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- new work: howl, a natural pet store in hampden
The logo is final, the awnings are up.
I’m extremely happy to announce that our latest project — a new logo for Baltimore natural pet supply boutique Howl — is complete and has been, ahem, unleashed. That’s it to the right, and you can also see it in action on the awning:Formerly known as “Chow, Baby!”, [...]
- vacation
Pardon the radio silence.
I try to put up at least one fresh post a week, and I know there are a handful of you out there who look for them. That might not happen this coming week, however, as I’m off to the gorgeous Outer Banks of North Carolina.
I’m still reachable while I’m away if [...] - inspiration: pentagram
The venerable design partnership consistently impresses.
I got a wonderful gift in the mail last week: my own copy of the Pentagram Black Book. To say that I’m impressed would be putting it mildly.
Pentagram has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world’s premier design firms. It’s not until you see their work collected like this, [...] - great first lines: ross macdonald
The first installment in what I think will probably be a series, highlighting great opening lines from various written works.
I’m a huge fan of the mystery writer Ross Macdonald. Like better-known greats such as Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Raymond Chandler, Macdonald had an unmistakable gift for voice and tone.
To the extent that [...] - the question mark and the quotes
Editing isn’t always about what’s right. Sometimes, it’s about what works.
The title of my last post read as follows: what is “design thinking”?
The choice to put the question mark outside of the quotation marks was 100% intentional. It was also, technically, wrong.
Traditional rules of punctuation hold that punctuation marks stay inside the quotes. In most [...]