Thankfully, graphic designers are a bit too nerdy for the paparazzi. But had the snooping press hounds any clue into the talent’s of our industry’s rockstar creatives – Jennifer Sterling surely would have been one of their buzz-worthy targets when she…
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7×7 SF Article: Ziplining Adventures in Northern California
Bay Area urbanites are escaping to the forest to dangle from cable-thin ropes as they take death-defying, high-speed leaps into nothingness. And the scenery is pretty rockin’ too. From Wine Country to Gold Country, Tahoe to Santa Cruz, we’ve got…
San Francisco Magazine Article: Destination Wellness
For San Francisco Magazine, I write about “Destination Wellness” — otherwise known as Embarcadero Center. This architectural paragon in downtown San Francisco is on the cutting edge of holistic health. Under one roof, pop in for a check-up with your board-certified physician,…
California Home+Design: Cool Finds – Minimal in Hayes Valley
Minimal boutique in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley is like a candy store for the modern design-obsessed. (Think: clean, clever, contemporary, and ultra-functional). The shop is chock full of delicious home décor designs–and you seriously want one of everything for your abode….
Design Blogging Mention in Print Magazine!
One of my favorite “chill out” things to do is grab a stack of the latest and greatest design magazines and while away the hours reading the articles and being awed by the stellar work. Recently flipping through the June…
HOW Magazine interview with designers Chip Kidd, Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, and Robynne Raye
I recently spoke with an extremely talented graphic designer who was struggling with a book cover design. She confided, “I’m starting to feel like I suck as a designer because I can’t figure out a solution to this problem.” “Oh,…
Azure Magazine article on design firm Supermachine
The architects at Supermachine, a small, inventive Thai firm, sometimes refer to themselves as “guerrilla architects.” Says principal Pitupong “Jack” Chaowakul, “We love to play around, finding new ideas that suit our projects and testing stuff out.” They also love…
Metropolis Magazine interview with Wim Crouwel
Wim Crouwel is one of those hardy souls seemingly immune to self-doubt. That’s easy enough now, with Crouwel’s place as one of graphic design’s most influential practitioners secure. But his groundbreaking work has not always been universally admired, and in…
Print Magazine: Getting Upper / Graffiti Meets Graphic Design
From the time we’re born until the day we die, the twenty-six letters of the alphabet are completely and totally unavoidable. Thus, one has to wonder—will there ever come a day when seeing our own language drives us all completely…
HowDesign Magazine: Hardest Workin’ Graphic Designers in the Midwest / Foundry Collective
Downing tequlia shots, ogling over Mila Kunis, and wanting to be the next Mark Zukerberg – just a few of the things on the mind of a twenty-something guy. But the bygone days of the industrial revolution? Probably not on…
SFWeekly: Are We There Yet Leaves Unanswered Questions – But That’s the Point
In today’s Too-Much-Information Age, we want answers and we want them fast. Whether it’s web searches, e-mail, Tweeting, updating Facebook, or downloading an app, we’ll do whatever is necessary (and, don’t forget, convenient) to find information now. In the Contemporary…
SF Station: Tobias Wong ‘Bad Boy’ Designer at SFMOMA
Sometimes art speaks for itself and other times it needs explanation and context. The latter is the case for the work of the late artist-designer Tobias Wong, who takes the banally familiar and repurposes it into irony-laden statements about the…
Print Magazine: Why CMYBacon is Smokin’
With a name like CMYBacon how can you not be intrigued? Although Designer Martin Refsal has to “suppress my inner-geek from time to time to ensure that I don’t post too many things about Star Wars and Legos” he is the…
Print Magazine: The Letter Collector
What is it about hand-made letters that utterly rocks our world? Are we just so bored with reading and seeing everything digitally nowadays? Or is it because working with type is such a huge component to our jobs as designers…
SF Station: Avenue Q at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre
Thank god for lawyers who hate their jobs. In fact, ex-attorney turned writer Jeff Marx believes, “Everyone should quit their jobs and start doing something they love.” For Marx, that “something” happens to be writing Broadway show tunes. His pent-up…
Print Magazine: Paper Theatrics / Alfalfa Studio
Alfalfa Studio could not have been cast more perfectly as the design studio of choice for innovative Texas-based theatre company Amphibian Stage Productions. Bringing the awesome three-dimensional quality of live theatre to the flat, two-dimensional space of poster design is no easy…
Dwell Magazine: Matthew Carter Unveils New Typeface in San Francisco
Matthew Carter has a letter for web designers, typography geeks, and design buffs everywhere. Actually, he has a whole brand spankin’ new alphabet. On February 2nd, the iconic type designer unveiled his newest commercial typeface, Carter Sans, at the Book…
SFWeekly: Berkeley Breathed’s “From Bloom County to Mars”
I’m now a contributing writer for SF Weekly (the award-winning Village Voice of the West) and couldn’t be more excited! The first thing I write about? Cartoons, of course! More specifically, from February 16th-June 19th the Cartoon Art Museum will…
San Francisco February Arts Highlights
Love it or hate it, it’s the month of love, and you’ve got a hot date with the arts this February. Check out the hottest events in San Francisco including masterful paper fashions at the Legion of Honor, the first-ever…
Print Magazine: Phonography and Why Graphic Designer Josh Higgins Rocks!
As a contributing writer for Print Magazine’s awesome design blog, Imprint, I recently had the fantastic opportunity to interview noted graphic designer and silkscreen artist, Josh Higgins. Josh conceived the unique idea for the phone-based photography exhibition, Phonography, featuring renowned creatives such…
Dwell Magazine: Suprasensorial Experiments in Light, Color, and Space
What exactly does it mean to fully immerse oneself in art? This month I had the fantastic opportunity to interview Senior Curator of L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Alma Ruiz, for Dwell.com. In my article, we discuss MOCA’s newest exhibition,…
FastCompany: The BIG Logo Controversy
Don’t mess with college football fans, their beer, their nachos or their…graphic design? There’s been big controversy buzzing on the web since Pentagram unveiled the redesign of the new Big Ten logo. To put it lightly, it was far from…
SF Station: Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret & H.A. Rey at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum
When walking through the Curious George Saves the Day exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, don’t be surprised if you find yourself delightfully squealing, “Wow, I remember that!” coupled with lots of, “Wow, I never knew that!” exclamations. The exhibit…
SF Station: Jerry Springer the Opera at San Francisco’s Victoria Theatre
When the pre-show announcer states, “Please silence your cell phones now — if you don’t, it will annoy the sh*t out of us. .. so sit back, relax and enjoy the f***ing show,” you know you’re in for one heck…
SF Station: PIXAR 25 Years of Animation
After a worldwide tour that started in 2005 at New York’s MoMA, PIXAR: 25 Years of Animation returned home. This is a newly enhanced presentation from the original MoMA exhibit that includes all of the original art plus new additions…
SF Station: Young Frankenstein Review / Dead Funny!
Prior to becoming a writer/designer/buzz builder, I was all-consumed by a completely different art form. I studied theater and performed off-Broadway in NYC for more than five years when I was younger. A decade later, I’m finally able to put…
HowDesign Magazine: Feature Article!
The February 2010 issue of HOW magazine is currently on newstands and in bookstores across the country. The article I wrote, “Turn Downtime into Playtime” features the awesome work by design firms Flywheel Design, Brand Engine, and graphic designer France Liddell….