFuC16EUmDIIdVAZ-cC6w-9ilYp3LWEl-rZ05soGx8cUBizoByWDZcabpP9VCAnY/s400/beards5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316564329657391922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=21035768">"Behind Every Girl is a Guy With a Beard and Glasses Print"</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> from </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=3329">egg-a-go-go</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">This guy looks familiar... </span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_S_RSvFWrEH23pav5i_bExpJJ2KBf6AOacGuF-Jj7WquyuOt3rRz0b8E5QAk2XfGY_Iw5Wmb_pr67NMQ91jQHQYvD3UmAW11Rkeqm-OFPZ1aUymWQcM400BUnF5Cnku_HMbs51V1JNg/s1600-h/beards6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_S_RSvFWrEH23pav5i_bExpJJ2KBf6AOacGuF-Jj7WquyuOt3rRz0b8E5QAk2XfGY_Iw5Wmb_pr67NMQ91jQHQYvD3UmAW11Rkeqm-OFPZ1aUymWQcM400BUnF5Cnku_HMbs51V1JNg/s400/beards6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316564323129585090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vt_related_1&listing_id=22055236">"Lumberjacks"</a> card from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5977349">Dude and Chick</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Lovely card for "the rugged, plaid-wearing person in your life."</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7N5aNFOXk6cPWgHhlcqVS_wFR8KlnvbB20X_ZXpOVApZFt1DXqAY9Acy8KSmCMsri8LbivkQXl_pcqJ6S-0rFMAumBvy3MNFRiTU-myyn1FjwCI3xcUpBAqMGoXVDOTGiDulZpUDS5k/s1600-h/beards.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7N5aNFOXk6cPWgHhlcqVS_wFR8KlnvbB20X_ZXpOVApZFt1DXqAY9Acy8KSmCMsri8LbivkQXl_pcqJ6S-0rFMAumBvy3MNFRiTU-myyn1FjwCI3xcUpBAqMGoXVDOTGiDulZpUDS5k/s400/beards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316564325539091698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >From the rugged & manly to the more feminine beard. This "Girly Pink Beard" has been sold, but you'll find plenty of lovely beards to suit your fancy over at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6329980">i made you a beard</a>.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyM8orW6awW7gkHs_OKHxjNOz1MbH9ZpW-cvcN7oxjh1TmWQpnFbICTpV1-X61vFjREQUUDYl6mdIjwYTNEQ5IBfHkCJTRP-iCulUyl3DScLRKjWeLsHYsHYqJcGKoZEhrFxzVZe1F1N4/s1600-h/beards7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyM8orW6awW7gkHs_OKHxjNOz1MbH9ZpW-cvcN7oxjh1TmWQpnFbICTpV1-X61vFjREQUUDYl6mdIjwYTNEQ5IBfHkCJTRP-iCulUyl3DScLRKjWeLsHYsHYqJcGKoZEhrFxzVZe1F1N4/s400/beards7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316564323558498898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_15&listing_id=22597074&ga_search_query=beard&ga_search_type=tag_title&ga_page=2&min=&max=&order=">"The Couple"</a> digitally colored original illustration from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=4187">Ashley G and Drew</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: arial;">There are so many other lovely bearded illustrations in their shop, and you can even get your own custom portrait done if you want.</span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfSF3blnfrm5A3zu43c6GFQxpZ8fYOY3sv7UBjk1dLSJUaqYwTC_FdIZeE-dVEaBwGwN-oGSkPFPwPcJnH9dhH7dovwjIzSZgVewL3E29huBsxkVBVlEHE_HClM2ZznG1DxGxsr9tjco/s1600-h/beardsfont.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfSF3blnfrm5A3zu43c6GFQxpZ8fYOY3sv7UBjk1dLSJUaqYwTC_FdIZeE-dVEaBwGwN-oGSkPFPwPcJnH9dhH7dovwjIzSZgVewL3E29huBsxkVBVlEHE_HClM2ZznG1DxGxsr9tjco/s400/beardsfont.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316569334182466050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And no list can be complete without this funky beard font from </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.kunstgroup.ru/tim/">Tim Yarzhombeck</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />I'll post my little silk screened tribute to moustaches soon...<br /></span>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-66212021107148925552008-11-12T21:22:00.003-05:002008-11-12T21:27:11.693-05:00New holiday cards from Three Red Hens!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEteFb9QdiuUKwXm8n2yVJhn-vtlhQ-NqshbmeHsGn913z4bns-NDA08cfETewhmjT6eLLdnYSvpHl2_VwQ9nUYwDACPkGGjV1IK8PSjh8bhbZBZowhwImY4POzmEsh4MYhUW4w2WvfTQ/s1600-h/sheepupclose.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURYnl_ADgA12KTaBSltvnUPS_fGYhImNChFjAtAIE-0uuRayUbalgbQgPW-KBqakS0HpSC3A2scQmXl-EihC0-dz42uoIpV3T-42wKTM0zIru0fl5ERXZkG9EgLPHKN9OHMZyinCA2uk/s400/pigupclose.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267962069874351554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5ur84PY7coN0nA-YM6F9oZOYSkZ3y6-8OUgO0TytUaGYsl2gHuE6q-txMXfldsp62mNDmOrrcetjflYlq4b5J-kszNWNp7YWvnSP4i4fZol-RkO7u5iDn4-9gKG8DmMdpC-MMzB4-gU/s1600-h/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5ur84PY7coN0nA-YM6F9oZOYSkZ3y6-8OUgO0TytUaGYsl2gHuE6q-txMXfldsp62mNDmOrrcetjflYlq4b5J-kszNWNp7YWvnSP4i4fZol-RkO7u5iDn4-9gKG8DmMdpC-MMzB4-gU/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267962636217856674" border="0" /></a>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-51163534309104857882008-11-04T11:25:00.005-05:002008-11-04T11:35:45.376-05:00Three Red Hens featured on Friago's blog<span style="font-family:arial;">Three Red Hens' <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15721366">"Berries"</a> card was featured in a lovely collection of print goods on <a href="http://blog.friago.com/post/Pretty-Paper.aspx">Friago's blog</a> dedicated to "the love of Design, Architecture, Art & all things fabulous". If you're in need of artistic inspiration or gift ideas check out her collection of goodies from Etsy.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZih9sKYpryBEKPP9g3fhBuNgfxRcrnxZewHs2T9vPk5S55QUH9lvS8BpyS5X-Ov2SmG5KA6NA1d2v478yLr0tl20LVO6QDgh7paqncKXXO4ZxoIbV5uBH3sHHNql3FPHDsEWH7wR18I/s1600-h/image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZih9sKYpryBEKPP9g3fhBuNgfxRcrnxZewHs2T9vPk5S55QUH9lvS8BpyS5X-Ov2SmG5KA6NA1d2v478yLr0tl20LVO6QDgh7paqncKXXO4ZxoIbV5uBH3sHHNql3FPHDsEWH7wR18I/s400/image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264840453326112386" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQr8cgexP9w7T0oBOYPpKz_DY3ZvfPDpQSJTHCJT4kdI7TedsRSNVLOJgmq0F6O5LteU0sup8KehnmNR8H97562a3D2AgQu7mdLx_Ufu3Pv2zTMkeqL-aYqzMu6WoHaJi55DoQteFR3HM/s1600-h/image2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQr8cgexP9w7T0oBOYPpKz_DY3ZvfPDpQSJTHCJT4kdI7TedsRSNVLOJgmq0F6O5LteU0sup8KehnmNR8H97562a3D2AgQu7mdLx_Ufu3Pv2zTMkeqL-aYqzMu6WoHaJi55DoQteFR3HM/s400/image2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264840453985461090" border="0" /></a>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-1635507887376817862008-11-04T10:49:00.002-05:002008-11-04T10:53:33.446-05:00Remember to vote!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguH7j8a20eWGTIBMUIMUNYDw-tbj2EOH8H8y2v3uu1DG6Pyv1eC5WVI9cxO9T65Xpz_BrvvG02peGHtuuNHd793gTLvBIF9e0As8NoSabMT15njwhl0hBOarFO1jLOr0BWtd7cBibET7g/s1600-h/mcaain_and_obama.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguH7j8a20eWGTIBMUIMUNYDw-tbj2EOH8H8y2v3uu1DG6Pyv1eC5WVI9cxO9T65Xpz_BrvvG02peGHtuuNHd793gTLvBIF9e0As8NoSabMT15njwhl0hBOarFO1jLOr0BWtd7cBibET7g/s400/mcaain_and_obama.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264830666840459506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">Just a reminder to vote! Original post on this promotion by </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.airbedandbreakfast.com/">AirBed&Breakfast</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> at </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2008/10/capn-mccains-ob.html">TheDieline blog</a><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-26830314190254407992008-10-24T21:19:00.046-04:002008-10-25T16:12:14.165-04:00Designs on the presidency: 50+ Manifestations of Design in the 2008 Campaign<span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">I set out to find some of the best examples of graphic design & art from the 2008 campaign but have had a difficult time keeping it balanced. Graphic artists (and artists in general) haven't used their skills for McCain in the same way. Try Googling "</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=mccain+poster&btnG=Search+Images">McCain poster</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">" versus "</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=obama+poster&&sa=N&start=20&ndsp=20">Obama poster</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">". Even a poster competition on McCain's website </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/involving/petition4.aspx?guid=7812710a-aeca-4573-adf9-92c5a6c5f4e7">wasn't enough</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> to get the creatives going in the <a href="http://www.designforobama.org/">same way</a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">I tried to stick with the positive or at least light-hearted manifestations of design in this campaign, but there's plenty of negative out there too: There's the resurrection of </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.successories.com/category/e429709c-250d-488d-a7bb-90f537107324/motivational+posters.do">90s-style motivational posters</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> parody on both sides (just look in the above "poster" Google searches—eek—just bad design) and everyone & </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/21/playing-the-presiden.html">their mom</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> parodying or borrowing from Shepard Fairey's iconic Obama posters—see a few examples </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://deadpanalley.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-am-big-fan-of-posters-that-shepherd.html">here</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">, </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://bagnewsnotes.typepad.com/bagnews/2008/04/bitter-has-its.html">here</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">, and kinda </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://frighteningprospect.com/">here</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> (this last one scared me in the East Village the other day!). Of course there's also the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/palin_political_poster_project/">Palin Poster Project</a>.<br /><br />In the end it's really the issues that matter. Just consider this a little eye candy reminder to vote. :-)<br /><br /></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZK88AxV2uldiVWZ8g5DbFVizIr2TmqqM1WjEFfXQtT7hTL3AI9qkzrmPmv87P6CymRiC_n4eHW-PYJIJZYkXwcmJooRx2NSnbQhklgTb-BeIEdZK0eB1sbtIK4G5Z3EXzaHUAmv0D18/s1600-h/dailyshow375a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZK88AxV2uldiVWZ8g5DbFVizIr2TmqqM1WjEFfXQtT7hTL3AI9qkzrmPmv87P6CymRiC_n4eHW-PYJIJZYkXwcmJooRx2NSnbQhklgTb-BeIEdZK0eB1sbtIK4G5Z3EXzaHUAmv0D18/s400/dailyshow375a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261139095944758194" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.printmag.com/design_articles/the_way_it_isnt/tabid/405/Default.aspx">"Not Necessarily the News"</a> by Jim Hanas on the design of fake news graphics from the October issue of Print Magazine. I hope I'm watching the Comedy Central coverage on election night... just have to find a TV.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7v55BNem1VhifQkKqqyzMFycv8q1WEGOF7UGqiE9VMvt-4KT_C4BOyUvO6qf_xCxTDEF88IEmr0nvskYwuRKuw11D8xN6uMrDDAdxjla_Z9_qegR9U5w6_nGyyf3GEjXITghmSXIFbI/s1600-h/mccain.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7v55BNem1VhifQkKqqyzMFycv8q1WEGOF7UGqiE9VMvt-4KT_C4BOyUvO6qf_xCxTDEF88IEmr0nvskYwuRKuw11D8xN6uMrDDAdxjla_Z9_qegR9U5w6_nGyyf3GEjXITghmSXIFbI/s400/mccain.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260904952268651074" border="0" /></a>Younger Than McCain t-shirt from <a href="http://blog.200nipples.com/2008/07/featured-designer-geoff-ponnath/">Geoff Ponnath</a> on <a href="http://blog.200nipples.com/2008/07/new-t-shirt-notice-younger-than-mccain/">200 Nipples</a>.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVI3oML8JQXumRIiyuxUsjbJyGKe6D2kNylIHPDaV0HIDvEanHhHjRrOb2hZtAa_VjhpZrcZe-7887USbx6gzs0IDTQITIt4tTSd2bXQ7CX1cFRXb8SduTfe0fne5cbrATRGD2YE0Pqs/s1600-h/1201369426_0617.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVI3oML8JQXumRIiyuxUsjbJyGKe6D2kNylIHPDaV0HIDvEanHhHjRrOb2hZtAa_VjhpZrcZe-7887USbx6gzs0IDTQITIt4tTSd2bXQ7CX1cFRXb8SduTfe0fne5cbrATRGD2YE0Pqs/s400/1201369426_0617.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260903888538394946" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/01/27/what_font_says_change/">"What Font Says 'Change'"</a> article from the Boston Globe earlier this year. Or for a more <a href="http://logo.designbay.com/articles/study-of-presidential-logos.aspx">scholarly approach</a> (with graphs)...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3xzgT30h68X-WrMbFC4ExVcCY6xLux9U-LsaxQ9wAKuJIsmcOWCSsAsrI0kMzEa4rMXxeabu5Qma2ISBX2NNNek5CnArewsWToCuXWEWoqqiU5rNOKH9HDWnPui_TB5pM_Ub2zQQ5PU/s1600-h/politics04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl3xzgT30h68X-WrMbFC4ExVcCY6xLux9U-LsaxQ9wAKuJIsmcOWCSsAsrI0kMzEa4rMXxeabu5Qma2ISBX2NNNek5CnArewsWToCuXWEWoqqiU5rNOKH9HDWnPui_TB5pM_Ub2zQQ5PU/s400/politics04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260903885769704786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaiKLfFczMhFRJ6ebIw9DvFivVVtDaXFXhrd6Ij5tEKD3IZWyLitRWYJ7kdneR-NC5SKCo_QB9HI9x9LkKQJIp7kRNZpN66pFCIFkzrGYMU1Nc9zwirirWMIra4LvY95qnj1azdepLWM/s1600-h/jasonurban.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguaiKLfFczMhFRJ6ebIw9DvFivVVtDaXFXhrd6Ij5tEKD3IZWyLitRWYJ7kdneR-NC5SKCo_QB9HI9x9LkKQJIp7kRNZpN66pFCIFkzrGYMU1Nc9zwirirWMIra4LvY95qnj1azdepLWM/s400/jasonurban.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260903885476458642" border="0" /></a>Two sides from the same poster by <a href="http://www.jasonurban.com/august2008.html">Jason Urban</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabjx0-WIVODG3QqWI1w-PxRQrb7T8twsBiSkS0oOyY-cTB5TalOxn5vqfyBcHTgpWRp6R7ZxzK3IQ7a6-XhPC01mTNzchsw4EAJJRtCrgACqf2SjykvgLwyVGHB7prS3blXHL7hCuz4o/s1600-h/157136.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabjx0-WIVODG3QqWI1w-PxRQrb7T8twsBiSkS0oOyY-cTB5TalOxn5vqfyBcHTgpWRp6R7ZxzK3IQ7a6-XhPC01mTNzchsw4EAJJRtCrgACqf2SjykvgLwyVGHB7prS3blXHL7hCuz4o/s400/157136.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261099270222884418" border="0" /></a>McCain is My Homeboy shirt seen on <a href="http://www.t-shirts.com/t-shirts/McCain-is-my-Homeboy-T-Shirt.html">t-shirts.com</a>. There's an Obama is My Homeboy <a href="http://www.t-shirts.com/t-shirts/Obama-is-my-Homeboy-T-Shirt.html">version</a> too.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZZZ3ZcTULMZp12e04wkjUGJ1gSZ1P9rYMGpOGtwOqEwIe6fpu-iHXCDw308uvOIGT6gb4DJ1ghkNJWYG_O52F5k7jyXGcEsllSVUwTSI5sPxc2UAxtBhoI8K92svjrQ8uK9ERS601b0/s1600-h/palin_poster_01.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZZZ3ZcTULMZp12e04wkjUGJ1gSZ1P9rYMGpOGtwOqEwIe6fpu-iHXCDw308uvOIGT6gb4DJ1ghkNJWYG_O52F5k7jyXGcEsllSVUwTSI5sPxc2UAxtBhoI8K92svjrQ8uK9ERS601b0/s400/palin_poster_01.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260530740910675394" border="0" /></a>This and many similar quote posters are available from <a href="http://www.notanothercstudent.com/postit.html">NotAnotherCStudent.com</a>.<br /></span><span style=";font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-rEQgSe4itn3at6RgCvZtVFdYKdnGMS3AgFyWysmapJRdBr2aKVKLRbuSAKMO7haC90fRdk4G_Zz5E65eFDmmxtPsIkZpG1tP4UHY67PCNJ-0gNqJqa5AExD8jWmUNf0bdauCmis5Vc/s1600-h/mccainstreetwear_onceupon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-rEQgSe4itn3at6RgCvZtVFdYKdnGMS3AgFyWysmapJRdBr2aKVKLRbuSAKMO7haC90fRdk4G_Zz5E65eFDmmxtPsIkZpG1tP4UHY67PCNJ-0gNqJqa5AExD8jWmUNf0bdauCmis5Vc/s400/mccainstreetwear_onceupon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261101472561083602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpww7xcRWpiNq7YA-rqbO4IQYfcuN26fXFYZWVJFfJszQc3b5ibWwMCdM9GodiCmCfrV52ZRguKFYKPJXajgMQbhRyBIZIQwV32yZjA9fnHDnD0Ld-u2YGRNGwQd9b7lx3lExswYZy6A/s1600-h/mccainstreetwear_lemar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXpww7xcRWpiNq7YA-rqbO4IQYfcuN26fXFYZWVJFfJszQc3b5ibWwMCdM9GodiCmCfrV52ZRguKFYKPJXajgMQbhRyBIZIQwV32yZjA9fnHDnD0Ld-u2YGRNGwQd9b7lx3lExswYZy6A/s400/mccainstreetwear_lemar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261101467888309842" border="0" /></a>Above two of Complex.com's <a href="http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/09/26/streetwear-for-the-mccain-campaign/">responses</a> to the lack of hip McCain wear.</span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wBzjEJQbe04nrwYs5wwzrynuOg2YSuss-5f6dJZstW235BtX9K0lk5-HuHs1PJ04xNdUDarITUMN6WeyK7B-oZ_pDrYJ4Il8yVvLQFV_mn5sHxP7jltzHCARpH_9hwQQ-puUT46XH8g/s1600-h/obama-poster190a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6wBzjEJQbe04nrwYs5wwzrynuOg2YSuss-5f6dJZstW235BtX9K0lk5-HuHs1PJ04xNdUDarITUMN6WeyK7B-oZ_pDrYJ4Il8yVvLQFV_mn5sHxP7jltzHCARpH_9hwQQ-puUT46XH8g/s400/obama-poster190a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261144995380911762" border="0" /></a><a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/to-the-letter-born/?scp=4&sq=obama%20logo&st=cse">"To the Letter Born"</a>: analysis of Obama's design scheme.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjukYUC0ELtspi_ZCk7gR86Vcj2uDXyvvdxl_g9zWuJOcLNA05IC0aWXLCHt-XYoGy4fIjAHY5XAU3XTuZuNhZGuIB2VyLkDbwQr4s4CRw6xarWEWSy5NDMdHQ5UbBrMnNaQCbG9jkHLS0/s1600-h/AIGA_GOTV_FINAL_Volume_resized578.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgUGR6xhUsnl-L47zHyA0He4j0DIBbLG-jwMg1skmc6re8j27L-MSOypjh5SXpuT6rgVT5BoVzQvjQLSein43REzc_KzBvPsKCsG8ayxf7baJEHaP2VCO7eIf-s-Ky0L_VWX0xXHe4K0/s400/aiga+get+out+the+vote_02.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261149416492013554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYcnmL_I_uMaNC58ziLQNGYjcKy_DePPrwpPYlLh9USlqm3EBQAtszgEXlC1KlQbpsFIFtdwg5ptOgh3EI68WMYpybxbpJQqnf7zkGfHB1ImLMT0t9V5YFo54sNu9n4-TV11VoNBWTQQ/s1600-h/AIGA_GOTV_FINAL_Office_Gaelyn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYcnmL_I_uMaNC58ziLQNGYjcKy_DePPrwpPYlLh9USlqm3EBQAtszgEXlC1KlQbpsFIFtdwg5ptOgh3EI68WMYpybxbpJQqnf7zkGfHB1ImLMT0t9V5YFo54sNu9n4-TV11VoNBWTQQ/s400/AIGA_GOTV_FINAL_Office_Gaelyn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260902662104628946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaVj6cld8wPXoahNuyOsR25nxPy43LiYZPXdIiiMAVQhwoA5h-fYWkmBb3jW7ueqDcGeLw5cCkSdUMBOUFw1Edq0dqZWEFnP487Im7taY177qezxDfhKqrGLa7cJSwDcSzVpujpwMYUw/s1600-h/AIGA_GOTV_FINAL_Office_Ecke_resized578.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaVj6cld8wPXoahNuyOsR25nxPy43LiYZPXdIiiMAVQhwoA5h-fYWkmBb3jW7ueqDcGeLw5cCkSdUMBOUFw1Edq0dqZWEFnP487Im7taY177qezxDfhKqrGLa7cJSwDcSzVpujpwMYUw/s400/AIGA_GOTV_FINAL_Office_Ecke_resized578.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260902660315884418" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJvheg7ubSw1jyBxsiiWY-5Rw2DtUYmzMuV8AH2On1XVXofWXOGRcA-PjtUgmAYkupEt6aLgV-PjNdG9jNNK-Gx25t4AGzsg5J1KcZyitE2e7eeZRjmSy-ftMvXu_MkaYgkXMXJUirrU/s1600-h/AIGA_GOTV_FINAL_Baradat_resized578.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJvheg7ubSw1jyBxsiiWY-5Rw2DtUYmzMuV8AH2On1XVXofWXOGRcA-PjtUgmAYkupEt6aLgV-PjNdG9jNNK-Gx25t4AGzsg5J1KcZyitE2e7eeZRjmSy-ftMvXu_MkaYgkXMXJUirrU/s400/AIGA_GOTV_FINAL_Baradat_resized578.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260902628023590274" border="0" /></a><br />Vote posters from AIGA's <a href="http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/get-out-the-vote?pageNum=6">Get Out the Vote</a> poster competition. <span style="font-weight: bold;">So many other great posters there—check it out!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJsKwi7Q_LJtlGw56Z1aprfr3rShDEDq27xnDFokzPFfEGOo5eAepkFFiqIJsgf_1xDyG3TsiuMemz_FGT-J-hH52HmFedD03STd0J08MvhKgdlHZXVu_9vf-WfVrKwkbjgt7cfiZlIw/s1600-h/cmoore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJsKwi7Q_LJtlGw56Z1aprfr3rShDEDq27xnDFokzPFfEGOo5eAepkFFiqIJsgf_1xDyG3TsiuMemz_FGT-J-hH52HmFedD03STd0J08MvhKgdlHZXVu_9vf-WfVrKwkbjgt7cfiZlIw/s400/cmoore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260530727981145794" border="0" /></a><br />Seriously, on <a href="http://yeswecarve.com/">pumpkins</a> too!? By Cynthia Moore & Tom Thompson on the <a href="http://www.yeswecarve.com/">YesWeCarve</a> website full of displays of support for Obama in the medium of Halloween pumpkin.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORkkXU7KCuoszXRMY9gYZaVT1OZABZmYKE1pWxNQbfoiMM4qd74NDLQw6-pe9kPWJ5fqgWJwZ_gknbILfnZQACjv-zB4Vp463Ld-G5AntQl8el8Jl7cMn8T45VTwi6ou6nn98U9UFHoY/s1600-h/184-small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORkkXU7KCuoszXRMY9gYZaVT1OZABZmYKE1pWxNQbfoiMM4qd74NDLQw6-pe9kPWJ5fqgWJwZ_gknbILfnZQACjv-zB4Vp463Ld-G5AntQl8el8Jl7cMn8T45VTwi6ou6nn98U9UFHoY/s400/184-small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261138038050780114" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.good.is/">Good Magazine</a> always has nice info graphics. <a href="http://www.good.is/?p=12537">This one</a> is about political donations to the two campaigns.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnyHu0q_vrJWbBJmHAlXsvGa9yxB03I7gu7wD5_Q8axdBgHjSBo-3tirEisI0-sp-rXB0vADkcXBy3zNwNDvUvgC9INTS3aZG90kU5YgsEyrekoVS8TaVhr_GXy22K1s5xAWGM1Cq05M/s1600-h/2_7aacecbcb3cb328cbcec26a5fc1d94d6_496.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnyHu0q_vrJWbBJmHAlXsvGa9yxB03I7gu7wD5_Q8axdBgHjSBo-3tirEisI0-sp-rXB0vADkcXBy3zNwNDvUvgC9INTS3aZG90kU5YgsEyrekoVS8TaVhr_GXy22K1s5xAWGM1Cq05M/s400/2_7aacecbcb3cb328cbcec26a5fc1d94d6_496.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260896893802091058" border="0" /> <strong></strong> </a>Abraham Obama Print by <a href="http://www.designforobama.org/index.php?p=90&sort=tr">aperryz</a> for <a href="http://www.designforobama.org/">DesignforObama.org</a>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">If you're an Obama supporter you have to check out </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.designforobama.org/">Design/ers for Obama</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">—lots of eye candy there.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtnn1zP101JXoSUHiFHd1nmt2bpdxnWi9dZAFF2fNlaeyUpa7NGk2EyIA1hMzQAxg5txqQ-3UcmjXtWUYIvfQ1mz7TPflqSpO8AyBjfuX3MIYZ-us82GldWk4VERO2ONxTKJXNWtsRh8/s1600-h/potts_375.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtnn1zP101JXoSUHiFHd1nmt2bpdxnWi9dZAFF2fNlaeyUpa7NGk2EyIA1hMzQAxg5txqQ-3UcmjXtWUYIvfQ1mz7TPflqSpO8AyBjfuX3MIYZ-us82GldWk4VERO2ONxTKJXNWtsRh8/s400/potts_375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260896888700111682" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.printmag.com/design_articles/stars_and_stripes/tabid/418/Default.aspx">"Stars and Stripes Literally Forever"</a> downloadable guide to 40 years of presidential campaign graphic design from Print Magazine.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Q_jpTzj6Pi38995T0zad11z322yKDJETqf3dgSvMkwY-lVDZ4_pGdHa2_r9tOYJ7vhFReHS63rJM0CxJmRxImuraoNvWCEYGZWnxCjf1G_oU2iMPm9z7kJcQZMdhxt8wz0gJxGdd4ag/s1600-h/il_430xN.42197184.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Q_jpTzj6Pi38995T0zad11z322yKDJETqf3dgSvMkwY-lVDZ4_pGdHa2_r9tOYJ7vhFReHS63rJM0CxJmRxImuraoNvWCEYGZWnxCjf1G_oU2iMPm9z7kJcQZMdhxt8wz0gJxGdd4ag/s400/il_430xN.42197184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260896382558658834" border="0" /></a>Sarah Palin laser cut pin by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16499355">DIYorDIE</a>. They also make an Obama & a McCain version.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGEukQAZFReJal8I-S062mzP2Luj2FRu8bfKzo_83vioXLAmsqT9F5pGN6zO6Te1F1_kNNNng4btuM00XQjhNreffIda5hkh4l1Wv19emn1Rg2FyLysUkg8FHHIyhQlV80Q9OHV_nkmY/s1600-h/il_430xN.41903396.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGEukQAZFReJal8I-S062mzP2Luj2FRu8bfKzo_83vioXLAmsqT9F5pGN6zO6Te1F1_kNNNng4btuM00XQjhNreffIda5hkh4l1Wv19emn1Rg2FyLysUkg8FHHIyhQlV80Q9OHV_nkmY/s400/il_430xN.41903396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260895883873157378" border="0" /></a>Letterpress <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16408448">poster</a> from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5142811">Yee-Haw Industries</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-RCaOaAYAcih4ERzzqkZog7A9fQ6URa_c_SqKw4FEuEcYw50AnE4BJwuIB0Ctu392m682QtLTCQEphZo6tUxtM4_5Bc9y3M57MfFGttm_shvnT0GjqfcutSbs6o-KIbMniPys6Wh0Gs/s1600-h/il_430xN.41718708.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-RCaOaAYAcih4ERzzqkZog7A9fQ6URa_c_SqKw4FEuEcYw50AnE4BJwuIB0Ctu392m682QtLTCQEphZo6tUxtM4_5Bc9y3M57MfFGttm_shvnT0GjqfcutSbs6o-KIbMniPys6Wh0Gs/s400/il_430xN.41718708.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261128677400866786" border="0" /></a>"<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16352026">The Candidates Finger Puppets</a>" by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=4574">abbeychristine</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV33Bgc-t18P4lV1PZIcuNPvrl_OCxB8smD6CRisW1tL7z9VdJ-lS-N6nzTCZF_F7-LTSgdvq_bY4ers55faIh_lLFYq8VTXfa788JZGPWn5JWauzvyGakh7MZQ5SM4PtS8aMQL5bNqI/s1600-h/il_430xN.42435750.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV33Bgc-t18P4lV1PZIcuNPvrl_OCxB8smD6CRisW1tL7z9VdJ-lS-N6nzTCZF_F7-LTSgdvq_bY4ers55faIh_lLFYq8VTXfa788JZGPWn5JWauzvyGakh7MZQ5SM4PtS8aMQL5bNqI/s400/il_430xN.42435750.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261128673633128674" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16572610">One</a> of many variations of Obama hand silk screened ties by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6189379">Lineology</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mWqISKAVYDS9X3dz7hbIerkTG4izDG5PkqdR8w7K9jcJllFXyWxqHATRDvA2wugJ2A_U2TjUC-BnyXxFtbv4vfF1y0_N3WZCPKk4n-fKoi58mbZT6Sx-_NFY7RYsE7BahmUSRrEzP8k/s1600-h/mccain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mWqISKAVYDS9X3dz7hbIerkTG4izDG5PkqdR8w7K9jcJllFXyWxqHATRDvA2wugJ2A_U2TjUC-BnyXxFtbv4vfF1y0_N3WZCPKk4n-fKoi58mbZT6Sx-_NFY7RYsE7BahmUSRrEzP8k/s400/mccain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261144233590619218" border="0" /></a><a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/mccains-optimum-look/">"McCain's Optimum Look"</a> analysis of McCain's logo by Stephen Heller, featuring renowned designers and their thoughts.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ctQzFJhFK883e3_En7nH8r62jWeW3VCv_qcHipmWxCqZg-Pkzssqzs4mx2nAom1D9R6mtXuWpM3U4_bNhrxnfIEOl6oCMgNZmaAPYE-W7jtdyXAkHAqBjbNkLxBdgJL3eM3J5SGPQQg/s1600-h/il_430xN.39510444.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ctQzFJhFK883e3_En7nH8r62jWeW3VCv_qcHipmWxCqZg-Pkzssqzs4mx2nAom1D9R6mtXuWpM3U4_bNhrxnfIEOl6oCMgNZmaAPYE-W7jtdyXAkHAqBjbNkLxBdgJL3eM3J5SGPQQg/s400/il_430xN.39510444.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261128674979223026" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15683011">One</a> of many fabulour designs in the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5901439&order=&section_id=&page=2">We Heart Obama shop</a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjWF_nSsGgsjkhElnP4wH6hsQsUy0r3tm9gxJQ1q9bZrDqTBLQwxQXgSMRJ7phKX-t4mUSXvWBP6Ia4FJj-KR4jdq-MvAzVOnSsfWc8YYKhGryqIy_CQaHfsAaRrVZXBQQmwc0CidTSo/s1600-h/BilliKid2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjWF_nSsGgsjkhElnP4wH6hsQsUy0r3tm9gxJQ1q9bZrDqTBLQwxQXgSMRJ7phKX-t4mUSXvWBP6Ia4FJj-KR4jdq-MvAzVOnSsfWc8YYKhGryqIy_CQaHfsAaRrVZXBQQmwc0CidTSo/s400/BilliKid2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260524065875134594" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/billikidbrand/">Billi Kid</a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> urban art.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOTdneAdK7VIfjXUDcvNdqdkUOp0P_nu0a_AfIq50XtndzNL2XO8D8fiCXahgD0_dkz9HV6I84-Z_vIYanhEOXs3pQHcEm2evFbQ4EWPqru_GzJ6-6EllPQ6pSg4xBnzaIhg3AevFYkc/s1600-h/25267307.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOTdneAdK7VIfjXUDcvNdqdkUOp0P_nu0a_AfIq50XtndzNL2XO8D8fiCXahgD0_dkz9HV6I84-Z_vIYanhEOXs3pQHcEm2evFbQ4EWPqru_GzJ6-6EllPQ6pSg4xBnzaIhg3AevFYkc/s400/25267307.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260895539781210290" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwM_FWD92CvkSqPymeewMp-XyNpKGDNitsxnvqyUuYrPavI-HCrwsDTs8ytDObiypWZyo9rPObkia4ZamwXArhyphenhyphenw-FP_Jxp-7I_t7T1SvdE14RRSDzmTRH73SPCACK8kLYlFpk5crIi9c/s1600-h/25237957.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 391px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwM_FWD92CvkSqPymeewMp-XyNpKGDNitsxnvqyUuYrPavI-HCrwsDTs8ytDObiypWZyo9rPObkia4ZamwXArhyphenhyphenw-FP_Jxp-7I_t7T1SvdE14RRSDzmTRH73SPCACK8kLYlFpk5crIi9c/s400/25237957.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260895533957682034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskK-TUlSf5ELOSwZUKFo0uZ0jXP7sltxA56lElOaVc7ZzCRPcjzp9akCUpkH86VVpsUuj-6rHqf4VfMO2KsSmwX8nZ0q-cE0bN2ayQf-TvvwvfuBk7XJPzkrNFtHHj8YUrOGJFHIOSi8/s1600-h/25266937.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskK-TUlSf5ELOSwZUKFo0uZ0jXP7sltxA56lElOaVc7ZzCRPcjzp9akCUpkH86VVpsUuj-6rHqf4VfMO2KsSmwX8nZ0q-cE0bN2ayQf-TvvwvfuBk7XJPzkrNFtHHj8YUrOGJFHIOSi8/s400/25266937.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260895530304874562" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/10/10/fashion/20081012-PULSE_2.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1224956115-rAm3YNtum7LuhRn7E8AsKw">"No Returns After Nov. 4"</a> selection of election goodies from The New York Times.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0izAMIoHom5kv2TjWeBLQI-ai-xrbaOUH04QkApcPv2oJkUb3Du51VPMhAkdfqOeLyfiJfQZPEpEv_Kj7cWue0qvJPFkIZEgpM9308_Sh6mgDV26YGwgM51XHB3HBOalTSaJFfPMRxo/s1600-h/obamaartreport_match+factory.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0izAMIoHom5kv2TjWeBLQI-ai-xrbaOUH04QkApcPv2oJkUb3Du51VPMhAkdfqOeLyfiJfQZPEpEv_Kj7cWue0qvJPFkIZEgpM9308_Sh6mgDV26YGwgM51XHB3HBOalTSaJFfPMRxo/s400/obamaartreport_match+factory.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260522013385055122" border="0" /></a>Vote poster created by <a href="http://thematchfactory.bigcartel.com/">Match Factory</a> as an Obama fundraiser in Omaha<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xJlnXSXBn_uOV0fnNlATqa3sI0fVPNFDJP7hlyNACX2qdE-dZMj-ugACm-cNwgqA2whPdNeGGFUGfQO_ra8faIki62H2W0FhDeAAjSJJ1hcpFrAYFqDDJ-q2n3cSjcRFbUDgdn6rdXs/s1600-h/mccain3_logo.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xJlnXSXBn_uOV0fnNlATqa3sI0fVPNFDJP7hlyNACX2qdE-dZMj-ugACm-cNwgqA2whPdNeGGFUGfQO_ra8faIki62H2W0FhDeAAjSJJ1hcpFrAYFqDDJ-q2n3cSjcRFbUDgdn6rdXs/s400/mccain3_logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260528566412327826" border="0" /></a>Created by <a href="http://gopnot4me.blogspot.com/2008/04/honest-mccain-campaign-poster.html">GOPnot4me</a> using <a href="http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com/">http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com/</a>.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6GWBtkhhzFS39ptFDYOkQRg8J6AiBeUVuOKN3VQfANJPuX-XawJutUbTC2VGNVJY1NMz6gN_uQUTB1BrlOZx_WGFBovHJAMDhdzBvUxv6oGzhSj1JeEWrqIQMvanfeQyJ_9DxbEsgDA/s1600-h/2228331745_8a8b55f1be_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6GWBtkhhzFS39ptFDYOkQRg8J6AiBeUVuOKN3VQfANJPuX-XawJutUbTC2VGNVJY1NMz6gN_uQUTB1BrlOZx_WGFBovHJAMDhdzBvUxv6oGzhSj1JeEWrqIQMvanfeQyJ_9DxbEsgDA/s400/2228331745_8a8b55f1be_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261117838687004642" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw1I-QFBnuIJNjDwJOE7zHAV3WlS9xyo187QNHe1ldfafr_MG9xGiVVpPELTjZ2Tk6vFVmez0lkJ7YNcbQGLtWzCHE-BGw_MAYQzCYUSIRm1deyRxOIE2gAYez-F3jIDrjNB51GHi9DQ/s1600-h/shepfairely.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw1I-QFBnuIJNjDwJOE7zHAV3WlS9xyo187QNHe1ldfafr_MG9xGiVVpPELTjZ2Tk6vFVmez0lkJ7YNcbQGLtWzCHE-BGw_MAYQzCYUSIRm1deyRxOIE2gAYez-F3jIDrjNB51GHi9DQ/s400/shepfairely.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260522001441446018" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://obeygiant.com/">Shepard Fairey</a> prints.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoGz-gGUadkFjNBOajXtkHHf0AUTFslXqO7Tr6JqGNDB233MO74g6zcwkivicBY0jR-wG7TG25FtCgT2bXjVirBW7T8z-5QzKR6FIrm0G1e38TaAa52FWLhnu9aokOZ10l0d1FZCRzs4/s1600-h/img-barak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJoGz-gGUadkFjNBOajXtkHHf0AUTFslXqO7Tr6JqGNDB233MO74g6zcwkivicBY0jR-wG7TG25FtCgT2bXjVirBW7T8z-5QzKR6FIrm0G1e38TaAa52FWLhnu9aokOZ10l0d1FZCRzs4/s400/img-barak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261134735139411906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsysiEskH5YC_HP5l2yewOCf3Gz0nZtIXR3puVjRLEaaxJykjRDCfLLidMjqcsk_FWSYZg4PXMPfnru7a1A-4LV4rJDNFQoadbjt4OflqM1ZyN7nWKnoccslseeQDwKZi5Ki5VdPM_nI/s1600-h/img-mccain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsysiEskH5YC_HP5l2yewOCf3Gz0nZtIXR3puVjRLEaaxJykjRDCfLLidMjqcsk_FWSYZg4PXMPfnru7a1A-4LV4rJDNFQoadbjt4OflqM1ZyN7nWKnoccslseeQDwKZi5Ki5VdPM_nI/s400/img-mccain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261134735596621378" border="0" /></a>Screen shots taken by Brian Yerkes to accompany his <a href="http://www.brianyerkes.com/obama-versus-mccain-web-design-war/">post</a> on the "Web Design War". Similar comparisons can be found <a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/whats-in-a-web-site/">here</a> and <a href="http://election2008.usc.edu/2008/09/obama-mccain-web-site-comparison.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ0HNHMYblhPQbsq8ESu0cCyHgc714JR992ad3VYTcuFM92nSHtClqBF6_soNHeNSvgcze9R8uXqTGGExRJPtlUntnj9L1T0XMY_4Ciq7hiwnIRfXU1jck8rO1Uc2oLUzmevMxdeT13w/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQJ0HNHMYblhPQbsq8ESu0cCyHgc714JR992ad3VYTcuFM92nSHtClqBF6_soNHeNSvgcze9R8uXqTGGExRJPtlUntnj9L1T0XMY_4Ciq7hiwnIRfXU1jck8rO1Uc2oLUzmevMxdeT13w/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261134723935542914" border="0" /></a>"How Design Can Save Democracy" <a href="http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/how-design-can-save-democracy/">post</a> & <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/25/opinion/20080825-ballot.html?scp=4&sq=design%20ballot&st=cse">interactive feature</a> on clear ballot redesign. By Richard Grefé & Jessica Friedman Hewitt for The New York Times.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMbeYdbcOyCsy1bWRZQN2LLH_Vu2cX9k23I_lS7zAbj87yP27NbG7wk8VvYjV9KQtW4bP-eKh5mS5FZbwp4fh6pUx95myv4PNFRYgj4voDEsASPPgLQ-7O0LlTc7tjkDBq0Ds1ZElZ5o/s1600-h/564_9d95c40d25d4e00e2d5f132be8c2a792_6a5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMbeYdbcOyCsy1bWRZQN2LLH_Vu2cX9k23I_lS7zAbj87yP27NbG7wk8VvYjV9KQtW4bP-eKh5mS5FZbwp4fh6pUx95myv4PNFRYgj4voDEsASPPgLQ-7O0LlTc7tjkDBq0Ds1ZElZ5o/s400/564_9d95c40d25d4e00e2d5f132be8c2a792_6a5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260528571096762562" border="0" /></a>Created by <a href="http://www.designforobama.org/index.php?p=252&sort=tr">renee823</a> for DesignforObama.org.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTC80bcgXGp9E4thCS-GMz7p2PMh51BqAbnaJ8-U6-zNCuhyphenhyphenyUy-cl1WgufelwhoImrepL6HtGAdxsVyYknNmcXHeYrblBECy_Tf-_c3e9IvbDIXF_7ypOoDQNad4W-yTjmZjNO0hIKc/s1600-h/200810042001590.frank-chimero_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGTC80bcgXGp9E4thCS-GMz7p2PMh51BqAbnaJ8-U6-zNCuhyphenhyphenyUy-cl1WgufelwhoImrepL6HtGAdxsVyYknNmcXHeYrblBECy_Tf-_c3e9IvbDIXF_7ypOoDQNad4W-yTjmZjNO0hIKc/s400/200810042001590.frank-chimero_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260538514633020562" border="0" /></a>From <a href="http://www.30reasons.org/">30Reasons.org</a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zCP5A-EqeAtyHHfD13NpD5H4UgtTS5Xyq2vYZELSUwkinjhqtQYu82aueAPPJwkD1RLfs-tOYneO8PTvoFuEFQ-byF9wHX4CJtcgilgx5WGJ2Ak-UW0CQa4ZhuSvzLb91kaRoDibtaE/s1600-h/scott-hansen-obama-poster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zCP5A-EqeAtyHHfD13NpD5H4UgtTS5Xyq2vYZELSUwkinjhqtQYu82aueAPPJwkD1RLfs-tOYneO8PTvoFuEFQ-byF9wHX4CJtcgilgx5WGJ2Ak-UW0CQa4ZhuSvzLb91kaRoDibtaE/s400/scott-hansen-obama-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260538998282562498" border="0" /></a>Lovely work, as always, by <a href="http://blog.iso50.com/">Scott Hansen</a>.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZPxoVSCgLDzwKNx40_L1SAGbW61m9pR8wT7pqPCHTXPDa8vLymBhfsb-m4wpiMONz_xdHhNOaUndOVIhYVvfHmZi2JU1VPgK6o84jZPeV8HkBQxHBBUqFe2h0cFt68oBpGSVkGCL25w/s1600-h/il_430xN.35421236.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZPxoVSCgLDzwKNx40_L1SAGbW61m9pR8wT7pqPCHTXPDa8vLymBhfsb-m4wpiMONz_xdHhNOaUndOVIhYVvfHmZi2JU1VPgK6o84jZPeV8HkBQxHBBUqFe2h0cFt68oBpGSVkGCL25w/s400/il_430xN.35421236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261153123941440402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I first reported on Alcove Press' awesome <a href="http://threeredhens.blogspot.com/2008/01/express-your-love-in-letterpress.html">Obama Valentine's Day cards</a>. Now <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_13&listing_id=14525469">here</a>'s a version for the whole year.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZoyXKbOwcmuogI7pGjc0tPRshPGWU5yJQY2P7SAUdrgiEtTiyZBAHabF1S94xt_X5nUETQmXKGwaLCbgi8MmgIL8sbZu4qoUQym54kiLII_UI9Ta97jWP0Ymvour8aoNKvZNNTVtl5o/s1600-h/2879712225_33f16bfcc3_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZoyXKbOwcmuogI7pGjc0tPRshPGWU5yJQY2P7SAUdrgiEtTiyZBAHabF1S94xt_X5nUETQmXKGwaLCbgi8MmgIL8sbZu4qoUQym54kiLII_UI9Ta97jWP0Ymvour8aoNKvZNNTVtl5o/s400/2879712225_33f16bfcc3_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260537956728914994" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.obamatee.com/">ObamaTee.com</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB62IE3FcZAv6YnKKZ9yeHgUobWhs9Hy93EqxCjeoY76yUV6VB4mHDZnY9UJskRa89cSsEWN0pw23wwOWzGLRVL9jdTNi3mekLwf4M13BUlWbjGLb_bavJlDrlXy5prmMIj0n7-ViZuQ/s1600-h/graphic_designers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRB62IE3FcZAv6YnKKZ9yeHgUobWhs9Hy93EqxCjeoY76yUV6VB4mHDZnY9UJskRa89cSsEWN0pw23wwOWzGLRVL9jdTNi3mekLwf4M13BUlWbjGLb_bavJlDrlXy5prmMIj0n7-ViZuQ/s400/graphic_designers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261108967607958226" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://bygonebureau.com/2008/10/08/voter-groups-you-may-have-overlooked/">"Voter Groups You May Have Overlooked"</a>–humorous article on The Bygone Bureau. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">"Graphic Designers for McCain (GDM) urges candidates to adopt typefaces that come standard on desktops computers, like Arial and Comic Sans."<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_Wi-DhK5fvUGh6aX5Rs2pphYjIK9hk6Dw59M3p-9bNHffluYpR5BdYkyxlAQm-ZbkQlcuIhGaOp4uYJOOc7tEWqlxTFHoRIeCOAODnTgVZV0Lo1B2O5Bn18oLrWDYge9r7Zy0EgbyGc/s1600-h/899_95a8f16f470476e66020cf2b0b74f8ce_97f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_Wi-DhK5fvUGh6aX5Rs2pphYjIK9hk6Dw59M3p-9bNHffluYpR5BdYkyxlAQm-ZbkQlcuIhGaOp4uYJOOc7tEWqlxTFHoRIeCOAODnTgVZV0Lo1B2O5Bn18oLrWDYge9r7Zy0EgbyGc/s400/899_95a8f16f470476e66020cf2b0b74f8ce_97f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261104441047616274" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.designforobama.org/index.php?p=389">You Had Me at Gotham</a> poster by <a href="http://www.designforobama.org/index.php?user=899">rmastalerz</a>. </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Judging by what I was able to dig up on the web, this poster sums it all up. Obama has inspired designers and artists to get creative.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mOIK7FBrloSW3vWuVKB0-o56h_lDk8XdXoHMEhl_5DncpmJU3fxw5RXPabzjJNlBIMPXdOT8EBvO7nKV1FKTsJAdyMDLTOa66XXVyQ3DgBZlUczQ9XHqqwo2wTlur7o6SE53jI_4LOw/s1600-h/goodsheet_007_closestelections_em.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mOIK7FBrloSW3vWuVKB0-o56h_lDk8XdXoHMEhl_5DncpmJU3fxw5RXPabzjJNlBIMPXdOT8EBvO7nKV1FKTsJAdyMDLTOa66XXVyQ3DgBZlUczQ9XHqqwo2wTlur7o6SE53jI_4LOw/s400/goodsheet_007_closestelections_em.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261138033385802802" border="0" /></a>Does your vote count? Good Magazine <a href="http://www.good.is/?p=12791">tackles the question</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />Have you seen more interesting presidential campaign-inspired designs? Please e-mail them to me! <span style="font-weight: bold;">And remember to vote!</span><br /></span></div>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-72373490154396034432008-10-06T09:39:00.005-04:002008-10-06T09:51:21.121-04:00Three Red Hens featured in Lucky Magazine<span style="font-family: arial;">Three Red Hen's "Just My Cup of Tea" card was featured in the New York section of <span style="font-style: italic;">Lucky</span> magazine this October along with a few other lovely New York letterpress printers. I'm not a regular <span style="font-style: italic;">Lucky</span> reader, so I wasn't familiar with the New York section and I almost missed it! I was literally 5 minutes away from missing it completely — a nice man in a local magazine shop fished out a few copies for me from a box he was packing to ship back or throw out.<br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbAMi2tBOyih20hC0CY7RsVGQFqo0VYFK9KyqssqAmSInSfmkEhM1TMVIGvsuLdMLw9HAsX27-GO0J9IuMrAIO1K38q8LrP1l3MjT0CFdCSu8y5R3i7LX5br0Q-tg9sBTqVxZKqaFg0g/s1600-h/ThreeRedHensinLucky-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicbAMi2tBOyih20hC0CY7RsVGQFqo0VYFK9KyqssqAmSInSfmkEhM1TMVIGvsuLdMLw9HAsX27-GO0J9IuMrAIO1K38q8LrP1l3MjT0CFdCSu8y5R3i7LX5br0Q-tg9sBTqVxZKqaFg0g/s400/ThreeRedHensinLucky-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254036546589855090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiir2YyiFyLAeUMEVbKhRBTdk1UAPb4Jxojulkhl9F7FYMTtZE6jFK9TlbDGCFoiWKeMdmDVPhJ-F0zS1e2iyJFz3K2tWzHPpk1ODmRokXHltWGOWcknQ-EzHXYbAM1YzqRpXbYn2MIjU/s1600-h/ThreeRedHensinLucky-2(large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiir2YyiFyLAeUMEVbKhRBTdk1UAPb4Jxojulkhl9F7FYMTtZE6jFK9TlbDGCFoiWKeMdmDVPhJ-F0zS1e2iyJFz3K2tWzHPpk1ODmRokXHltWGOWcknQ-EzHXYbAM1YzqRpXbYn2MIjU/s400/ThreeRedHensinLucky-2(large.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254036546489105858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM1zEWrOEkMk8PQp0yp-L87SjczRx8W68O3twzguhQRYiwuzxEqSPkjvKA-JFJE5kWIMF4qyEhR4QlIFPuPkFCOKzyoQVlmSAwVWj-CGy9rKzU22Qrgs5ApJM3p_EgQWcrJ4xppkxVo0/s1600-h/ThreeRedHensinLucky(forwe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSM1zEWrOEkMk8PQp0yp-L87SjczRx8W68O3twzguhQRYiwuzxEqSPkjvKA-JFJE5kWIMF4qyEhR4QlIFPuPkFCOKzyoQVlmSAwVWj-CGy9rKzU22Qrgs5ApJM3p_EgQWcrJ4xppkxVo0/s400/ThreeRedHensinLucky(forwe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254036539631279186" border="0" /></a>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-2034826438403769302008-09-10T22:54:00.008-04:002008-09-12T22:19:10.822-04:00When only tap water will do...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwZ65MyMNpU1JLf3mekMc9gqd8bIEX9Xi8dJptgw3OKwHbMKQpO012385TbAwjy0Z3ATPbBMoQ8Vxufjwr55SfZ_t4_TcmnRwicLmzIqYv4LaKYKOhTZHulNvIpPKIj8MaJVd0ATM_hI/s1600-h/tapd_main.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwZ65MyMNpU1JLf3mekMc9gqd8bIEX9Xi8dJptgw3OKwHbMKQpO012385TbAwjy0Z3ATPbBMoQ8Vxufjwr55SfZ_t4_TcmnRwicLmzIqYv4LaKYKOhTZHulNvIpPKIj8MaJVd0ATM_hI/s400/tapd_main.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244592086837659778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.tapdny.com/index.php">Seriously</a>? I'm all about eating/drinking locally and the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/nyregion/28water.html?8br">water does taste pretty good</a>, but really, it's been bottled?<br /><br />Tap'dNY's <a href="http://www.tapdny.com/">website</a> seems to make them out as a nicotine patch for bottled water addiction, while using the same arguments for eating locally: fewer food (or in this case water) miles, supporting the local economy, supporting mindful production/extraction methods, etc. While they are encouraging people to reduce the use of plastic bottles and reuse bottles in one's possession (good), they are still selling a bottled water product in a new [pretty] plastic bottle (not-so-good).<br /><br />The "story" behind it...</span></span> <blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Tap’dNY was born on a balmy evening in 2007, when New Yorker Craig Zucker made a remarkable discovery: Great water was available, on tap, in his Manhattan apartment...<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Did we mention that New York City tap water wins in taste tests, even over those fancy imported water? Well, it does. NYC water is some of the best on the planet and is considered by many to be the champagne of tap waters.</span><br /></blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIh-jX3xNxuNHvsn8I09G2jRRHP0Z-suMclRUirBre49eF8n55IRYqf8ptcYXvAZTx8q6QHLwBl1efSjqPiwVIhZnU0JoJHg69n54JR3EZ1k_Z32-EEF11wiHpYkHeMZUh-lHQurbAQo/s1600-h/2008_09_food_ediblemanhattan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqIh-jX3xNxuNHvsn8I09G2jRRHP0Z-suMclRUirBre49eF8n55IRYqf8ptcYXvAZTx8q6QHLwBl1efSjqPiwVIhZnU0JoJHg69n54JR3EZ1k_Z32-EEF11wiHpYkHeMZUh-lHQurbAQo/s400/2008_09_food_ediblemanhattan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244596182025538626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">If you are really curious about the history of NY water, you might enjoy <a href="http://www.ediblemanhattan.com/content/index.php/fall-2008/fall-2008-article-two.htm">this article</a> from the newly debuted magazine <span style="font-style: italic;">Edible Manhattan</span>, part of the Edible Communities. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">As for Tap'dNY, will</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> the irony of purchasing a bottle of water that could have been filled from one's own tap help consumers make that same conclusion about other bottled water?</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> I suppose only time will tell. Maybe they'll take drinking locally one step further and "produce" their own... off to the faucet for a cold drink.</span></span>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-18456582793323224472008-09-10T21:45:00.010-04:002008-09-10T22:02:15.749-04:00Inspiration: Anneke Jacobs<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.annekejakobs.nl/">Anneke Jacobs</a> is amazing!</span><br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXQtbtiINa0BP8i8LSYovGHwfhAkwOQfknQ5wQmvM5nIZ6UG6nCY0qpmQEGK57VE4XxgG-MSO-9WRWyu8Z6AW0lpSsgVtXwa1omrsnlZiY5uP25g8fPsmWZAhmNknRGQ7jDcDJTqZg2E/s1600-h/69-1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglXQtbtiINa0BP8i8LSYovGHwfhAkwOQfknQ5wQmvM5nIZ6UG6nCY0qpmQEGK57VE4XxgG-MSO-9WRWyu8Z6AW0lpSsgVtXwa1omrsnlZiY5uP25g8fPsmWZAhmNknRGQ7jDcDJTqZg2E/s400/69-1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244576052298398306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">From the series of sketches "Undesigning"<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIHC0YGyU45HwHuTpc1-JnUe23EG_P5U3GGC4UxflpGwootkXYkFp2VGLOJoJy0WMy8JcH2qUZJkiLaZNlH0kMdPXz6eUW1khkCybzR2jH6nDE7KyRhbuY6ZuhcJm__PzQGhO878Pn7g/s1600-h/69-2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIHC0YGyU45HwHuTpc1-JnUe23EG_P5U3GGC4UxflpGwootkXYkFp2VGLOJoJy0WMy8JcH2qUZJkiLaZNlH0kMdPXz6eUW1khkCybzR2jH6nDE7KyRhbuY6ZuhcJm__PzQGhO878Pn7g/s400/69-2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244576056891491426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">From the series of sketches "Undesigning"</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9O716TgWcUTEKWFVbaKUR2Ct1g1T5WXOZqIQk0gUvWOKgbu862nhyphenhyphen3WuXMw6jQ7LaD7uvFffe1yF2ryZBc1EsuVmJq0Vfa4PgSfJ4JToj1FeUQ-68se_QAcFTRUxoDKAjaczp3gM3js/s1600-h/16-2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC9O716TgWcUTEKWFVbaKUR2Ct1g1T5WXOZqIQk0gUvWOKgbu862nhyphenhyphen3WuXMw6jQ7LaD7uvFffe1yF2ryZBc1EsuVmJq0Vfa4PgSfJ4JToj1FeUQ-68se_QAcFTRUxoDKAjaczp3gM3js/s400/16-2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244576065293514690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Sketches" 2008</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoa1nrsyU-bsjy3K_M9zSHR_jL8vqvVOb4K5aJx5wkPYlXqWzB3nUnNRhcBJIAMzOK4TCJbSlNeMsHJ7G3xTcIPudHHjpL17ElMkCjXYBDKUPOKcj-H3wgT4HBsaQeBgbOfR793pkAW8/s1600-h/45-1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoa1nrsyU-bsjy3K_M9zSHR_jL8vqvVOb4K5aJx5wkPYlXqWzB3nUnNRhcBJIAMzOK4TCJbSlNeMsHJ7G3xTcIPudHHjpL17ElMkCjXYBDKUPOKcj-H3wgT4HBsaQeBgbOfR793pkAW8/s400/45-1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244576065730663666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">"Chiquita Chandelier" made out of recycled banana boxes. Anneke even includes the directions to build your own <a href="http://www.annekejakobs.nl/project/45/Chiquita+Chandelier/">here</a> (click on "tekst"). This caught my eye on <a href="http://blog.craftzine.com/">Craftzine</a>.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARElgiBuQAqfq93b2N_pU5goDIho_BjoqOBm1ddBGyh4pu8Hsiw7ACic_rri-ZakSR5JlQfYzLP09HPGWYRT-VmGSeK5H1-zQ1f_YYUIlD_Q5a7ZXe9BTVsceQSv3E0eZ2AdfnO1yW00/s1600-h/81-2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARElgiBuQAqfq93b2N_pU5goDIho_BjoqOBm1ddBGyh4pu8Hsiw7ACic_rri-ZakSR5JlQfYzLP09HPGWYRT-VmGSeK5H1-zQ1f_YYUIlD_Q5a7ZXe9BTVsceQSv3E0eZ2AdfnO1yW00/s400/81-2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244575198504717218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">"Lampekapjes" 2004<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><br /></div>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-86003736997160724542008-09-10T21:35:00.003-04:002008-09-10T21:39:24.149-04:00Big Typography Poster Contest on MyInkBlog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqh06Nhmiu35pwbyMGAIX7_euOtSGh__33uR2EcWL1mAKtfylicv16XAN8eagY7FlrzISYf-O3iNkbrSh-Lzv_qxskkzG42wRv5AQMjn1GeXXU_mJpJAM7NNu1l145nhRrEGZ42JfnsMk/s1600-h/big-typography-poster-contest-header.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqh06Nhmiu35pwbyMGAIX7_euOtSGh__33uR2EcWL1mAKtfylicv16XAN8eagY7FlrzISYf-O3iNkbrSh-Lzv_qxskkzG42wRv5AQMjn1GeXXU_mJpJAM7NNu1l145nhRrEGZ42JfnsMk/s400/big-typography-poster-contest-header.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244571555896305538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Oooh... <a href="http://www.myinkblog.com/2008/09/10/big-typography-poster-contest-official-launch/">big typography poster contest</a> on MyInkBlog.com! Submissions accepted until 10/10/2008.<br /></span>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-61925559040074968062008-09-10T19:15:00.003-04:002008-09-10T19:28:58.674-04:00Where it all began, or [my] computer arts in their infancy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FFiWV9_XB51b6nXYiMBUKlwhdPG5Jnk1GMF97HCkdAVRUsme55QpSULyvhLEqgQ5kUaD8VlOry4Tn9Ke1ePCEqXx4axASIKZr8zw7esgN0Fa-RueLRgxvs1dlNyvsqWV1ZwKAMtk5BM/s1600-h/forblog.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FFiWV9_XB51b6nXYiMBUKlwhdPG5Jnk1GMF97HCkdAVRUsme55QpSULyvhLEqgQ5kUaD8VlOry4Tn9Ke1ePCEqXx4axASIKZr8zw7esgN0Fa-RueLRgxvs1dlNyvsqWV1ZwKAMtk5BM/s400/forblog.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241202217860305026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This header may be an eyesore but it takes me back to good times!</span><br /><br />For some reason lately I've been thinking back nostalgically about some computer programs that I used when I was younger. It occurred to me recently that I've been using computers most of my life for expression in some form of digital art (but don't worry—I went outside too!).<br /><br />It took me forever just to remember what the names were, but I found it almost more difficult to dig up information on the web. I think most of us have all but forgotten about graphics programs' (and our own) humble beginnings. I may be dating myself but if you're in your 20s you may </span><span style="font-family:arial;">remember some of these from your own youth...</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Macintosh SE<br /></span><span>This is the computer I was rocking early on—it's the first computer we had in our family. If you're wondering, this little guy was top of the line and had 40–80 MB of hard drive space and a tiny little black & white display. It was more than enough for word processing, playing Glypha 3.0, and even was </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span>eventually hooked up to the early internet when it was still all texty. </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Se30.jpg">wikipedia.</a></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDYm11bJcnoCRMWHuVEAyqtjI6z0c_BpicXwVKTO7rgivSwZw2MXaJh6vNTOshMxdXKfZjUgHuSHfpCyxgfZpg-wsRlYkqJ_jGMEH5W19zlvwuMWg6CkLBIeTNZx6nmjAAKdAtufXtGU/s1600-h/578px-Se30(smiley).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDYm11bJcnoCRMWHuVEAyqtjI6z0c_BpicXwVKTO7rgivSwZw2MXaJh6vNTOshMxdXKfZjUgHuSHfpCyxgfZpg-wsRlYkqJ_jGMEH5W19zlvwuMWg6CkLBIeTNZx6nmjAAKdAtufXtGU/s400/578px-Se30(smiley).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241243723741458274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I also had plenty of fonts at my fingertips for typographic stylings in Claris Works. :-)<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM93MImW3Av22XcfH2iouhk4s9Azj08x6AP_lTa-qk1dkc6rfD0VAJI-yes2SW2zoBCxtQFl-qtUpoWqXVaCKqXUwDsZWFGGsEiBmtoCgMk1PJB3ubk0i1ZmoT4TUxCA2D6_ZC3JCKBeI/s1600-h/Original_Mac_fonts.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM93MImW3Av22XcfH2iouhk4s9Azj08x6AP_lTa-qk1dkc6rfD0VAJI-yes2SW2zoBCxtQFl-qtUpoWqXVaCKqXUwDsZWFGGsEiBmtoCgMk1PJB3ubk0i1ZmoT4TUxCA2D6_ZC3JCKBeI/s400/Original_Mac_fonts.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241264235905262962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Image from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Original_Mac_fonts.png">wikipedia</a>.</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">In case you're wondering, I was a big fan of the font Chicago—a classic Mac font.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Kid Pix</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I want to say we had Mac Paint as well, but Kid Pix was one of my favorites on our little Mac SE. Below are some images from the first public domain version which was quickly replaced by a version with color, more tools & goodies. Later versions included sound, slideshow and animation capabilities.<br /><br />The introductory image in this post was made using the public domain version of Kid Pix—that is still available online though you have to use Classic Mode on your Mac! (I added the yellow rectangles in Photoshop.) You only have one font, uppercase letters only, as a choice in this version and you have to place letters using a stamp method—this is why my text is a little crooked. Click <a href="http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/mac/kidpix.html">here</a> to get your own free version of Kid Pix to take for a test run. If you want to upgrade for yourself... err your kids, click <a href="http://www.learningcompany.com/jump.jsp?&icmpid=TKPHR1_KidPix4&itemID=588&mainPID=588&itemType=PRODUCT">here</a>.<br /><br />I wish I had some original "vintage" artwork to share with you but alas it's gone—maybe I'll be able to dig some up over the holidays.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~motohiko/graphicdock/kidpixshow.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" width="400" src="http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~motohiko/graphicdock/kidpixshow.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241241349537221730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The images above are from </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/%7Emotohiko/index.htm">The Vintage Mac Museum</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, a Japanese website that is mostly in English.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Mac II-something<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">So maybe my middle school didn't have the most up-to-date computer systems, but I remember many days of booting up 5 1/4 inch floppy disks to play <a href="http://www.platypuscomix.net/applepalooza/numbermunchers.html">Number Munchers</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregon_Trail_%28computer_game%29">Oregon Trail</a> and Print Shop.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHY4EX_pKq3H4XCfo_bSQgNo3ld0q9Jx43RNo1G3uYgsuKrz0wkh_9PNFn8HutPJAN5Ft-Rqya7qu8m4NFJLFrGdCKYPmbHFe1uZkIPnW-enCIMH-uzz3gOpOtOk8fBJWAsHpkNDzP04/s1600-h/Apple_iicb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvHY4EX_pKq3H4XCfo_bSQgNo3ld0q9Jx43RNo1G3uYgsuKrz0wkh_9PNFn8HutPJAN5Ft-Rqya7qu8m4NFJLFrGdCKYPmbHFe1uZkIPnW-enCIMH-uzz3gOpOtOk8fBJWAsHpkNDzP04/s400/Apple_iicb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241253673310346498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">This is a Macintosh IIc—the picture is the closest to what I remember our computers looking like.</span> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Photo from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Apple_iicb.jpg">wikipedia</a>.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Print Shop<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Print Shop was this awesome* program that allowed you to create simple layouts using borders, clip art and simple text. You could even print multiple page-long banners on your tractor paper-fed dot matrix printer—how cool is that? <span style="font-size:85%;">*well, awesome back in the day</span><br /><br />I looked all over the web for images of Print Shop and its pieces of art, but it was tough. The photos below are from <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/malkoff/sets/72157603534555271/">David Malkoff's Flickr photos</a>—the only other person who seems to be thinking about Print Shop. Thanks!<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf299N1ztE7epZpb95vSubNbw-lIH17xmpPA6c0qgrexC_jpfScGEwJctAHJRXXT4o60XSorldBDEZ3XjunP-_NGAGA2VuaowGGz8ZyH3sNbesIty3fOEhw9w-f4pPQU0gtcjK1QHG_4/s1600-h/2161750800_1f8a454003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGf299N1ztE7epZpb95vSubNbw-lIH17xmpPA6c0qgrexC_jpfScGEwJctAHJRXXT4o60XSorldBDEZ3XjunP-_NGAGA2VuaowGGz8ZyH3sNbesIty3fOEhw9w-f4pPQU0gtcjK1QHG_4/s400/2161750800_1f8a454003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241253673282812514" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUvv9mmOvxeNY82i5aAyszEtoFdRRzgrlsfkOVVA9k7OweBrZ-PokkWEz8kAHta5BDaJ0v_qXoPyWCZqXYMy6loNQyAlEnjG6BELeljSi7xmKNqnSeM-cNTsO3LsqzQFsjFwvn0HOc6E/s1600-h/2160951421_1738017d67.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUvv9mmOvxeNY82i5aAyszEtoFdRRzgrlsfkOVVA9k7OweBrZ-PokkWEz8kAHta5BDaJ0v_qXoPyWCZqXYMy6loNQyAlEnjG6BELeljSi7xmKNqnSeM-cNTsO3LsqzQFsjFwvn0HOc6E/s400/2160951421_1738017d67.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241261152114213378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwPp4v_53yNiPnpjfJ5r9qdyggdhOK6ADi5ZRTp1QGqWCg2gr4YvWIy6pd7gzWsQ6_JsLX8cqsDsCPNegG8afXfUu-bzZXlgAFg73UOjCW4NzWurYKyyRFLWgIkmSYDWk3fzoG_7IrSA/s1600-h/2161753608_b737ac853c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwPp4v_53yNiPnpjfJ5r9qdyggdhOK6ADi5ZRTp1QGqWCg2gr4YvWIy6pd7gzWsQ6_JsLX8cqsDsCPNegG8afXfUu-bzZXlgAFg73UOjCW4NzWurYKyyRFLWgIkmSYDWk3fzoG_7IrSA/s400/2161753608_b737ac853c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241260906397703362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Adobe Illustrator: The Early Versions</span><br /><br />I was not old enough to even consider using the early versions of Adobe Illustrator but I found these videos on YouTube both amazing in what the original Illustrator capabilities were (even in black and white!) and also how far along the software has come.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Illustrator 1: Debuting on a Mac in 1987</span><br />It's funny when during the demo the Adobe president goes to change up the color of a vector drawing's line with "any shade of gray". Looking back at the video it looks like CMYK designations were available, but I suppose you couldn't tell what you had selected on screen?<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xv3xl2B6yUs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xv3xl2B6yUs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Illustrator 88 in 1988: Oooh color!</span><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eNLFXKyCy0A&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eNLFXKyCy0A&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Want to read more? Wikipedia has interesting entries on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonts_on_Macintosh#System_6.0.8_and_earlier">Macintosh fonts</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_SE">Macintosh SE</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II">Macintosh II</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator">History of Adobe Illustrator</a>. Of course, don't forg<span style="font-size:100%;">et </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/%7Emotohiko/index.htm">The Vintage Mac Museum!</a><br /></span>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-72287564194497962262008-09-09T20:17:00.008-04:002008-09-10T19:12:22.290-04:00New(ish) Dexter ads<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I just saw a group of these ads yesterday while walking through SoHo. I should have read the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/business/media/05adcol.html?_r=1&oref=slogin">New York Times</a> and I wouldn't have been so surprised—but they definitely caught my eye. It made me think of how much I love <a href="http://www.panopticist.com/tag/the+magazine+covers">Andrew Hearst's intertwining of pop culture and politics</a> that turns expectations on their head.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDIDo3Q7g0fNI8yXIRTSUmh7XwbouEPOrAs4Lhi5ifz7iJx6B_-bKcUMbUh974zKXj-YUcjcPvlVshrJgsCl9xF15FWGEIvYTtdJ8ElaDknq097xabh1SaSYZQLLGObdEQG4iEjrjVLU/s400/05adco03-500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244186007966034082" border="0" /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZ8pW0kjS12l7m6VFKJ7FloFPrwPo5Yaz6k5lew5zjzZ3o6GMMkIHoVVCUsTlQPJhj9nFBFtwkaZXX7fW6WQmLZtpfvR5dw_wBwuqknYY-6YegimiaXAfWUslTsgZatVuWbEjilpI_DY/s400/05adco02-500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244181361732175170" border="0" /></span></div>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-61497699142645646932008-09-02T20:25:00.005-04:002008-09-02T21:31:51.387-04:00Dalí at MoMA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCcKV9Hqp4svq1AAQ8JBYR43uit7VAaDhTmrmmf5JOLoAgc79gPdssOoQyRG0krl09jrJX5IffRFhj2BgHvITN4gH3ncSz3RzcPuAmNLNf7ojXzh-OgZHadrucf_iamloH0cBD7Id59c/s1600-h/dali.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCcKV9Hqp4svq1AAQ8JBYR43uit7VAaDhTmrmmf5JOLoAgc79gPdssOoQyRG0krl09jrJX5IffRFhj2BgHvITN4gH3ncSz3RzcPuAmNLNf7ojXzh-OgZHadrucf_iamloH0cBD7Id59c/s400/dali.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241584736861993138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We finally hit the MoMA on Monday to see the Dalí exhibit, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Painting and Film—</span><span style="font-family:arial;">just a reminder, it's ending September 15!<br /><br />The exhibit brings together over one hundred pieces of art by Dalí, ranging from exploratory sketches and iconic paintings to six surrealist films to "explore the central role of cinema in his work as both an inspiration and an outlet for experimentation".<br /><br />I was amazed at the skill applied to creating light & shape on the delicate canvases, which were much smaller than I had ever imagined. His ideas on paper/canvas are impressive in their dreamlike imagery but the exhibit experience was really completed by the films included.<br /><br />The films delved into the subconscious in poetic, strange, surprising and sometimes disturbing ways—think ants crawling out of a person's hand, decaying donkeys or a razor cutting an eyeball, as were part of <span style="font-style: italic;">Un Chien Andalou</span>—while a dream sequence clip from Alfred Hitchcock's <span style="font-style: italic;">Spellbound</span> offers a Dalí experience for the more squeamish.<br /><br />It definitely got me in the mood to go back and read some Andre Bréton!<br /><br />If you can, visit, if not, you can get a preview of the exhibit at its online home, <a href="http://moma.org/exhibitions/2008/dali/">www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/dali</a>.<br /></span>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-10055950508703200272008-09-02T19:54:00.005-04:002008-09-10T19:13:03.297-04:00Little People in the City: The Street Art of Slinkachu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqJBzwMD7mJ0-gOqT-G-zfGdFEduww-1cuM_xvQWigfasdJxw2-hsFGNeyUpDSR7wbRo1UR0jDVnpdyF7MymN-eqwmW_VctZD7XBDysXOFFg9gxykFxleMS0O_3aaR5T_k63GFSiw6-w/s1600-h/snail+bus+1+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqJBzwMD7mJ0-gOqT-G-zfGdFEduww-1cuM_xvQWigfasdJxw2-hsFGNeyUpDSR7wbRo1UR0jDVnpdyF7MymN-eqwmW_VctZD7XBDysXOFFg9gxykFxleMS0O_3aaR5T_k63GFSiw6-w/s400/snail+bus+1+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241577209777073634" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWaKIakw4zOWdIrTMQy5Pwpyjw7W1tjMnquwSUyprNYGGQoYUxMzF7wVSKI_ZKul3u_pFLazlZq1TArODVFLHvSFjw_bxQrYd7j-BOeyxgGzRCGlR0duAKhZJLvld3jQ-Gjta9CjPYzOY/s1600-h/majestic+1+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWaKIakw4zOWdIrTMQy5Pwpyjw7W1tjMnquwSUyprNYGGQoYUxMzF7wVSKI_ZKul3u_pFLazlZq1TArODVFLHvSFjw_bxQrYd7j-BOeyxgGzRCGlR0duAKhZJLvld3jQ-Gjta9CjPYzOY/s400/majestic+1+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241577212879542754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOKdnk_-Af6kOlVHTbBKZ7iKP6FjkDkREp1wRGEPgVm-Y7iZhvGmJ1vtVBemTdzyW48bcq-d42VHNQOCr33kQOlZURgMtBDnwSV5ETd00xsS4psK9heNp0qAwFXw7NtD1a8hFzNDT5Fw/s1600-h/life+3+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOKdnk_-Af6kOlVHTbBKZ7iKP6FjkDkREp1wRGEPgVm-Y7iZhvGmJ1vtVBemTdzyW48bcq-d42VHNQOCr33kQOlZURgMtBDnwSV5ETd00xsS4psK9heNp0qAwFXw7NtD1a8hFzNDT5Fw/s400/life+3+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241577219606060322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3nfFcZXh8HXU0W-u0bY4IW3UF-V6Atbj0uW3BlDkZyrianKXf-cLtF5wh3iqw3Y4XORB4nw5WCUDPRNXFg6BlwXxoyilkSaJFHviQBX_DcXhixMAhW6-uIuekHXskRnVH7sczoCl7EE/s1600-h/nuart+17+-+blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3nfFcZXh8HXU0W-u0bY4IW3UF-V6Atbj0uW3BlDkZyrianKXf-cLtF5wh3iqw3Y4XORB4nw5WCUDPRNXFg6BlwXxoyilkSaJFHviQBX_DcXhixMAhW6-uIuekHXskRnVH7sczoCl7EE/s400/nuart+17+-+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241577216266827938" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;">'Oddly enough, even when you know they are just hand-painted figurines, you can't help but feel that their plights convey something of our own fears about being lost and vulnerable in a big, bad city' — <span style="font-style: italic;">The Times</span></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These intriguing, dark, and sometimes comic macro photos capture the trials & tribulations of city life for its smallest "inhabitants" (tiny painstakingly-painted figurines that are arranged and then left to brave the world on their own). View more of the artist Slinkachu's work on his blog, </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://little-people.blogspot.com/">www.little-people.blogspot.com</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A book of photos and stories, <span style="font-style: italic;">Little People in the City</span>, has also just been published—available September 5.<br /></span>Three Red Henshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05796593587946720814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-74557804001877090392008-08-28T09:45:00.001-04:002008-08-28T09:45:00.824-04:00Font Conference video<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyCoFVn66I7KhJ8DSUJ3moRNbtBWkf981N-vPV1v1k8rBRpFzwSCQvwlw79ZjuEZfABnYdDTW1yHqNhP3GumsaWcfCUxO8fq_MBvqPdslK4vBjh_WZfsUWy-K44LkYWYNuqbKNBJoZQ4/s1600-h/Picture+11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyCoFVn66I7KhJ8DSUJ3moRNbtBWkf981N-vPV1v1k8rBRpFzwSCQvwlw79ZjuEZfABnYdDTW1yHqNhP3GumsaWcfCUxO8fq_MBvqPdslK4vBjh_WZfsUWy-K44LkYWYNuqbKNBJoZQ4/s400/Picture+11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238822271560396594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Vcwk4hy-8Z8uRXOXFh8Z1Woje3bEr3oBbLxNZiVxT4lkjmjvUVk80irplLs9redUZhqfLhnmfzqC5FoNCk31VU7hqyWpLuyurUP9iV5HVW_1ImiTXJGXjL1rMaewy7jCQDmof0huxsQ/s1600-h/Picture+16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Vcwk4hy-8Z8uRXOXFh8Z1Woje3bEr3oBbLxNZiVxT4lkjmjvUVk80irplLs9redUZhqfLhnmfzqC5FoNCk31VU7hqyWpLuyurUP9iV5HVW_1ImiTXJGXjL1rMaewy7jCQDmof0huxsQ/s400/Picture+16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238822271262888786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOh5_kib4uhN0O9t3T3boYhWe1kwCE0Jr7nFFFonWWBm7cNmeKUEJuEPYzAuQ7TP5qL3zfyTyZmjtnTlDq_qWlInaZK4UAw-JB2qLRQb3lP3VE6o5b4KadU5kRGfixgunjr9bfmRIXrJ4/s1600-h/Picture+14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOh5_kib4uhN0O9t3T3boYhWe1kwCE0Jr7nFFFonWWBm7cNmeKUEJuEPYzAuQ7TP5qL3zfyTyZmjtnTlDq_qWlInaZK4UAw-JB2qLRQb3lP3VE6o5b4KadU5kRGfixgunjr9bfmRIXrJ4/s400/Picture+14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238822273281130370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXw0btyp8BcV01g5Irw6zxxXY80qNR-cY608GHZcXWE30jozklXLJpzAulYKfY-1hYEcivwQtnzYwGqcaIBpqFn8EL0_PZp0Gxe6QmMN32WME8WJynb5ttrJAg99GsF1oxyIqEg7sF4g/s1600-h/Picture+8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXw0btyp8BcV01g5Irw6zxxXY80qNR-cY608GHZcXWE30jozklXLJpzAulYKfY-1hYEcivwQtnzYwGqcaIBpqFn8EL0_PZp0Gxe6QmMN32WME8WJynb5ttrJAg99GsF1oxyIqEg7sF4g/s400/Picture+8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238822276999611250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A few screen shots above from the <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766">Font Conference video</a> from <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/">CollegeHumor.com</a>. Click <a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823766">here</a> to watch it for yourself. I won't give away the ending, but I'll tell you I was a little surprised who saved the day—I suppose that's the biggest joke of all. </span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-1509067591277785742008-08-26T09:28:00.004-04:002008-08-26T09:32:18.939-04:00Illustrator Crash Course<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4C05A8t-evsTDhe2mzrOV6i7rblVBfHi4yytMgMZUsWE56nntxYhbbvs029gPqKOyGyxG78GG8TEEgEkDkxj-zjEnVdqHVX6IjKLRD5ryblntbHGjJwyKmRd4njliac2mQYrGa_-X16w/s1600-h/illustrator-crash-course.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4C05A8t-evsTDhe2mzrOV6i7rblVBfHi4yytMgMZUsWE56nntxYhbbvs029gPqKOyGyxG78GG8TEEgEkDkxj-zjEnVdqHVX6IjKLRD5ryblntbHGjJwyKmRd4njliac2mQYrGa_-X16w/s400/illustrator-crash-course.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238818145558282082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you haven't seen this already, check it out. Four weeks worth of lessons will introduce you to the tools & basic tricks of Adobe Illustrator CS3.<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/learn-illustrator-cs3-in-30-days/">here</a> to be redirected to www.vectordiary.com.<br /></span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-90250224692036191572008-08-25T15:13:00.013-04:002008-08-25T18:25:50.408-04:00I love ampersands!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZUmqotKDzGVb5XZzBULmQbt_F7qidh35qSqB2yK4e88-rvXW6jpoJXqhWg1RK-Yq0HJDNSebPfU02mxcr26acMG-DgXKC6_Y9eoNrAVkckxhqT7E1962ngmu_ztuly_wFjWBQPP302A/s1600-h/ampersandsforblog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZUmqotKDzGVb5XZzBULmQbt_F7qidh35qSqB2yK4e88-rvXW6jpoJXqhWg1RK-Yq0HJDNSebPfU02mxcr26acMG-DgXKC6_Y9eoNrAVkckxhqT7E1962ngmu_ztuly_wFjWBQPP302A/s400/ampersandsforblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238584699922895106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I wanted to share a little love regarding my favorite personalities in a font's character set. The ampersand has been around since the first century A.D. where it began as a squared "Et" and has since become more connected and curved in many modern serifs and sans serifs ("&").</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Ampersands to me have the most personality & flair as compared with other characters—if you agree here are a few things you might appreciate.<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_U5p7w1CQFYPZZAIj3TKIs862Bcfmbq6tZiFq_iyXr3wxIoJ99oT12dsUqXVDDH8pFbg5Aq174Y9rBWx1v3MOgv0RStXnQlHiRMefdLG0FUY8cdUImHwmAsdlPiaFtW-Q6muo54f4Sxc/s1600-h/getimage2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_U5p7w1CQFYPZZAIj3TKIs862Bcfmbq6tZiFq_iyXr3wxIoJ99oT12dsUqXVDDH8pFbg5Aq174Y9rBWx1v3MOgv0RStXnQlHiRMefdLG0FUY8cdUImHwmAsdlPiaFtW-Q6muo54f4Sxc/s400/getimage2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238545911300044050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd-sCIrWp_ZnzFc1-6PRJen-BCJij78U6iFChLM88szWI3Ac1wPFXXy9dArdTkT6hbvLFjmSfSAvkHTZU4EcZd5vvpDEV1l-bki_Q4-cURbR2gPrsnV-BtDxrzFMeax3LSmLI9fl_Yb4/s1600-h/getimage.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDd-sCIrWp_ZnzFc1-6PRJen-BCJij78U6iFChLM88szWI3Ac1wPFXXy9dArdTkT6hbvLFjmSfSAvkHTZU4EcZd5vvpDEV1l-bki_Q4-cURbR2gPrsnV-BtDxrzFMeax3LSmLI9fl_Yb4/s400/getimage.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238545907190745986" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><blockquote>"More than just a pretty shelf sitter, these heavy ligatures can be deployed in a wide variety of household and office applications such as bookends, door stops, paperweights, dumbbells for power-walking or self-defense mechanisms."</blockquote></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=accessories&category=sculpture">Cast Iron Ampersand Sculpture</a> from House Industries<br /><a href="http://www.houseind.com/">www.houseind.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9mitH6CwTcd73HW9-13HbtQXCIBvjC7Fsswb_A_NkMy8mCw7dH_uTrKkhyEca66xlf5vWAo7I8mPOyYaaB9FALZ8CWz_BhmD28QgVesvbjEm-lN_-vQhtrdE2Gb5MlovhLxEF1S7mNs/s1600-h/ampersand_cinder_full1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9mitH6CwTcd73HW9-13HbtQXCIBvjC7Fsswb_A_NkMy8mCw7dH_uTrKkhyEca66xlf5vWAo7I8mPOyYaaB9FALZ8CWz_BhmD28QgVesvbjEm-lN_-vQhtrdE2Gb5MlovhLxEF1S7mNs/s400/ampersand_cinder_full1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238547052413427442" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><a href="http://www.serviceisgood.com/product/01/ampersand_cinder.php">Ampersand Organic Shirt </a>from Service<br /><a href="http://www.serviceisgood.com/">www.serviceisgood.com</a><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4kjWyg2UXMSsEmDRxMr5tr6yniqHcvEUj_mfEAI9ZtADnFAfGsPjVYVTScnniWBkFVvQV292NaUboNJi1O1zC_sFkv6TSnTs1aSyEDcZC58JAdxd6ostjHeXrknSlOBqIUemXz4RoxI/s1600-h/2474404510_6cf0fcaf57_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4kjWyg2UXMSsEmDRxMr5tr6yniqHcvEUj_mfEAI9ZtADnFAfGsPjVYVTScnniWBkFVvQV292NaUboNJi1O1zC_sFkv6TSnTs1aSyEDcZC58JAdxd6ostjHeXrknSlOBqIUemXz4RoxI/s400/2474404510_6cf0fcaf57_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238572313662995154" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Beautiful Ampersand Plate from Cul de Sac<br /><a href="http://culdesacdesign.com/">www.culdesacdesign.com</a><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJBwb4kNsE7WTepmRhXwxBOM5XwLzb1pkNUvcG3WXGzyVKElPqhkPZn4tathRjdav6f3r8WTvLCMwjndqnbRQBLnKt52tiJToO0FXdoBgy2i0qe0bDzmEsMzn9-WCYOYQX1SFV9bOgxA/s1600-h/Picture+62.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 457px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJBwb4kNsE7WTepmRhXwxBOM5XwLzb1pkNUvcG3WXGzyVKElPqhkPZn4tathRjdav6f3r8WTvLCMwjndqnbRQBLnKt52tiJToO0FXdoBgy2i0qe0bDzmEsMzn9-WCYOYQX1SFV9bOgxA/s400/Picture+62.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238573703817831842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFmmmMtaXJYXCK40XUkfM_gjzTR5sol0R2voqcU0FPRGElLdBWWK9IVfUwnSHsOZLIdywoJYEAin5bNiJdUIUpqfYi2sSeyuSzxawgQOC-FpcAVSU3lsDC5oWM3WD3aRG0UFRmGaL6AE/s1600-h/Picture+6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFmmmMtaXJYXCK40XUkfM_gjzTR5sol0R2voqcU0FPRGElLdBWWK9IVfUwnSHsOZLIdywoJYEAin5bNiJdUIUpqfYi2sSeyuSzxawgQOC-FpcAVSU3lsDC5oWM3WD3aRG0UFRmGaL6AE/s400/Picture+6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238573786920160978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Hoefler & Frere-Jones' post </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.typography.com/ask/showBlog.php?blogID=98">"Our Middle Name"</a> <span style="font-family:arial;">This article gives history of the ampersand and details some of the foundry's favorites.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5YEZJUMfustdJKoGfXS6zOuwC12HMVxY_XAspKK7jmgOEgyZQV0Z7FiKpaHrippxfOyamzjc28KIizbaozD2pT4Cw2A9PXQrth2b6ZqCjH1iN2L4PQSIGfQNPG4IQzcPMw1dzhfVtc4/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA5YEZJUMfustdJKoGfXS6zOuwC12HMVxY_XAspKK7jmgOEgyZQV0Z7FiKpaHrippxfOyamzjc28KIizbaozD2pT4Cw2A9PXQrth2b6ZqCjH1iN2L4PQSIGfQNPG4IQzcPMw1dzhfVtc4/s400/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238574863956256050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/15/ampersands-with-attitude/">"Ampersands with Attitude"</a> article from Smashing Magazine that details 10 different styles of ampersands from different fonts<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-1lS1uAjvd1YYCS5-sulmWZ673lgBxpM7Gz_8dZqOKRbUqC-f74WsC0sT1n-y_oAX_p9Yh7_1Rx5gsMYb92ZTCfEecC6KTK1Y1cIDqx3YnhUzdln7vzHVtUH57mUalldZex8AcMMigk/s1600-h/Picture+7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-1lS1uAjvd1YYCS5-sulmWZ673lgBxpM7Gz_8dZqOKRbUqC-f74WsC0sT1n-y_oAX_p9Yh7_1Rx5gsMYb92ZTCfEecC6KTK1Y1cIDqx3YnhUzdln7vzHVtUH57mUalldZex8AcMMigk/s400/Picture+7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238576660092902674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/articles/the-funkiest-ampersands-you-have-ever-seen">"The Funkiest Ampersands You've Ever Seen"</a> from Spoon Graphics Blog</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">This post includes some of the recognizable, some of the most beautiful and of course some of the funkiest ampersands out there. It's inspirational & fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioToRuXKJyJr62l_pbeeUmqkR30MRJGwdrF6EiTJqmz13nunbQgjGotxYG5ZhmKMdiOSyfcmIp10QDQ0v1wMXaF_aHeIF1CNfnzOK32wMhsNuLtsvfAxazzCoUAmGVh0hhUF6zv3q1HdY/s1600-h/ampersands(ccollage).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioToRuXKJyJr62l_pbeeUmqkR30MRJGwdrF6EiTJqmz13nunbQgjGotxYG5ZhmKMdiOSyfcmIp10QDQ0v1wMXaF_aHeIF1CNfnzOK32wMhsNuLtsvfAxazzCoUAmGVh0hhUF6zv3q1HdY/s400/ampersands(ccollage).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238582895589396338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://ampersand.gosedesign.net/">The Ampersand Blog</a> features every incarnation of ampersands that you can imagine. Hours of fun for ampersand lovers! Many images above were submitted to the blog by readers.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">What are your favorite ampersands?</span><br /></span></span></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-25012263371092752342008-07-30T21:25:00.006-04:002008-07-30T22:01:18.691-04:00What does your kerning style say about you?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div><br /></div>Communication designer, Valérie Madrill, applies graphological interpretations to digitally-typeset text in this intelligent & entertaining graduate project. With academic precision Valérie identifies the psychology of users of differing styles of margins, leading, kerning, tracking and even font choice. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Widening left margins mean an "obliviousness to economic necessities", while narrowing left & right margins mean a "conflict between fear of people and inability to remain alone" and overlapping lines of text means "sign of mental disorder."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So, what does your typographic style say about you? My small even tracking says I'd make a "good homemaker" while my irregular right margins say I have "unwise thriftness" and "reserve alternating with loquacity." :-)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Check out the whole "Graphology vs Typography" project </span><a href="http://valeriemadill.com/index.php?/project/graphology-vs-typography/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A few snippets of her project below. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Visit her website for the full project and other design treats (my favorite is the rabbit poster): </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://valeriemadill.com/">www.valeriemadill.com.</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">TRACKING</span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYp12omv-LT8spYwTjfAsSvPD_13mBINY8TDjbmqXrNkByWR5bTfFzlRpVZb2k1mtsfA2nvDY2zp7s-QzVd5IqwI4qH_ILpt0SvpNxc7tm8dKQvw9j5bybOKWJpj6pNZZqcfrB3BWpOE/s400/23_7-tracking.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228988657616156994" /><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">LOWER CASE i</span><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAc0UyFvJ-1HFsFelCODVeRhkjvBSGWpnzSv9C3dwPLSL0R9qx9_DPjId2I52VPJmMTaQQYIjMKqK0KVKFcGsQsIz19eYI_FJJepuPqcSVAHu5D1wZkpZto5BU7J_gQ38wmN0F6JtEwE/s400/23_9-idot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228988662343915634" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">LEGIBILITY</span><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KjXVY7EmcX-OzSRpECp82fJe-OrFK5oqy6mgKYVML09Fqsxkbvd3U8owbciX8wPoS7EKcuIWDwdHKZCXlPaFJDH7snb1aOIQloBQUUQ16n0mDibOUoqwTOeTN-z6PJ1Wh632msvkOQs/s400/23_1-legibility.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228988662712732994" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">CAPITAL LETTER M</span><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxdkD-SmMQxrN7JvJQQ3WqVyNS5sKJTfFy6YpplvPtjOVPgd1KFBW8YTyhScLfNuKKW5fR_1pPhE7ZqocCID7G-RfDSm8tvw3hqIKF7fc15s0CpPXyvRghAEuw1wfz44KxG1H8JzG6eg/s400/23_10-m.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228988665830963010" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-1380752430092099492008-07-28T15:22:00.015-04:002008-07-30T22:01:34.018-04:00Farm-fresh prints<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkAb-Z15tNYQvJNCNf4XblhLZy3NGfLc4YJ5pXFhnVv976nyiR7wWVdNDn-okH1ENHl-J4o7_zIbFMxIqFNExhEHekhVwXqA0RuUR5YRO_gAJ5cr2BUmzLqMjasXseF7gHr9jh9p-Wug/s1600-h/farmers-market-banner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkAb-Z15tNYQvJNCNf4XblhLZy3NGfLc4YJ5pXFhnVv976nyiR7wWVdNDn-okH1ENHl-J4o7_zIbFMxIqFNExhEHekhVwXqA0RuUR5YRO_gAJ5cr2BUmzLqMjasXseF7gHr9jh9p-Wug/s400/farmers-market-banner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228147975819334642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The summer season is upon us here in NY. That means so many delicious fruits</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"> & vegetables on the farm and at local farmers markets. I have been eating my fill of sweet cherries, green beans, sweet corn and fresh salsa. To celebrate the eating season I've tracked down some of my favorite prints on Etsy that pay tribute to edible seasonal delights and have them here to share with you—even though I'm jealous that some of them come from kinder hardiness zones & longer growing seasons than myself. :-)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">*Click on the images for a little more detail.</span><br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YAZ0k6dsZifZoVihiQvhGbp7JO4tHG7o78NcN4AfCiFTHhGHH_-txWVR95zfKW5e0uMcflZcjpCEmy-snQdL_buKVDCUnGoNu0kYpV-D7qfppUEpMwcPMsOAv4bBnoxWQIgkjNchmEY/s1600-h/seasonal-fruits.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YAZ0k6dsZifZoVihiQvhGbp7JO4tHG7o78NcN4AfCiFTHhGHH_-txWVR95zfKW5e0uMcflZcjpCEmy-snQdL_buKVDCUnGoNu0kYpV-D7qfppUEpMwcPMsOAv4bBnoxWQIgkjNchmEY/s400/seasonal-fruits.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228159331935041666" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Hand screen-printed calendar featuring delicious fruits for each month—<br />you definitely don't need to live in California to appreciate this one.<br />"Seasonal Fruits of California" $35.00 <a href="http://www.clairenereim.etsy.com/">www.clairenereim.etsy.com</a><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJcJ8tgLs4urcXnFhc3A81ntV_OO2FSBgnWkrdH9VLBAxkrVG1zaBAdfDm3RxdSd3dRLLUcdwX6ZCBos1OXuCJH0hAB_qZQuiyY-G9mfXlND6n2Wm2jf1adbMVIKuwkzwHjMtfmnZIwI/s1600-h/sanguine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJcJ8tgLs4urcXnFhc3A81ntV_OO2FSBgnWkrdH9VLBAxkrVG1zaBAdfDm3RxdSd3dRLLUcdwX6ZCBos1OXuCJH0hAB_qZQuiyY-G9mfXlND6n2Wm2jf1adbMVIKuwkzwHjMtfmnZIwI/s400/sanguine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228159164622534066" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Vividly-colored modern seasonal screenprint from modern manifesto<br />representing one of the four humors: sanguine.<br />"4 Humors Screenprint- Sanguine" $16.00 from <a href="http://www.modernmanifesto.etsy.com/">www.modernmanifesto.etsy.com</a><br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qU4omunrpkKfhYNQPk7F4h0FFxu7l9S6j95c1C2-JXZQfs7NVpT5X31UCskSHbKFYyJjY-TaxVy3qcaOWjQPQYY7lEpktjXfzG2NNfnU44DPVnlujKR22Ae9DOItzbka5N5G0LQjTa8/s1600-h/vegetable&fruitnotecards.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7qU4omunrpkKfhYNQPk7F4h0FFxu7l9S6j95c1C2-JXZQfs7NVpT5X31UCskSHbKFYyJjY-TaxVy3qcaOWjQPQYY7lEpktjXfzG2NNfnU44DPVnlujKR22Ae9DOItzbka5N5G0LQjTa8/s400/vegetable&fruitnotecards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228159388441699138" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Just some of Rigel Stuhmiller's hand-carved block print<br />reproduction notecards inspired by veggies.<br />"Vegetable & Fruit Block Notecards" Set of six, $16.00. <a href="http://www.drenculture.etsy.com/">www.drenculture.etsy.com</a><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0ZwqGXNtHfBuer99L00T4crz0yrwTO9NgWeKJD10uK3nG32REBiw_EfGwDN1kLAd0BMO2wOz3mZe1O_l3a1evr0D3gj_GxwWIzM3u-f0wkL4NiUcaqHSVJsLjhnR8VUEVoFi-U2Owso/s1600-h/fruit-veg-of-italy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 401px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs0ZwqGXNtHfBuer99L00T4crz0yrwTO9NgWeKJD10uK3nG32REBiw_EfGwDN1kLAd0BMO2wOz3mZe1O_l3a1evr0D3gj_GxwWIzM3u-f0wkL4NiUcaqHSVJsLjhnR8VUEVoFi-U2Owso/s400/fruit-veg-of-italy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228158907323848418" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Beautifully illustrated limited edition book with original Italian text and English translation.<br />"The Fruit, Herb and Vegetable of Italy" $180.00 from <a href="http://www.angelaliguori.etsy.com/">www.angelaliguori.etsy.com</a><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6d146ShZn9l5vujUXRVSMaLmJLwLXu8AHs76PBxEbUaxOVQoBek5Xzt6GTwSd0e3rQRjcKbVPfXEMbMUcLXbGLNVDrK0dNN8tjf1hZlHsYgy-xUjZSsFxhHejPTpAv_h_s21j02hA6I/s1600-h/eat-your-peas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6d146ShZn9l5vujUXRVSMaLmJLwLXu8AHs76PBxEbUaxOVQoBek5Xzt6GTwSd0e3rQRjcKbVPfXEMbMUcLXbGLNVDrK0dNN8tjf1hZlHsYgy-xUjZSsFxhHejPTpAv_h_s21j02hA6I/s400/eat-your-peas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228158836781545618" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Fun retro-flavored letterpress poster with positive message for kids. :-)<br />"Eat Your Peas" $45.00 from <a href="http://www.pantrypressinc.etsy.com/">www.pantrypressinc.etsy.com</a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10px;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-88993373606101354972008-07-16T23:42:00.008-04:002008-07-28T15:23:58.333-04:00Three Red Hens giveaway on This Old Hen House Blog<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMtvWkg0w9epTBog-Yg6gm5DMCFurGUUVq-hAchlyuNsuJOpZzCornuz3w0ckUJngSCGIMj9QY7XBxXcYjOdUGUVXwB-_YTa33GKfL4kp0JB46CgBAbkcHFkdL5HjJcJeHQnZUDtwAnA/s1600-h/giveaway2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMtvWkg0w9epTBog-Yg6gm5DMCFurGUUVq-hAchlyuNsuJOpZzCornuz3w0ckUJngSCGIMj9QY7XBxXcYjOdUGUVXwB-_YTa33GKfL4kp0JB46CgBAbkcHFkdL5HjJcJeHQnZUDtwAnA/s400/giveaway2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224166008913977010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Three Red Hens is excited to be featured on a fellow poultry-lover's blog: </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thisoldhenhouse.blogspot.com/">This Old Hen House's </a><span style="font-family:arial;">today. You can also enter to win a set of my farmy cards. :-) Click <a href="http://thisoldhenhouse.blogspot.com/2008/07/etsy-feature-three-red-hens-letterpress.html">here</a> to read the interview and enter to win.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIDBJWNeAhHekOhYBAmJRhTuF2rdoZctjJMPMW2LNV5UBqLAMMoBH4jpP-GY6HgYRr8bTil_YkNchq8OpmpLmxjrGhI5i9Srp3sEY6rsfnfwwV2ILhvA_J4R-aAtKhdE1G2OMjjdZKYxo/s1600-h/giveaway2.jpg"><br /></a>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-40471729528061016552008-07-16T20:56:00.010-04:002008-07-16T22:08:09.528-04:00Field Trip! A little inspiration for me and hopefully for you<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I take so many photos for work, but it seems like I never get an opportunity to take them for myself! For some reason NYC cityscapes just don't do it for me. My husband finally took me to the Bronx Zoo yesterday and amongst the hordes of kids I was able to snap a few good shots.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Unfortunately my memory card is mostly full of blurry monkey pics but these animals were able to stay still for long enough... Getting out and about with camera in hand gives me so much inspiration for new work. I hope these pictures will brighten your day too!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX1ccNNaYoIs8UvH4sbKqSldWvGilcIm_9_7YDCcTKMi6GsA5HF13VH-9wP4W9WrNBATX1j5iBYCruQiFyU9R9AmPGDeyeHev1S4ZzLTdcR37Aizy-TG1wXLmTx5P147k4-7SskR0Aok/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223780984521968754" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R0BOmp5uTraGB51yjyWUmhVcP9EuMpLAroEAWC3zxpaVFarw_R_k6DRLiIgOomswOUwZW8PY_vszoIsLQu7btYLiYs-v6fmqJxGVLVxJhVFRv627EGc-KdPW30u6JhWTKID_10iU0Ms/s1600-h/Untitled-11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R0BOmp5uTraGB51yjyWUmhVcP9EuMpLAroEAWC3zxpaVFarw_R_k6DRLiIgOomswOUwZW8PY_vszoIsLQu7btYLiYs-v6fmqJxGVLVxJhVFRv627EGc-KdPW30u6JhWTKID_10iU0Ms/s400/Untitled-11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223782695378596274" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXc2vjOVDlr39bi2d0lq6ZJwj_0eP5wa5iYpC5r3I-DUJVoNOmxgv4pBt_TnvsffkvBJt7pqN5mwEg4_gG9PhMT5UK0cFqMLMbCnzmqFMxVKGwPb0awmgc3wdSlEsE3OBawJOENTscbQo/s1600-h/Untitled-12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXc2vjOVDlr39bi2d0lq6ZJwj_0eP5wa5iYpC5r3I-DUJVoNOmxgv4pBt_TnvsffkvBJt7pqN5mwEg4_gG9PhMT5UK0cFqMLMbCnzmqFMxVKGwPb0awmgc3wdSlEsE3OBawJOENTscbQo/s400/Untitled-12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223782699489507890" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Not the pinkest flamingo in the pond, but the closest.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5URYS0E_qEez-wfXKRlqLZTjDaxGGPprvLG1c5Z34UeZUxX-WDWcj-_MalJtbTrWO7m0QCSQl4PZNuMgp2pJ1Zv2apY4PE8M_fV8DKga5UmlHYUpOd_05VY8MZlWYSvb9CzsNl-SgOS0/s1600-h/Untitled-13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5URYS0E_qEez-wfXKRlqLZTjDaxGGPprvLG1c5Z34UeZUxX-WDWcj-_MalJtbTrWO7m0QCSQl4PZNuMgp2pJ1Zv2apY4PE8M_fV8DKga5UmlHYUpOd_05VY8MZlWYSvb9CzsNl-SgOS0/s400/Untitled-13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223782703355820610" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Endangered/rare kingfisher.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUq_MRa1pierR-VRdVTrqIr4IOtATNwm87Y9Jzn-xOZIY1Bci7C5lP_6D9CfzNXtjrW8FPcVjZsHDbQw2mNvrZBjbgsnxeFp63ZhQQBCrCVtgt9tRraPJM5wuluvqL_hhCRlj-KCAyOA/s1600-h/Untitled-14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlUq_MRa1pierR-VRdVTrqIr4IOtATNwm87Y9Jzn-xOZIY1Bci7C5lP_6D9CfzNXtjrW8FPcVjZsHDbQw2mNvrZBjbgsnxeFp63ZhQQBCrCVtgt9tRraPJM5wuluvqL_hhCRlj-KCAyOA/s400/Untitled-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223782704186043282" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Lemur in the Madagascar exhibit.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M-pPnvX9db3tEiQj2Vze1-qOIZy1WEZJoh-yKhHNLd4jvzOQg4xWwykNoOVakGvmKonVtkO_j3aEaML9UyAhfgSF28vUj4eJvO7Szre7wzsK1jIaXznPWKUpDSTgr3ZqLnO3nKl2Pws/s1600-h/Untitled-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6M-pPnvX9db3tEiQj2Vze1-qOIZy1WEZJoh-yKhHNLd4jvzOQg4xWwykNoOVakGvmKonVtkO_j3aEaML9UyAhfgSF28vUj4eJvO7Szre7wzsK1jIaXznPWKUpDSTgr3ZqLnO3nKl2Pws/s400/Untitled-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223781276118548898" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPyjLhfT8tFzLtYUHx6kvnsdHjtk56XlUIo_AS3qxs_tuXbeax5fEHxs0gvgPHeS7NNkVyI5BN50O7LGEZO6-XmeRf5WWn-ixTN_joUaFM36EOkP9nAM9zM7T6DkAbYJkhF-WOShbV2k/s1600-h/Untitled-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPyjLhfT8tFzLtYUHx6kvnsdHjtk56XlUIo_AS3qxs_tuXbeax5fEHxs0gvgPHeS7NNkVyI5BN50O7LGEZO6-XmeRf5WWn-ixTN_joUaFM36EOkP9nAM9zM7T6DkAbYJkhF-WOShbV2k/s400/Untitled-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223781279189898210" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYEMBcvZA8_nxBRIozNSRxpAb5udRnN9t_J1MRME2ZUn24IRdHr4mL-A__bd9qtriyvDChY7BlwGMZ4I0BLWfZqVvvdPREjDWN3CJN9yGXo-4v7pvbYQg4zPJ8-ikuN6mz2ZU4yglAT8/s1600-h/Untitled-8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYEMBcvZA8_nxBRIozNSRxpAb5udRnN9t_J1MRME2ZUn24IRdHr4mL-A__bd9qtriyvDChY7BlwGMZ4I0BLWfZqVvvdPREjDWN3CJN9yGXo-4v7pvbYQg4zPJ8-ikuN6mz2ZU4yglAT8/s400/Untitled-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223781282876117858" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Penguin feeding time! I think I was more excited about this than the kids in attendance.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU6Z4fPmD90BXbkaFhXuExrwcDX_89e8B-1OK347SZahzHahB5w8t_JIwUBiuNiLso1ZJy9vRfaRek-FDS0g6mgF54EGubwGm1-HtY-FkyIbPazXKBHe2fIFSZgFigWVKIl3JCjoqj4w/s1600-h/Untitled-9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVU6Z4fPmD90BXbkaFhXuExrwcDX_89e8B-1OK347SZahzHahB5w8t_JIwUBiuNiLso1ZJy9vRfaRek-FDS0g6mgF54EGubwGm1-HtY-FkyIbPazXKBHe2fIFSZgFigWVKIl3JCjoqj4w/s400/Untitled-9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223781286830589250" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Another lemur in the Madagascar exhibit.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_aVmuq6A46owLSqnqZVxFvO-Fy1juQtUZQGcYbsx3pAlpH-tKB-VEsPy8ebkvWxXXcb08hIy7X8LaJFJlGPgU82oTxObu4NLnxDAcPIRt4CW-WTTqiqJuBoewXjVY5x3Z4DyVqNujho/s1600-h/Untitled-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_aVmuq6A46owLSqnqZVxFvO-Fy1juQtUZQGcYbsx3pAlpH-tKB-VEsPy8ebkvWxXXcb08hIy7X8LaJFJlGPgU82oTxObu4NLnxDAcPIRt4CW-WTTqiqJuBoewXjVY5x3Z4DyVqNujho/s400/Untitled-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223798544890953650" border="0" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Siberian tiger at Tiger Mountain. For some reason the zoo was misting in the viewing area. I had to get out of there quickly before my hair exploded.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:9;" ><br /></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qe8Oogqq3bBXgaMkhSfQJWweARXVF2_EcBEULsgEc9pj-1NMKMc8GtCamgg1PEQvfFOhqXROT5AYPaKk8ulCxf45I26mb-oFRbtfoJ0XCrLyuNofIQ-EqphkGS8djiMNHUDM6W9Uz6o/s400/Untitled-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223781286218443010" border="0" /></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:9;" ><div><br /></div><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9xmb5uY7W49zg_ePfZIh8wCNVST-Q_AuS5CFMMh_wGFOdKnGe5UziwKI-QyL5ofUnJL3tE_vdVEpWG7MOgsIlHDpoNlTXY8dmDMteDRoFbAG6bNtfCSjzHA9W87M94avVwI1ROM2IgU/s1600-h/Untitled-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9xmb5uY7W49zg_ePfZIh8wCNVST-Q_AuS5CFMMh_wGFOdKnGe5UziwKI-QyL5ofUnJL3tE_vdVEpWG7MOgsIlHDpoNlTXY8dmDMteDRoFbAG6bNtfCSjzHA9W87M94avVwI1ROM2IgU/s400/Untitled-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223780982406026914" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A dwarf mongoose—one of the cutest things I've ever seen. I have a sneaking suspicion they bite, though.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1TS8xQmH0DlXl99NbsshKbe1BnSstZ8ZRYSKEsudd4ehYtzRsM5bx14xWAJZ3hqyfkd8K6Or2p45kJIf5ex78Ex5wgiZA2NUnaRN-FPNDeJVYZhEKf__wOBIhrsqcsKpg6Xdsp7tLLw/s400/Untitled-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223781005964588482" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kookaburra. A very funny looking bird.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMyMEf3ZrEMj5kmrJ4RnJTkctCK8LZYnFwi_mLqCjx066-6B22YxtDeKpQBB746u_CUygYk3CHsMj0nvMRK_Mq72_buf29V9P1Uc0acGqJ5UlskoA3NG6cUfp5cdrR4Jrjzqc3c-OF7Q/s400/Untitled-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223780992357838770" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Where do you go to find inspiration?<br />Any recommendations in the NY area?</span></span></div></div></div></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-30207586272435606382008-06-17T13:05:00.005-04:002008-06-17T13:27:41.202-04:00My first woodblock print!<span style="font-family:arial;">Since getting into letterpress, I've wanted to learn other hands-on image-creating techniques that could be combined with letterpress. So this summer I'm taking a woodcut & linoleum class. Below is my first ever woodcut print– it's not perfect but I'm so proud of how it came out. I started with the outline from a public domain engraving and then used my own inclinations to create the textures of each object and add a little more modern personality to the piece. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Next project in the works is a 4-color reduction woodblock print using a photograph of a tree that I took during my high school French class' trip to France.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This particular block is too big for my letterpress, but I hope to do smaller woodcut or linoleum series of cards using my letterpress.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Click on the images for more detail...</span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnKpaJtMUCIuU1ZVa1N4xSyR3ytkNr_v95rFYf5wd3DVn5DAeu9X_-yV2NZxU6wynOAUo_2V4eHxGmjbiyQQvtJ3GuVT_J9eaWYcvk0t4o3I6KyFJTDeZNTu134YC3qgbv6Ws9B9xCkU/s1600-h/girlwithflowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnKpaJtMUCIuU1ZVa1N4xSyR3ytkNr_v95rFYf5wd3DVn5DAeu9X_-yV2NZxU6wynOAUo_2V4eHxGmjbiyQQvtJ3GuVT_J9eaWYcvk0t4o3I6KyFJTDeZNTu134YC3qgbv6Ws9B9xCkU/s400/girlwithflowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212902460513849250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXIDKgMRz_4A1xGhaDXQiDVchLWPlDm0EOyi2250H-hu4zDQT3FRKlv45UEyoft5nOQ356suH1uyosPxH1CsHP4WCaK-fgtyK7I-TpnqjH9Cy9G2U73a_P35CNS3bzCL22qCmD0UwOWM/s1600-h/girlwithflowers_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZXIDKgMRz_4A1xGhaDXQiDVchLWPlDm0EOyi2250H-hu4zDQT3FRKlv45UEyoft5nOQ356suH1uyosPxH1CsHP4WCaK-fgtyK7I-TpnqjH9Cy9G2U73a_P35CNS3bzCL22qCmD0UwOWM/s400/girlwithflowers_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212902389216624306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-72126972771801437632008-06-12T22:19:00.005-04:002008-06-12T23:15:30.652-04:00Thirsty?<span style="font-family: arial;">I keep trying to find a context within which to share this with you, but I'm at a loss. I saw this a while ago on the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thedieline.com/">Die Line Blog</a><span style="font-family: arial;">. Anyway, this parody on Vitamin Water just cracks me up. If only I had had some Meat Water during that dismal heat wave this past weekend!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Whether you're in need of a meaty refreshment for breakfast, lunch or dinner, they've got you covered. Is this commentary on our overly-processed artificially-fortified "foods of the future" or just fun? You decide.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You'll find amusing tidbits throughout the site, including product descriptions like this:</span><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-weight: bold;">Prosciutto, champignons, gorgonzola cheese, with a drippy crust</p> <p>Remember John Travolta strutting down the street chowing on his double slices in Saturday Night Fever? Well we recreate the flavor of a brick-oven Bay Ridge slice by taking Tuscan prosciutto, San Marzano tomatoes, stinky gorgonzola, champignons and a hint of basil and putting all that into a super-nutricious Energy Drink that won’t get tomato sauce on your polyester suit!</p> <p>A real college flashback for a true world champion.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;">Enjoy cold. Enjoy warm. Enjoy hot!</p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></p></blockquote><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzDcLH8poz4ikmHWdzIUfeA5_cJf873gXNjuRDhKslbEyv2RIAJrhttIksjh34OOr-frlAvEE1Oqq7iD2D15QbtX9JZ7fWYQUxJnKVCOTNuNszTR1uj6W80vXehSG0r9k2qkt1iYHA8Y/s1600-h/bacongroup_dude.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzDcLH8poz4ikmHWdzIUfeA5_cJf873gXNjuRDhKslbEyv2RIAJrhttIksjh34OOr-frlAvEE1Oqq7iD2D15QbtX9JZ7fWYQUxJnKVCOTNuNszTR1uj6W80vXehSG0r9k2qkt1iYHA8Y/s400/bacongroup_dude.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211188121361222514" border="0" /></a><p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><br /></p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Click <http: com=""><a href="http://dinnerinabottle.com/">here</a> for some refreshment.<br /></http:></p>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-68728611950214579962008-06-12T21:33:00.009-04:002008-06-12T22:18:10.440-04:00A few typographic treats<span style="font-family:arial;">I just wanted to share some fun things I've run across recently. I'm a big fan of the lovely</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> treatment of type (both lead & digital) and really enjoyed these sites & games...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Smashing Magazine: The Showcase of BIG Typography</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These little visual snippets come from the <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/20/the-showcase-of-big-typography">first edition</a> and <a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/20/the-showcase-of-big-typography-second-edition/">second edition</a> of fun typography. Links to the real thing are listed below the image (though the links for the last two would</span><span style="font-family:arial;">n't work for me).<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYmhR60jppPqAuaHuA_U3b8lQsPQ_GV1cwbH_48Yi7i3xUhpaZ5F_ikYPhgrGDL0a7IEB6PszQmhrHfCQV_F-VaRi36xXFkHfAJecMFGHTUj9I5Kflr8dbAkDwY-M9GFwrhVNRQV12lM/s1600-h/wear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYmhR60jppPqAuaHuA_U3b8lQsPQ_GV1cwbH_48Yi7i3xUhpaZ5F_ikYPhgrGDL0a7IEB6PszQmhrHfCQV_F-VaRi36xXFkHfAJecMFGHTUj9I5Kflr8dbAkDwY-M9GFwrhVNRQV12lM/s400/wear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211176519190297970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://seanklassen.com/">seanklassen.com</a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxqXVIYT3XYqZ6AD8KV2HXaoAAif6lkVDtm6CC1ZdbmkYQYWHSKA22NN38B1MBUp1yB7UqZvcPKTBLWMc1W2D_dcRVgR4I7gFJNLYHBRjfVtt0wX7cCn-Ngz2jEbsnEDRbpalv4NhVCk/s1600-h/blog.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFxqXVIYT3XYqZ6AD8KV2HXaoAAif6lkVDtm6CC1ZdbmkYQYWHSKA22NN38B1MBUp1yB7UqZvcPKTBLWMc1W2D_dcRVgR4I7gFJNLYHBRjfVtt0wX7cCn-Ngz2jEbsnEDRbpalv4NhVCk/s400/blog.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211176408458073858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://blog.fl-2.com/">blog.fl-2.com</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsLij8mqtAc4UVEsXLwXNu5JAndNdO1YG7S5aPI3tZpndmVjHTiFr2C1oTHVF7y2OM1V_VZoL8_cDr3Y8j2fqVDocIWWFNTTZqknvO0LFVEzXGgzTMhaeYtxgcd9diFlbHp6ZzMboKGw/s1600-h/aiga2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsLij8mqtAc4UVEsXLwXNu5JAndNdO1YG7S5aPI3tZpndmVjHTiFr2C1oTHVF7y2OM1V_VZoL8_cDr3Y8j2fqVDocIWWFNTTZqknvO0LFVEzXGgzTMhaeYtxgcd9diFlbHp6ZzMboKGw/s400/aiga2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211176527651892802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.aigadc.org/showoff/index.html">aigadc.org</a><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxrvdILB3nO9jVZd0yQ5zbLR1_dWdHB4LhEgd9W5INrCbBYZDp8aFbtWT4RR-oaJ83fANE66LlUHI8WeGw3RmuuLS5xgU8IEa0US5X80uretIWnuJnYUWBDPDUWvz0BLBl00ue3Jh_Gg/s1600-h/twofaced.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxrvdILB3nO9jVZd0yQ5zbLR1_dWdHB4LhEgd9W5INrCbBYZDp8aFbtWT4RR-oaJ83fANE66LlUHI8WeGw3RmuuLS5xgU8IEa0US5X80uretIWnuJnYUWBDPDUWvz0BLBl00ue3Jh_Gg/s400/twofaced.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211174954210812146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.wearitwithpride.com/">wearitwithpride.com</a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAu041akFeYy3LjuVmSRQ4DUkEPnCaW5uwiQ5YpKnU6JheO746q4WYMveARcEceunuwJ407ixxrnqigN9HM6PDgBqFRC1qdNxJvcO3XymIVH7WtCFRAWyht_kG5WThaeqITxLzlxwRAo/s1600-h/martinkonrad.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAu041akFeYy3LjuVmSRQ4DUkEPnCaW5uwiQ5YpKnU6JheO746q4WYMveARcEceunuwJ407ixxrnqigN9HM6PDgBqFRC1qdNxJvcO3XymIVH7WtCFRAWyht_kG5WThaeqITxLzlxwRAo/s400/martinkonrad.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211174672062070402" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.martinkonrad.com.au/">martinkonrad.com.au</a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">I Love Typography: The Rather Difficult Font Game</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Think you know your fonts? Give this surprisingly tough game a spin. I just barely graced the Hall of Fame on my second try, but I won't say it was a shining moment. Watch out, the game is rather addictive and definitely will give you a greater appreciation to the subtle & poetic diff</span><span style="font-family:arial;">erences of fonts created over the years. Click <a href="http://fontgame.ilovetypography.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to try it out for yourself.<br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_stcV0oLC6mhcCbzF3arN8rMqcRIc7feCK0IhOPtZlsBaO4OICfEBhU-r8163ryipMhz3zlDNdaS9xcdfgIXw4FgPwpqcUrtbNAz4NyGjj-0eoQnIgHVzpsdCaK8JPSRIDQvrD1sLDM/s1600-h/font-game-v2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb_stcV0oLC6mhcCbzF3arN8rMqcRIc7feCK0IhOPtZlsBaO4OICfEBhU-r8163ryipMhz3zlDNdaS9xcdfgIXw4FgPwpqcUrtbNAz4NyGjj-0eoQnIgHVzpsdCaK8JPSRIDQvrD1sLDM/s400/font-game-v2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211178687750251490" border="0" /></a><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >The Extensis Community Blog: TYPEmatch</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you've given up on trying to get 34/34 on the Rather Difficult Font Game, this should give you a little mindless entertainment. This short quiz will tell which font personality you're most like and then you can set the different personalities up on dates that play out on screen.<br /><br />I have mixed feelings about this quiz, as it told me I'm most like Comic Sans (is this worse than Papyrus?). I suppose the options weren't too flattering no matter what, but still! See below for a little insight into my [font] personality. Click <a href="http://blog.extensis.com/typecaster/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> to play for yourself.<br /><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjml38JwYfBYTXj5oz1rO4jBtVjxoWVOD3GLABiDiwS98h13IjQs8kzkQtiAlzfYSGgtl6vjZWJnqiAFSJYS2kOTgmdmhipmc8klv0aOwpft3DM6URIiJB2NSgAozJRhtjoa8VVJRlb5Vc/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjml38JwYfBYTXj5oz1rO4jBtVjxoWVOD3GLABiDiwS98h13IjQs8kzkQtiAlzfYSGgtl6vjZWJnqiAFSJYS2kOTgmdmhipmc8klv0aOwpft3DM6URIiJB2NSgAozJRhtjoa8VVJRlb5Vc/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211182438881559442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></span></div>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-55791500451092397312008-04-25T21:13:00.006-04:002008-04-25T22:01:15.732-04:00Nerds in the wild & other curious creatures<span style="font-family:arial;">I'm back! The recent beautiful weather here in New York has sparked some new designs. I had to take the cards outside to be photographed, any excuse to spend some time lounging in the grass.<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXl9iwZ8L1cC6T9Fa2sT3QsLeBageT2DZ0-bMayEgrhC04AAUX5YL9dZWGf9WrZ6MEhyphenhyphenSU1Fal45-eHz_W8OGxczoC5g-aypVwcIJRN-BxFprTnLYN8Nex93YD8Ae24y5Evm9EYkYCJ80/s1600-h/glassesrsexy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXl9iwZ8L1cC6T9Fa2sT3QsLeBageT2DZ0-bMayEgrhC04AAUX5YL9dZWGf9WrZ6MEhyphenhyphenSU1Fal45-eHz_W8OGxczoC5g-aypVwcIJRN-BxFprTnLYN8Nex93YD8Ae24y5Evm9EYkYCJ80/s400/glassesrsexy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193362902004679698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This card is a little tribute to my plasma physics husband and his lovely retro glasses. It was printed in black ink with a touch of silver but it's hard to tell in the photograph.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PNCpV18mkd_Fa_It6gzPWPlhzU8-sJW_oVOPFxOdtSe35Znl-DwR4iNZ3XgcF5YVYWuqzyTbn4LdYcQV6l3NJFA1mXEHEFQ83kmcbWFUGms6r0nh6HDruwrZCwnDdmmFChwvjxnAQSo/s1600-h/seahorse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PNCpV18mkd_Fa_It6gzPWPlhzU8-sJW_oVOPFxOdtSe35Znl-DwR4iNZ3XgcF5YVYWuqzyTbn4LdYcQV6l3NJFA1mXEHEFQ83kmcbWFUGms6r0nh6HDruwrZCwnDdmmFChwvjxnAQSo/s400/seahorse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193362906299647010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This design has been waiting patiently to be printed now for months. I did a whole series of ocean life in this pointillist/color blindness test-inspired style. Keep an eye out for turtles, octopi, and crabs. :-)<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznJ49fU-loeJMokeHssdJPnB_nJY1vk36FewondfdCyfxX-aXoR-LHyEuQ-Qc4KgzMHnm-g5AmqgVsJ9RQzmPv3oju0IYn0teZlBjHcFcWWi_HZJniAcee0VJUoKc8gIoR9mSceRJiks/s1600-h/applez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznJ49fU-loeJMokeHssdJPnB_nJY1vk36FewondfdCyfxX-aXoR-LHyEuQ-Qc4KgzMHnm-g5AmqgVsJ9RQzmPv3oju0IYn0teZlBjHcFcWWi_HZJniAcee0VJUoKc8gIoR9mSceRJiks/s400/applez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193362910594614322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This design goes out to my friend Danielle who, like me, spends way too many hours in front of her Mac. When you're spending most of your waking hours in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and the like, these two keys become embedded in your mind. To the extent that when you, say, drop a purseful of belongings in the subway, stub your toe, or ruin a set-up on your letterpress the first thing you think is "Apple + Z" as if you could go back a step and it'd all be okay. Unfortunately this doesn't work in real life.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZkEIMleyau1BwMBbGOjh4NKyBc26IMjSnSCESjzCwB8eM4SR1at6reBF6nAW3bPq6CLdjtsZELBQmD77aXgeJ5lEELg3NnwU5efGsiBEzHwBP-jWxXcK6dN_jualZkhnFdnYJZcSYd8/s1600-h/elephants.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZkEIMleyau1BwMBbGOjh4NKyBc26IMjSnSCESjzCwB8eM4SR1at6reBF6nAW3bPq6CLdjtsZELBQmD77aXgeJ5lEELg3NnwU5efGsiBEzHwBP-jWxXcK6dN_jualZkhnFdnYJZcSYd8/s400/elephants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193362914889581634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">What to say? Who doesn't like elephants? I think this card will be perfect for sharing with all the new parents out there – it definitely seems to be baby season on the farm and in my neighborhood.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivehiK9BsWfihhh_Le6H71RYoriPgzTQH4PS1uH9XPpOYmxzBls2Eo83oURaaLvd-kOzA12G74ALKFmx_saeUPI5YlzjypPAwrg90yiLLJ4ydXuWAnfy1PAkoPyyCCmu2dIUCrb9W06h8/s1600-h/sheep.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivehiK9BsWfihhh_Le6H71RYoriPgzTQH4PS1uH9XPpOYmxzBls2Eo83oURaaLvd-kOzA12G74ALKFmx_saeUPI5YlzjypPAwrg90yiLLJ4ydXuWAnfy1PAkoPyyCCmu2dIUCrb9W06h8/s400/sheep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193362897709712386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Last, but not least, a design for the lovely & talented lady of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=61802">Cicada Studio</a> & <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5605839">Cicada Home</a>, who it sounds is on a creative adventure of her own. I hope you approve! :-) This design was based off of a couple of public domain illustrations from a children's book.<br /></span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925332474271596671.post-30395423750541826472008-04-17T21:05:00.007-04:002008-04-17T21:44:19.225-04:00Type: the common & the gold-plated<span style="font-family:arial;">As I get busier my blogging gets rarer. :-( I've been busy printing, doing some freelance design work, doing illustrations for my cards (sheep card to come soon, I promise) and of course, working my day job.<br /><br />I've finally done some wood type cards. I had done a bunch of wood type t-shirts (mostly proclaiming "Rachael Ray eats kittens") but this is my first card. :-) To be available soon on Etsy.<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysGJPV-6LsMnhfLEuGGIkZevO6KN6duqyOd4m2ld4qzF5ow44LBL4abqFINHQfsOsDw1eixv2AYNnTW6KVPVKklZ5W-UAzamnlQDjNQkx1hqGvAjqH1IMuQvOpV1waDC2f_2ypeIX5lI/s1600-h/thank-yousb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysGJPV-6LsMnhfLEuGGIkZevO6KN6duqyOd4m2ld4qzF5ow44LBL4abqFINHQfsOsDw1eixv2AYNnTW6KVPVKklZ5W-UAzamnlQDjNQkx1hqGvAjqH1IMuQvOpV1waDC2f_2ypeIX5lI/s400/thank-yousb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190391859984185858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAzhalFKr3eRLc7vIAb50OkTy-MN8cx7b6F09c-_3wnD8sC2ieLu9Ch1B0SkkG25V46HKcrJvd3GpNdSEdO0rY9SRNVCG7WPmGyef8j2sFvcBevYUGJVl1lbEvPLzYJoHGzMu2MgHD50/s1600-h/thank-yous1b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAzhalFKr3eRLc7vIAb50OkTy-MN8cx7b6F09c-_3wnD8sC2ieLu9Ch1B0SkkG25V46HKcrJvd3GpNdSEdO0rY9SRNVCG7WPmGyef8j2sFvcBevYUGJVl1lbEvPLzYJoHGzMu2MgHD50/s400/thank-yous1b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190391855689218546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8ZdW7-llqEazv56k-0Mr_MZ2cGf_z9UYtQFB2kGXuZqZBwYUgwVs7YQzebLVA7-Tt_yfiFq648qU4kNVCgAYr9czA1af1nE3rjQQiZ6mOD1gu56_KCJIApvxtfvhAsI9nfu-EqvOH50/s1600-h/goldletterpress_main.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8ZdW7-llqEazv56k-0Mr_MZ2cGf_z9UYtQFB2kGXuZqZBwYUgwVs7YQzebLVA7-Tt_yfiFq648qU4kNVCgAYr9czA1af1nE3rjQQiZ6mOD1gu56_KCJIApvxtfvhAsI9nfu-EqvOH50/s400/goldletterpress_main.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190392225056406034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I also ran across <a href="http://www.ericaweiner.com/">this jewelry artist</a> who is breathing new life into worn out lead type by transforming it into jewelry. If you're thinking "Lead... jewelry?", rest assured, these pieces have been artfully dipped in 14k gold to keep heavy-metalness in. Check out more of Erica Weiner's work at <a href="http://www.ericaweiner.com/">www.ericaweiner.com</a>.<span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span></span>Erikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882012518015321377noreply@blogger.com1