My niece Sara Jo at age three:) I watched this Neil Pasricha’s TED Talk a few days ago and it has really stuck with me. According to Neil the key to living a rich meaningful life is all about the 3 A’s of Awesome: Attitude, Awareness, and Authenticity. Attitude is having the courage to face … Continued
2011 was the year I learned to keep bees. I got stung about a dozen times. I began the season with two hives and ended with one (moment of silence). I accidentally smashed more of the little ladies than I care to count. I was made to feel even worse about my failings by this … Continued
My favorite color is all-of-them, unfortunately you can’t use all-of-them at once usually. The closest you can come is a nice set of primaries. RYB, CMYK, and RGB are all great choices. Artists Carnovsky (Francesco Rugi & Silvia Quintanilla) have created a beautiful installation that plays with space, light, and primary colors. Currently on display … Continued
Awhile back we posted about a Snapshot of Seattle Street Art. Since then A. Tarantino has been busy documenting the ever evolving street art in Seattle. He is following up his original book with Seattle Street Art: A Visual Time Capsule Beyond Graffiti (Volume 2), and is in the process of publishing Seattle Street Art (Volume 3) due … Continued
Simplicity Home Energy, specializes in residential energy efficiency in the Pacific Northwest. Simplicity hired Blank Space to do design their identity system and website. See the final logo and our computer sketches below. The trademark, although the most important key element, can never tell the whole story. At best it conveys one or two notions … Continued
Electrolux introduces its Vac from the Sea initiative: vacuum cleaners constructed with pieces of ocean debris. Each of the five vacuum cleaners pictured above represents the ocean or sea where the plastics originated. They are fully functional, and built with the same core as the Ultra One Green-model vacuum cleaners. This Swedish company has scavenged … Continued
“Flower Turtle” designed by Olivia Gamache, age 7 My turtles shell is made out of colorful flowers. Some grow on top of her shell. Everyone likes to pick her up and smell her pretty flowers. —Olivia “SHARK ATTACK” designed by Erica Hankins, age 8 It’s Scary —Erica The Museum of Glass in Tacoma has the most … Continued
No web page has ever been “here”. Google uses the textual content of links to determine the subject of the linked page. There are some simple practices that can make the links you create more valuable. Bad: The Bob Loblaw Law Blog is here. The link doesn’t contain any words that are relevant to the … Continued
Pacific Crest School is celebrating 25 years of excellence in Montessori education! This is the logo we created for the occasion. The layering of simple shapes captures the fun and dynamic energy of Pacific Crest. It can stand alone, or work along side with the School’s logo (as pictured above). The festivities kick-off on September … Continued
National Geographic has a cool selection of vintage U.S. Parks posters. The posters were produced in response to the Great Depression as part of the WPA, artwork was created for public buildings while assisting struggling artists. Our current Great Recession has inspired more and more people to get out and enjoy a relatively cheap national … Continued