- ARCHIVE / February, 2008
- Best Picture
Taking a cue from The Original Mud Puppy, below is the list of films designated as BEST PICTURE by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® since 1976, the year I was born.
Film titles in italics are films that I’ve already seen.
Bold titles are films which I still need to see.2007 - No Country [...]
- Long First Name
While lifting my dripping wet 3-year old out of the tub the other night, I could tell she was pretending to be someone else. So I asked her, “Who are you?”
“I’m Arial, mermaid princess.”
And then, giggling, she asked, “Who are YOU??”
“I’m the daddy who’s going to dry you off.”
“No…” she whined, clearly not satisfied with [...] - I’m a twit.
I’ve finally joined the ranks of the twitter revolution. Not really sure why… or how exactly it will improve my life, but I’m willing to give it a trial period.
For those who are twittilliterate™, twitter is a program that lets you make short updates about your day, life, situation in real time and have it [...] - Clip Art 101
I was browsing the latest issue of HOW magazine (the 2008 International Design Annual) and the advertisement above caught my eye. Pratt Institute is my alma mater (’98), and they’ve placed this weird 1/8-page ad way in the very back of the issue… back with all the crappy ads for cheap handwriting fonts, $15 [...]
- Paul Rand & Enron
Michael Bierut has written a fantastic post titled “The Smartest Logo in the Room” over at DesignObserver.com dissecting the significance of Paul Rand’s final logo design… the now infamous Enron “E.”
As brilliant as many of Rand’s most famous identities, the “crooked-” or “falling-E” begs for the age-old debate of art imitating life, or life imitating [...] - Awesome.
(I would credit the painter/designer if I knew who it was)
- Linking Ethos
Two days ago, I was approached - via e-mail - by a salesman with a very specific task…
His job was to scour the net for certain combinations of keywords on personal websites and blogs. If he found the right combination - as he did on my blog - he would offer the owner of the [...] - Oh dear God…
I found out (via CECWorship blog) that NKOTB are putting together a reunion.
Oh.. what? Right, sorry… NKOTB stands for New Kids On The Block… the late 80’s boy band from Boston that had millions of pre-teen girls in maniacal convulsions - finally understanding what their moms may have experienced with that other boy band a [...] - The Art of the Business Card II
Akin to my previous post on good business cards, here’s a new collection that has popped up on the net. I would encourage you to give them each more than a cursory glance, as they each have a little bit of wit, sophistication and/or brilliance in their own right.
Link: 18 SMOKIN’ HOT BUSINESS CARD DESIGNS [...] - Typolitical Design
My wife and I found a quote in this NY Times article quite interesting. The article was dissecting the presidential candidate’s campaign website designs, and a Creative Director they quoted said “Hillary’s text is all caps, like shouting.” That struck us funny because when I think of Hillary Clinton’s tone and speech patterns, it does [...]