Dive into the archives.

• The NYTimes, ‘What’s Your Sign?’

  The New York Times Sunday Magazine has a wonderful story on America’s highway road signs and the designers, Don Meeker (from Oregon - yay!) and James Montalbano, who collaborated to bring us the new look. I haven’t had a chance yet to read the whole story and so far, it seems a fascinating article of [...]

  Posted on Aug 11.07 to design, typography   

• Mmmm… Food Photography

  OK, I’m a magazine addict and as you can see in the photos below, we have a lot of magazines in the house.
  In the living room (excuse the ugly basket):

  In my office:

  The reason why I bring up magazines is that we invited our good friends over for dinner the other night and food photography came [...]

  Posted on Aug 10.07 to food, photography   

• SlideShowPro + SlideShowPro Director

  As a newbie in all things web I’m sure my latest discovery, SlideShowPro & SlideShowPro Director is nothing new but for any photographer who is not aware of this great component for Flash, check it out!
  I’m about to purchase a license and hoping to get a gallery of my invitation designs online soon.
  Stay tuned.

  Book Mark [...]

  Posted on Aug 06.07 to freelance, photography, portfolio, software   

• What’s in a Name?

  If any of you have visited more than once, you have probably noticed that I have had some trouble figuring out a name for this blog. In fact, the whole what-to-name-your-business exercise has been quite challenging for me.
  So, late last night, in an effort to maintain consistency and clarify identity, I came up with Coco [...]

  Posted on Aug 05.07 to blogging, freelance   

• Summertime …

  It’s not over and I can’t help thinking how quickly summer days pass. Summers are short here in Portland so we relish the warm (even hot) sun and long days because we know the rainy days are just around the corner. So, in honor of summer I thought I would post some photos from our [...]

  Posted on Aug 02.07 to animals, garden, oregon, portland   

• Marika and Ben’s Wedding Invitation

  As a gift, I offered to design a dear friend’s wedding invitations and here it is:

  Two details:

  Marika’s choice of colors — eggplant ink and chartreuse envelopes — complemented each other nicely. I was excited because I was finally able to use one of my favorite typefaces: Centaur. I just love the swash capitals.
  I’m looking forward [...]

  Posted on Aug 01.07 to design, freelance, friends, invitations, letterpress, wedding