When I found out that I will be teaching two typography classes this summer at CDIA Boston University I got really excited and began to dive into some type research. In my intro to graphic design class I talk about the evolution of letters and we do a project that revolves around illuminated letters. Some [...]
Category Archives: Offline Design
Letter Treasure
09-Jun-10Do you ever browse the web and find a hideous website featured in a web design gallery? I regularly ponder society’s perception of “Good Design” and what people consider beautiful, and it brings me back to my studies from college. If only I knew at the time that philosophy and postmodern minimalism would come back [...]
Rooms Inspired by Websites
12-Nov-09Moving is a bitch, but the upside is picking out new home-furnishings and decorating. A few months ago I wrote a post on another blog about how bubble chairs helped to inspire a web design I worked on for a Scandinavian hotel Chain. As I have been scouring the internet for fun new home [...]
My bedrooms were always plastered with the most badass posters in College & High School. Sure some of them glowed when the black lights were turned on, but many were beautifully crafted pieces of art. Like many folks going into the design field, I had lofty dreams of being a hip gig poster designer with [...]
Gifts for Designers ‘08 Edition
30-Nov-08Get the Designer in your life something they will LOVE.
Uppercase Scarf
Wallets made of Artsy Photographs by DB clay
Univers & Helvetica Ts
Beautiful Typography Calender (via heartfish)
Pantone Bags, Mugs & Wallets
Freitag Bags (via Doug Avery)
Pillows with Typography
Frank Chimero Inspirational Design Posters
The Store has been down for a few days, but prints hopefully will be available again soon.
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