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January 2013 in Photos 10 Feb 2013 | 08:40 pm
Here was a couple persistent themes through out the month of January. Lots of the city, typography that caught my eye, a bit of food and one special dog… CITY ...
How to open a door 10 Feb 2013 | 08:21 pm
Doors should be pretty self explanatory. A person turns a knob, pushes forward, pulls back or maybe slides a handle. While I don’t agree with the statement that if an ...
Marc Brisbourne, R.I.P. Great Friend 6 Feb 2013 | 11:42 pm
A dear friend of mine passed away recently. When I think back to the great times in Edmonton, a lot of the time it was directly related to hanging with ...
An Evening with Les Ballets De Faile 3 Feb 2013 | 10:38 pm
The combination of Faile and the New York City Ballet was a great idea. An awesome art installation with the athleticism of the NYCB. The night that I saw both ...
Simple Type 23 Jan 2013 | 08:03 pm
I’ve been on a bit of a type kick lately. Below are some of those messages and bits of info that caught my eye. If there’s anything that binds the ...
Haroshi vs Aakash Nihalani in NYC 22 Jan 2013 | 10:06 pm
Over the weekend I took the time to visit Jonathan Levine Gallery with Vicky to see Haroshi and Aakash Nihalani latest pieces. I’ve seen photographs of Haroshi’s work previously on ...
Mashing Up Photos with Google Maps for Context 5 Dec 2012 | 10:58 am
I’ve been posting photos to #walkingtoworktoday for many years now. There’s a lot of motivating factors for why I do it everyday. One consistent theme is that I want to ...
Empire State Building as a Static Presidential Election Results Billboard 7 Nov 2012 | 11:34 pm
Last night as the results were being mentioned on TV and talked about on Twitter there was one other method people could see the results. CNN and the Empire State ...
AIGA Get Out the Vote 2012 Exhibition 23 Oct 2012 | 06:11 am
Near the end of last week I spent some time at AIGA National Design Center. As I was walking through the Get Out the Vote 2012 Exhibition I was struck ...
Looking at the Augmented Reality Cover for the Metropolis New City App 16 Oct 2012 | 06:01 pm
Friend of Design Notes Kimberly Taylor let me know about an augmented app for the new cover of Metropolis Magazine. I don’t interact with much AR these days so playing ...
