Tag: design
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The Gates: A crash course on how she falls.
This weekend marked the opening of The Gates in Central Park. On Saturday, Toby Joe and I got up early to see Christo and Jeanne Claude’s staff let their fabric down. We arrived just after 9 a.m., just in time to find them at the southwestern tip of the park. It was cold and windy…
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Idea Days
Many years ago, when I was in the 6th grade, I started a trend. I was in the 6th grade. Which would make me about 12. That would make the year 1986. Our southern middle school was always coming up with “Idea Days”. These days were designed to help make kids come together as one.…
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There are boobs below. You have been warned.
It’s not every day a client gives you artwork like this: and tells you to run with it. I’m designing a valentine’s day invitation advertising a romantic meal for two for a local bar/restaurant here in Brooklyn. The owner is going to be serving erotic food and sexy deserts. It should be a pretty cool…
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Devine
Last night, I ventured out to see Kevin Devine at South Paw in Park Slope. While I was watching him play, after having just consumed a meal made up entirely of sushi and chasing that with a glass of dry white wine, I imagined writing something spectacular about his music and the show. I imagined…
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If I could, I'd marry them.
I love logos. I mean, I LOVE them. I love to look at them, critique them, analyze them, take them apart, create them, think about them, and redo them. I have said it numerous times before, If I could I would happily spend every day coming up with a new mark. I would be perfectly…
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Information Wanted
As many of you already know I have been putting a photo a day up at www.michelehowley.com. While I’m enjoying the new project, I’m also running into problems when it comes to optimization. And it’s driving me crazy. Basically, the images look perfectly acceptable straight off the camera, and they look perfectly acceptable in their…
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Confession
Toby and I recently celebrated our 1 year anniversary. It’s (I’ve been told) the Paper Anniversary. Given that I’m still living through the fiscal wreckage known as Tobyjoe’s birthday and Christmas, I couldn’t afford much. Thinking I was like the smartest most cleverest gal in town, I got him a subscription to the New York…
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Updates on Random.
Hello. It’s Tuesday. My time away from the Internet has been a productive one and considering I’ve have the most wicked cold/sinus infection through much of it, I’m proud of the little headway I have made. I managed to create a relationship with a new client. And given the recent tragic tsunami event, this client…
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Comment spam.
Yesterday, while moving through my usual Internet reading routine, I visited Blurbomat and read this post. Later that evening, during dinner, Toby and I had a two hour discussion about comment spam and blogging. As many of you already know, Toby Joe is a big geek. He wrote this Web site for me using PHP.…
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This Post is X-Rated and Boring. (You have been warned.)
About a month ago, I returned from a month-long trip to Washington, D.C. While I was there I worked at a local design firm doing work for the DNC. I had the most excellent time. I made money, got my yearly dose of the northeastern fall, and I caught up with the friends I have…
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