Themed photo projects

Here's an internet web for ya: I came across this site after seeing this 15 year old girl's amazing flickr photostream after seeing one of her images on this site.

two of eleanor hardwick's contributions to the home project.



I found this other site a few months ago and fell in love with it and by the grace of God I just remembered the name and found it again for this very blog post! It's called TheOnesWeLove.org and is a beautiful beautiful idea that I'm not above stealing. Looking through these photos gives me that listless wanderlust that I feel when I listen to a really good rambling folk song or walk outside on a cool sunny day. I love the idea of seeing someone through the eyes of the person who loves them the most.






All that to say, I think it would be really great to do a few collective themed photo projects of my own. Would anyone be interested in contributing? I'd love to actually build a site and maybe make it a regular thing...once a month, maybe. Who's down?

Ugandan American Partnership Organization

One of the many wonderful things about my new job is a dedication to supporting organizations and businesses who are working for the greater good of our city, country, and world. My co-worker and friend (and fellow TCU alum), Jamie, is lucky enough to have worked on the pro-bono design project that our firm did for the UAPO. I'm really looking forward to being involved in these types of projects as a professional designer and I'm so thankful to be working with people who feel the same way.

The UAPO currently has four main projects underway that benefit Ugandan communities in several ways--economically, socially, educationally, etc. The Akola Project is 'a craft program designed for economic development and relief for widows in rural villages'. The women who are part of the Akola project make these beautiful necklaces that are actually for sale in two locations in Dallas


Akola is actually a beautiful word, too. I love Africa.

The UAPO website says,"The name "Akola" literally translates as 'with God's ability," or "the ability of God" in Luganda. With God's ability, through Him, we will provide this relief and support to the struggling, courageous, and faithful widows and orphans of this region."

The UAPO also keeps up a blog which I've linked to on my sidebar, so take a look every once in awhile to see what they're up to!

New Penguin Horror Book Series

I want them I want them I want them I want them! Our living room is yellow and gray so how cool would it be to have these on display? AWESOME, THAT'S HOW COOL IT WOULD BE.
View the full set and a video interview with the designer here.

Addendum dum dum

After reading my last post Justin showed me these posters he saw with similar look to the Beck covers on a great design blog called iso50. If you've never been there or seen Scott Hansen's work, go go now. These posters were created for the newest version of Adobe's Creative Suite (CS4) by a Spanish design firm called Vasava. I checked to see if that was a conjugation of a spanish verb, but couldn't find anything online. If any of you spanish speakers have any ideas I'd be curious to know.



Any reactions to the logo for CS4? I feel one way and Justin feels another, lets see how YOU feel!

The Design of Science

For anyone who works in the creative industry its easy to become removed and isolated from disciplines that fall into that other side of the brain. We are often given a handicap of being "artsy" or "creative" which excuses us from the need to pursue or understand information outside of our realm of expertise. But to me, some of the most interesting and relevant ways we can use our creativity comes with a marriage of the left and right sides of the brain. Yesterday I came across this really cool collective blog (which in itself is a very interesting idea) called SpaceCollective.


The design of the site is incredibly beautiful visually and functionally and it got me thinking about how often I am intrigued by the design of scientific information. I never enjoyed my science classes in high school--I always made sure to partner up with someone who did to make sure I got A's--but of the two required science classes I took in college (Principles of Behavior and a really really good Astronomy class) I began to develop an interest in scientific issues that are relevant to our lives in a real way. Still, outside of the classroom, reading an article about any of these issues was pretty far over my head. Then I found Seed Magazine. While the articles are still way over my head, I at least have an ambassador to understanding in the information graphics that accompany the articles.
A Place for Science


All that to say, I decided to share a few examples of really interesting design for scientific information that I hope you enjoy as much as I do. Go Science!

Ffffound.com led me to this guy's flickr photostream.

from the blog TodayandTomorrow



A series of album cover concepts for Beck's latest, by designer Mario Hugo. Not quite design for science, but obviously influenced by science conceptually and visually. And can you believe these weren't used?!

from an article on SpaceCollective about the future of Nationalism