September 26th, 2011 Comments Off
Traveling with kids in tow can be a blast – but sometimes you want a table just for two. When you’re craving l‘amour, adults-only all-inclusives can be a sure flight to an ultra-romantic escape.
Read my full article for TRAVEL + LEISURE on “World’s Most Romantic All-Inclusives.”
Image Courtesy Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Resort & Spa
September 26th, 2011 Comments Off
Ornament and pattern design – love it or hate it, the style debate rages on. Whether you dig decorative flourishes or vote anti-adornment on all things design, one thing is clear – the fanciful aesthetic has developed a bad rep. Name-called everything from “fussy distractions” to “overly girly” to “old-fashioned,” more than a few nerdy design brawls have broken out over the subject. Well, whichever side of the frilly fence you sit, lately (as in the last fifteen years) the expressive art has been making a comeback. And Denise Gonzales Crisp and Susan Yelavich, co-curators of CAM Raleigh’s upcoming exhibit Deep Surface: Contemporary Ornament and Pattern, have taken note of the re-emergence.
Read my full article on Print Magazine’s awesome design blog IMPRINT.
Andrea Tinnes, Type Jockey poster. Image courtesy Andrea Tinnes
September 8th, 2011 Comments Off
Can the process of buying digital typefaces be any less inspired? There’s just nothing inherently exciting, creative, or cool about it. You purchase, download, and install. Whoop-de-do. Sure, online font shops are an undeniably fantastic resource for designers, but for something that’s purchased so often by so many creative folks specifically for creative purposes, you’d think someone would’ve tapped into all that creative consumerism (and passion for typography!) by now. Well, the Denmark-based design agency, e-Types, has done just that.
Read my full article in COMMUNICATION ARTS MAGAZINE online or below (click pics to enlarge):
September 7th, 2011 Comments Off
In the September/October 2011 issue of Design Bureau Magazine, I continue my 5 Designers/ 5 Questions column tapping the creative minds of the judging panel for Chicago’s Archive11 student typography event. Interviewing the industry’s coolest designers–Stefan Bucher, James Goggin, Robert Petrick, Paul Sych, and Nancy Skolos–I asked them 5 hard-hitting journalistic questions like “Which designer is most in need of a wedgie?”
Check out their awesome answers below (click pic to enlarge):
September 7th, 2011 Comments Off
If you ask any graphic design student at San Francisco’s Academy of Art University to name his/her most-faved teachers, Typography 2 instructor Carolina de Bartolo will no doubt pop up in the mix. In fact, it was with her students’ encouragement (and their resulting wow-worthy portfolios) that finally convinced de Bartolo to bring her ten-years-in-the-making book idea to fruition. Two more years and a steep learning curve later, de Bartolo can now add author/entrepreneur to her title.“Explorations in Typography: Mastering the Art of Fine Typesetting” is de Bartolo’s first venture into the world of self-publishing – and a beautiful, instructive piece to boot.
Read my full article on Print Magazine’s awesome design blog IMPRINT.
"Explorations in Typography" by Carolina de Bartolo
September 7th, 2011 Comments Off
Pack up your pixels and don’t forget your fishing pole – we’re headed to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. This October 22nd, Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center is presenting Graphic Design: Now in Production, one of the largest graphic design exhibitions in the U.S. in over a decade. (Think: 10,000 square-feet of designer-made history – swoon!).
Read my full article on Print Magazine’s awesome design blog IMPRINT.
Daniel Eatock - Pantone Pen Print, 2006
Christopher Doyle - Christopher Doyle Identity Guidelines 2008
August 23rd, 2011 Comments Off
Going coastal? Forget a “room with a view” and get a view with a room. From Big Sur to Bodega Bay, we’ve scoured Northern California for the best waterside retreats where sea vistas rule. From patio to pillow, these nine hideaways will have you sightseeing blue 24/7.
Read my full article on 7×7.com.
Post Ranch Inn - image courtesy Post Ranch Inn / photography by Kodiak Greenwood