Blank Space launched SimplicityHomeEnergy.com last Friday. I just love supporting local Northwest businesses. We designed the identity and the website with feedback from Simplicity Home Energy owner, Bob Greenspun. I was surprised to learn that Home Energy consumption in Washington State was comparable in 2001 to what it was in 1985. (Based on % per … Continued
Author: Mindi Raker
Beautiful Photography Book Released to Support Autism Research
f-eleven vol. 2 photography book to benefit the Autism Research Institute. Coinciding with the autism awareness month and to raise attention to the effects of the Fragile X Syndrome, 100% of the proceeds from the sales of the f-eleven vol. 2 will be donated to the Autism Research Institute. The coffee table quality photography book, … Continued
Fort Vancouver Family Day Poster
This is a fun free community event. Last year Riley and I participated by leading an Art in the Park workshop with kids and adults. Lots of learning about Parks in the Northwest, bat caves to crawl through, gold to sift, and signing with Recyleman and the Dumpster divers! If you live in or near … Continued
Label Maker
Ever since I received a label maker in a gift exchange this past year labels have been showing up in the oddest places.
Design the Modern Board
Have you always wanted to design a snowboard? Here’s your chance, and it is for a good cause! SOS Outreach, K2 Snowboarding, and Design within Reach in Seattle are putting on a snowboard design contest: Design the Modern Board. The winner gets a K2 board with their own custom topsheet! SOS Outreach provides all of … Continued
Land, Air, and Sea
Seattle artist Weston Jandacka creates breath taking artwork with great attention to technical detail of all mediums. We met Weston in 2008 when he showed Within Your Blinking Eye at Blank Space Gallery. Until recently, his art focused on 2-dimensional photo realism oil painting and photography. Jandacka’s completely new body of work titled Land, Air, … Continued
Poster Design Concept
Here is our first draft for Seattle’s National Park Family Day. (Sans all of the sponsor logos.) I am sure it will evolve. I think it would look great silk screened. Maybe we’ll have to get our silk screening set-up going soon!
A Celebration of NW National Parks!
photo: Olympic NP, Shi Shi Beach. We were lured here in 2007 by a park ranger who said it was The most beautiful beach in the world. NPCA and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park host Seattle’s first annual NW National Park Family Day, at Steward Park on May 2nd. I can’t think of a … Continued
Designer in the White House.
Information designer Edward Tufte is appointed by President Obama to a Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. A group with the following mandate: To promote accountability by coordinating and conducting oversight of Recovery funds to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to foster transparency on Recovery spending by providing the public with accurate, user-friendly information. Presumably, he … Continued
Part pie shop. Part design studio. Brillant!
An unconventional design studio in Alabama is serving up pie to the public. Designers use PieLab to encourage conversation about design with a focus on community development projects. Way back in October of 2008 we curated Red White and Pie, featuring political graphics and delicious pie, to encourage political discourse. And it works. People love … Continued