Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Wallpapers for Sale

October 29, 2008

CH Spurgeon is one of my favorite preachers of all time. Three of his sermons which I read recently inspired me to create three separate wallpapers. I fitted them for my 17” MacBook Pro which has a resolution of 1680 x 1050. I am happy to resize for different screens if you’d like to purchase any of them. Going rate is three dollars a piece. I’ll send to you within 24 hours, probably much sooner if you buy during normal EST hours. Hope everyone is well and I hope you like the designs!

My Sister’s Got Skills

August 29, 2008

One thing I remember about my older sister was that she was always making bracelets. In addition to the designs she’d come up with for slap bracelets (haha) she seemed to be churning out an endless supply of friendship bracelets as well. So I guess it shouldn’t surprise me that she’s got quite the eye for jewelry design today. You can check out her style here if you like. Good job sis!

The Plight of Yale’s School of Art and Architecture

August 28, 2008

Lot’s of criticism, a nasty fire and finally a recent renovation are all part of this buildings history. Interesting read via the NY Times.

Best Government Web Site I’ve Seen

August 26, 2008

I rode BART back in 2003 (?) when my wife’s cousin and I were heading to San Francisco to watch Barry Bonds try to hit #600 (or was it #660?). We scalped tickets from some crazy homeless guy and then 5 innings in two guys who were hammered asked us to trade seats so they could be closer to two girls directly behind us. Long story short, we ended up about eight rows up from third base. A highlight was clamoring for position in the right field foyer during the last two innings hoping to catch the fabled ball. Like the Daniel Day Lewis flick, there definitely would have been blood if he would have knocked one out there - too many people, too much alcohol and too many gold diggers hoping to auction a piece of baseball history. As it turned out all we did was watch Mr. Bonds and his huge head go 1 for 3 with 2 strikeouts. Thanks for nothing.

Where was I? Oh, yes, for a “dot gov” domain, BART’s site is beautifully done. Props to whoever made the decision to create really good site for a public service offering. Any other government sites you like? I feel like putting together a gallery if there are enough out there. Let me know…

DesignSlices.com

August 8, 2008

There is some very nice design work featured on designslices.com - take a moment to check it out. Happy Friday!

Love Creative Has Fun With PowerPoint

July 31, 2008

I got a big kick out of Love Creative’s website. Their opening line is “made in Powerpoint” which is nicely, and humorously played throughout the site. Great job guys! (And nice work too!)

French Open Recap

June 8, 2008

Nadal rolled Federer. Ivanovic won the women’s title. And Ivanovic’s entourage (all men) ran around the Arc de Triomphe in pink tennis skirts. Too funny!

Edge Consulting

May 15, 2008

One of my good buddies who I worked with at DW Turner recently started his own company and asked for my help with his logo and website to which I gladly obliged. Best of luck Rob and I look forward to seeing your progress!

53 Year Old Brochure

April 29, 2008

In the process of packing this week, of which, my wife has been doing the VAST majority of, I came across a brochure that my grandfather designed for a nursing home in California back in the 50’s. For those of you who don’t know my grandfather was a very talented artist and served as an Art Director in Portland for several years. When I found the brochure I remembered the afternoon he walked me through the process of how he created it with a combination of typesetting, screen printing and illustrating to which I replied “Wow, I can’t believe you did all that without a computer or layout programs”. (Haha, to which he probably thought, “Dumb kid”.)

Anyway, I’ll snap a photo of it and upload it later. If you’re interested, here’s some links to other stuff my grandpa did:

- Elijah: The Man Who Went To Heaven - lots of cool pen illustrations in here.

- Various paintings my grandfather did.

American Idol Season 7

April 10, 2008

You know when the judges on American Idol tell contestants that the song got away from them? That’s how I feel when I design sometimes. Trying to reel it in is fun, challenging and sometimes flat out exasperating.