I’d love it if you’d vote for my poster here, but please pick your fav, great work here all around. Like many people, I was shocked and saddened by the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. I did my small part by donated a few bucks to a good organization. But in situations … Read more Haiti Poster Project
My friends and I went out to Red Robin the other day for dinner. We are all addicted to their tasty onion rings (oh, and their burgers too. 😛 Once seated, I spied their ultra-cool new drinks menu that is in the shape of a mug. Very clever, great job to the folks who designed … Read more Cool Mug Menu!
National Geographic had an interesting article in a recent issue talking about how some urban centers are transforming their rooftops into green rooftops and the positive environmental impact this might have. You can read the article here. While reading this article, a thought occurred to me regarding farming and how I had also recently read … Read more Theory Thursday: Urban Farming
My buddy Keith from the HOW Design Forum makes hand screened prints for a good cause over at The Ink Initiative had a sale in early July on his limited edition, hand screened prints. The best part? The money from the sale of the prints goes to help out a great cause: “The concept is … Read more Cool Ink Initiative Prints Help Raise Money for Good Cause!
Recently at the Visual Ambassdor they had a post entitled The Death of Print. Take a second to read the article (it’s short, I’ll wait….) Back? Oh good. I just can’t see how the death of print a) equals a devaluation of art nor b) equals the death of “real journalism” as the author states. … Read more Reply to the "Death" of Print
A few of the HOW Design Forum members who were unable to attend this year’s HOW Design Conference in Austin decided to have a “kNOwHOW” conference. Nothing fancy, just a few designer friends getting together to share knowledge, friendship and food. Our host, Karma, along with her mom, and fellow HOWie Patti really went all … Read more kNOwHOW
The first Doodle Swap between members of the HOW Design Forum (aka HOWies) was so much fun that I couldn’t pass on doing round 2! The trick was working about a few other projects that were all due at that same time. Fortunately, one project gave me the inspiration for my doodles for round 2 … Read more Doodle Swap #2
Yes, I’ve been working hard on a few new Nap for That t-shirt designs: check ’em out (or even better, buy one) at my Zazzle store. Free shipping for a limited to anywhere on Earth via code: JUNESHIPFREE. Enjoy!
I’m pleased that I was able to participate in the Creative Postcard Club’s 50th round. Congrats to Travis on a fantastic milestone! For this round, I knew I wanted the theme of my stamp to be Art Deco. But the genre encompasses such a large variety of work, I wasn’t sure what to narrow it … Read more Creative Postcard Club—R50 Stamps
I participated in the second somewhat annual poster made by and for members of the HOW Design Forum. The theme this time around was “stamps”. Other than that, we were free to do whatever we wanted. I thought about different subjects and since postcards are typically used to send correspondence from people who live in … Read more HOWie Poster 2009 Edition
Late last year, members of the HOW Design forum were asked to contribute their thoughts about how the forum acted as a team for the book, Caffeine for the Creative Team. A couple of my quotes and photos that were submitted were used in the chapter on the HOW Forum. Congrats to my fellow HOWies … Read more Hey That’s Me! n2 Quoted in Caffeine for the Creative Team
Last week was the fifth annual Dorothy Lane Market Pastry Show. This marks the second year that we’ve done a “book” for the show that features write-ups about the fine pastries, hors d’oeuvres, and beer and wine offered at the event. The book acts as an admission badge and event souvenir. For this year’s theme, … Read more DLM Pastry Show Book 2009
A friend of mine from the HOW Design Forum, Mary, came up with a brilliant idea to do a “doodle swap” on Artist Trading Cards. She described it as: “The Doodle Swap Project is an organized swap of original, trading-card-sized art between artists, designers and illustrators.” It sounded like fun so I signed up. I … Read more Doodle Swap
New t-shirt design available from my Zazzle shop! If you thought Algebra was hard, then you’re probably a designer. We might have a job that’s more fun, but our math isn’t much easier, just different. Available in Men’s and Women’s sizes on my Zazzle shop. T-shirt reads:Can you place the Illy file into ID and … Read more New Zazzle Ts: Designer Math
Well, my personal economy….shameless self promo: I just added 2 new shirts to my Zazzle store that poke fun at the economic situation. Stimulate the economy in style with these t-shirts! Both designs are available in men’s and women’s styles. If you like what ya see, you can buy ’em here.
This was a tough assignment for me. While I did actually vote for this theme, in general numbers make my eyes glaze over. So to find a meaningful number/numeral for me would prove to be the most challenging part of this assignment. So I thought about numbers and did a littel research and then I … Read more Creative Postcard Club—R49 Numerals
….Devon is the winner of my Lucky 13 giveaway. Congrats! And thanks to everyone who played the game!
All entries are due at Midnight EST today, Friday, March 13! http://nsquaredesign.blogspot.com/2009/03/lucky-13-giveaway.html