FONT NERD ALERT: Do you know the difference between a font and a typeface? The main difference between these two terms is that a typeface (or type family) is the name of a specific collection of related fonts. In comparison, font refers to a particular weight, width, and style within that typeface. A little background: Way back in the Read more…
Using the pen tool to create professional-quality vector images is harder than most people think. Here is a fun way to master the task. Click the link above to play the game. It can be very frustrating but the videos below may be helpful… plus you can see that even Read more…
“Bear with me in this long-winded and fragrant metaphor; for you will find that almost all the virtues of the perfect wine-glass have a parallel in typography.” Beatrice Warde (1900-1969) Although American Beatrice Warde used the pen name ‘Paul Beaujon’ she was generally known as the ‘First Lady of Typography’. Read more…
Congratulations to the 2020 student winners from PrattMWP! This year’s showcase of roughly 700 projects — from more than 10,000 entries — reflects the increasingly expansive ways in which graphic design shapes business and society, products and services, commerce and culture and causes. Winners run the gamut from print and Read more…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a hero of mine, I have seen him speak twice in person and I follow him on social media and through the Children’s Health Defense. If you’re a republican or democrat stop talking about that. Stop identifying yourself. The enemy is Big Tech, Big Data, Read more…
I put together a little collection of the horns of TIME. It must be so fun to design the covers of these issues. Time magazine itself claims any resemblance to cats, bats or devil horns is purely coincidence. https://time.com/3742509/donald-trump-time-person-of-the-year-horns/
Essayist and critic William Deresiewicz explains how the digital age has devastated and demonetized the arts, the subject of his new book “The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech.”Episode:Has the Internet Been Terrible to the Arts?
HybristophiliaMy idea is to create a zine called Verona State Prison because Verona is where Romeo and Juliet took place and most of the serial killers that I will be writing about were imprisoned in a state prison. This zine is about hybristophilia, how it affects women, and how this Read more…
As a modern consumer, one of the best ways to support yourself while looking out for the future of your economy, community and the environment, is to support small business and actively shop small. Unlike corporate businesses, producing and operating within and for themselves, small businesses give back to the Read more…
Noise pollution is the propagation of noise that has a harmful impact on both urban centers and wildlife alike; it is primarily caused by transportation systems and industrial zones. #SayNope is a campaign inspired by the #MeToo movement and its ability to use social media and the power of communication Read more…