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February 2008

February 13, 2008

to illegibility and beyond

I think I made mention of this once before, but I believe it was so long ago that the mention I made has been safely forgotten. In a book written by him, and amply packed with multitudinous examples of his gorgeously far-out illustrations, Kelly Freas spoke of certain pieces of his artwork of which he was rather proud but which weren't well received by those people who had comissioned them. My typography isn't exactly "art", but I understand Mr. Freas predicament perfectly. Cashless seemed to me to be the first and last word in "the far-flung funky future as naively viewed from the 1970s" alphanumerics. Boy, was I wrong. Cashless got no love whatsoever. Perhaps folk are faster to fall in love with fonts which are a bit easier to read. Philistines!

February 12, 2008

the secret history of caramel

February 11, 2008

Mimiria

If you're in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. You might stumble upon some icons designed by yours truly. You won't, however, stumble upon me. Just the icons.

I'm a sucker for ...

February 08, 2008

repetez, s'il vous plait

Have I ever mentioned that I have a yen to design textile patterns? I have? Well, sorry 'bout repeating myself. Get it? Patterns. Repeating. Get it?

Thanks, but I'll stick with Apple.

February 06, 2008

super citrus swatches

February 04, 2008

Baby Balrog

As promised, here's another stitched something from the aforementioned Great Handmade Experiment. Unlike the cast of characters I'd concocted on paper, this miniature middle earthen menace actually made it off the drawing board and into fiber-filled reality. Venus worked a bit of dark threaded magic, and shortly thereafter a kind purchaser surprised her LOTR-loving hubby with a bouncing baby Durin's Bane.

February 01, 2008

mixtape sans tape