Artist Interview—John Osgood


Blank Space’s August exhibition will feature work by John Osgood from Bherd Studios. Riley and I met with John and his lovely wife Michele to talk about the upcoming Cut It Out Exhibition and to pick John’s brain about his art work. When did you start making art?Growing up I was always drawing and copying … Continued

Government subsidies for Ugly Design


We just got yet another rejection from some stupid WA guvmint program. The obvious problem is that our designs are not nearly ugly enough for guvmint. Seattle is supposed to be one of the most forward art and tech cities in the country. Yet, all their web pages and other designed communications look like total … Continued

Google OS is coming…


Soon you will be able to install it on your brain. You’ll never lose your keys again. I imagine they’ll almost give it away, Microsoft is in trouble.

How we read online.


Slate has an interesting article about online reading. We are discussing this exact issue right now for the upcoming Pacific Crest School website redesign. Apparently, the best thing to do is to make the content ‘pleasurable to read’, this is easier said than done. Another, tactic is… lists. Put things in bullets and people might … Continued

VLC 1.0!


VLC is the sexiest piece of media playing sweetness that I have ever witnessed. And they, like gmail, are incredibly modest. I have been using their software for at least 5 years and they are only now arriving at version 1.0, happy birthday VLC. Download it.

Another New Client


Boom. Re-marks. We’re designing their new catalog. It is going to be the hottest catalog at the 2009 New York International Gift Fair. Re-marks is a pretty unique company. They make bookmarks, magnets, puzzles etc. and they manufacture these small wonders in… the USA! I could not believe it. I didn’t think we made anything … Continued

New Client. New Project.


We just got a new client! We will be creating a permanent installation for Seattle Jewish Community School in North Seattle.

myPantone: the social network for getting ripped off


Wow my myPantone profile sure is great. They offer a lot of exciting promotions, information and opportunities to get royally screwed. The best part is that I can connect with people across the globe and they’re getting screwed too! And since Pantone has a monopoly I have zero choice. Awesome! Off to go buy a … Continued

Drawing our National Parks


I am always amazed at how quickly you can improve your skills with practice. My sketches for the NPCA exhibition have improved quite a bit from when I started. Part of this is Remembering how to draw…I can’t wait to see this project installed in their space. The drawings are only the background base element … Continued