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Redefining ‘Sustainable’

Katie McKenna Daniels is trying to save the planet one sustainable design at a time. As the design director for Vermilion Design in Boulder, Colorado, she created logos for Noodles & Company,...

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Michael Bierut's Life as a Font

Last week, I listened to Michael Bierut present “My Life as a Font” at a UMBC/AIGA Baltimore event. He worked his way through the alphabet, showcasing a project for each letter and discussing the...

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AIGA Create Don't Hate

Last October, AIGA Baltimore sponsored Create Don’t Hate with Worldstudio. This was a mentoring program for high school students in the Baltimore area. Graphic designers were matched up with students...

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If you love letterpress prints

If you love letterpress printing and want to learn how to do it, check out Typecast Press of Baltimore. Mary Mashburn and her husband, Steve St. Angelo gave a letterpress workshop this weekend. At this...

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You can do it!

As part of Stevenson University’s portfolio review this semester, I was asked to speak for a few minutes to the students tomorrow, so here is what I plan to talk about.The economy will always have its...

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Print dying?

Print is not dead?

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Putting "Community" into Design

Did you miss AIGA Baltimore’s Bernard Canniffe Lecture the last week? If so, you missed quite an inspiring night. Here are some notable quotes from the man himself:“Design for the community will be one...

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Printing with your bottlejack press

As you may have seen, I built a printing press with a hydraulic jack. I thought it might be helpful to those of you building your own presses, if you have a printing how-to for a hydraulic jack press....

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AIGA Baltimore Letterpress Series

Just thought I would let you all know that I am running a Letterpress Series.August 25: Letterpress Tour at Gilah Press + DesignStarted by MICA alum Kat Feuerstein, Gilah Press + Design uses...

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The billboards are up!

Last October, AIGA Baltimore sponsored Create Don’t Hate with Worldstudio. Now the seven selected billboards are up in Baltimore!To read more about the program, check out this post: AIGA Create Don’t...

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Photopolymer Workshop

Last weekend was the Photopolymer Workshop by AIGA Baltimore and Typecast Press. Mary Mashburn, of Typecast gave a tour of the shop while going over letterpress history. Then she showed the magic of...

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Handset Type Workshop

Here is an image of the book I helped make at the AIGA Baltimore/Lead Graffiti workshop a couple of weeks ago. To read more, check out these two posts (and thanks to Ray Nichols for this photo.)Leead...

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My bike rack has been installed!

Quite a while ago, I designed a bike rack that mimics the Baltimore skyline. Recently, Baltimore city put it up on Market Place next to Subway, just south of Power Plant Live and the fountain. I can...

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What I did while in France

For the most of my summer, I was living in France. I studied printmaking, a longtime love of mine. I spent over two months working with my hands, getting inky and working with a press. Visit this site...

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