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The Tangrams and Barney Bubbles
I didn’t know it was called Tangrams. I just remember it as the puzzle game in Grandma’s closet. The box called it Pythagoras – 179 Puzzle Games. It was a favorite and I inherted the game years...
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Designer at Play
This week’s poster design idea is inspired by a book cover design for Øl og Snaps by Danish Artist Paul Høyrup in 1948. I’m Dane-by-Marriage and have come to be familiar with Snaps. I think it’s one...
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What Happens When I combine Two Photos?
On a recent excursion to Halfmoon Bay, CA I took two interesting snap shoots. One was a reference texture photo of pealing paint for my stock photo texture file. You have to love textures. The more...
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Textures happen in the craziest places
This texture was found in the kitchen. When I saw it I said, “I need to scan that.” My wife exclaimed, “You’re kidding me.” She knew I wasn’t. I love textures, and I’m always looking for examples to...
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An idea for a future letterpress poster
I’ve always like Hatch Show Prints, “Triple Johnny Poster.” Multiple impressions of a letterpress halftone of Johnny Cash just works. I know I can create something in Photoshop, but it’s just not the...
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Letterpress Update
Been a while since I’ve had an opportunity to run our press. Not for lack of desire. It just seems to take a while to build up to having everything to keep production in house. But we’re getting there....
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Tradeshow Display Panels for Metal Gourmet at Catersource, Las Vegas 2012
Metal Gourmet offers some exciting new gourmet food carts and trailers for the mobile food and catering marketplace.Growing industries that are looking for fresh and creative ways to deliver their...
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Printing My Business Card
I can’t tell you enough how satisfying it is to print your own business card. These days many people might think nothing of my statement. They print their own cards all the time. But I’m not talking...
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Time Presses On web site
In this day and age where the mantra is “Print is dead”, letterpress is enjoying a resurgence in popularity. I have always loved letterpress. Back in the early 1980′s I was introduced to letterpress...
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There’s something about steampunk that evokes imagination
What is it about Steampunk that I gravitate towards? I just can’t put my finger on it. Can it be defined as a design movement? There are plenty of movements that influence design. When I was in college...
View ArticleIkea’s Bookbook is a Brilliant Design Concept!
For years corporate and product marketing have discounted the power of print. Opting to put marketing budgets into the new media frontier that is the internet.The internet has dethroned the once all...
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Caitlin, Welcome to the World of Design
If you’ve ever watched Project Runway you recognize that fashion design has a lot in common with graphic design. It’s a form of visual communication. There are so many similarities; texture, color…...
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New Bicycle for the Letterpress Studio
Things are shaping up in the ol’ Letterpress studio (Garage). Been spending more time getting ready to try to put more ink on the press this year. I have a lot of exciting ideas for cards and poster’s....
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Dodge the Bullet Beer
The other day I get a phone call from my Son. He proceeds to inform me he has to tell me what happened that day. I can only imagine what happened. My imagination ran wild. Gauging my response on my...
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