graphic design

Monday Inspired: in the bookstore

July 19, 2010
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For anyone with an eye for design, stepping into a bookstore (or wine shop, or stationery shop, or soap aisle) might as well be stepping into a diverse and awe-inspiring art exhibition. An art exhibition where almost all of the works fall within your budget. And you want to take everything home because it just looks [...]

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There is hope after all

February 19, 2010

Two questions typically race through my mind when I hear of an impending major do-not-leave-your-home weather event: Do I have enough craft supplies? and Do I have enough flour? In other words, when I’m trapped inside for a weekend, there’s a 2 in 3 chance that at any moment you can find me doing one of two [...]

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Reflections on HOW

July 2, 2009

Photos: Zilker Botanical Garden; Heroes of the Alamo monument at the Texas State Capitol; buildings on Congress Avenue The one thing I’d sort of hoped to glean from the HOW Design Conference in Austin last week was guidance. Direction. Some affirmation, or some way to gauge whether what I’m doing is what I should be [...]

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