Support Small Business #1
+ My first of many reasons to support small business. You’ve heard the saying never put all your eggs in one basket, right? Well that’s the case with employment. In every community, there’s always some giant that employs half the town. What happens when that giant moves or closes? Half the town is unemployed and the spirit of a community is broken. It’s the same in the design world, never have the majority of your work with... Read More
Artifacts Bank
I found a world of treasures yesterday … view more on my Charm of Reading tumblr site. Read More
Tina Dolin
Facebook has it’s advantages, one being that I discovered Tina Dolin Photography thanks to a friend. I immediately became a fan after viewing her work. And best of all? She’s local! Her style is elevated in comparison to many of the photographers in my town and she really has an eye for composition when it comes to her images. I’m a huge fan of photojournalism and the most natural looking shots which you can see in each of her images.... Read More
Road Trip!
I’ll be taking a road trip next month and was wondering if anyone out there could make some suggestions for interesting things to see along the way? Don’t take me too far out of my way and if the suggestion is in one of the two locations, even better! View Larger Map Starting In: Reading, Pennsylvania – my hometown First Stop: Block Island, Rhode Island – I saw an article about this town in Travel + Leisure and made it a mandatory... Read More
PA Spotlight: Keith Haring *Updated
My hometown of Reading, Pennsylvania isn’t home to many famous art types but we can boast of a few. One of those few is Keith Haring, an artist and social activist whose work responded to the street culture of New York City in the 1980′s. Keith studied at the Ivy School of Professional Art in Pittsburgh before moving to New York City where he was inspired by graffiti. He first received recognition through his chalk drawings in the subways... Read More
Text lesson
Light on Dark Light Text + Dark Background = Bad design. A lesson for those who love to put light text on dark backgrounds. You got schooled you blogging fool! A post from IronicSans.com Read More
Real bookmarks
S bookmark S bookmark for $7 No, not the bookmark that you add to your browser for safe keeping so that you can recollect it at a moment’s notice. But the real thing, the physical item that you use to mark a page in book that you are reading over a course of time. If you’re like me I tend to pick up an scrap of paper lying around to mark my place in the book (last night it was The Push Pin Graphic: A Quarter Century of Innovative Design... Read More
