In 1989, things began to change. Jeff Yokohama, the visionary behind 80’s brand Maui & Sons, recognized a trend developing within the action sports apparel market. Enter Pirate Surf. Rebellious, reckless, rough around the edges, BOLD, the line was right on point with the times. Anti-Establishment was in the air, and the counter culture grunge [...]
A year ago at this time, Kelly Dorsey and I had just completed the first and second Loyola University Maryland search pieces—a two-part direct mail campaign targeted at sophomores and juniors in high school. They hit the mailboxes, and they were successful, and that was great, and we were happy. But when we were asked [...]
Over the last couple years, I’ve been really interested in studying the role of typography within photography — looking at how different people capture type within an image. Walker Evans, widely considered the originator of the documentary tradition in American photography (with many thanks owed to his appreciation and collection of the picture postcard), is [...]
Currently, there’s an A to Z blogging challenge underway — post about a letter of the alphabet every day in April except Sundays; beginning with ‘A’ on the April Fool’s Day and ending with ‘Z’ on the 30th. You don’t need to be Nostradamus to foresee an avalanche of x-ray and xylophone-related posts on April [...]
That’s one ballsy letter to your fans, Cleveland Cavaliers Coach Dan Miller. Probably the most inappropriate use of comic sans I’ve ever seen, however. Unless there’s an STD clinic using it for their invoices or something. I think I would have gone with some more like a Tungsten. I like the way it sits there [...]
Goodbye, and a hearty salute to Grafik Magazine, which folded a few days ago. This cover gallery, here, is a fitting testament to its accomplishments – a cavalcade of top notch design, and an ad-hoc primer to just about every style and mode in vogue since 2003.
