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• Photo Booth at the Ace Hotel

  It is my new favorite place in Portland. Never mind that the latest macs have this feature built-in.
  This photo booth is the real deal. Plus, there is smart and beautiful typography all over it.

  I’m headed back there soon for coffee at Stumptown (next door) and to make more pictures. The Ace Hotel has great type [...]

  Posted on Oct 14.07 to portland, typography   

• Web Design Classes: 10 things learned, Weeks 2 & 3

  “10 Things Learned” each week was ambitious and perhaps every 2 weeks is more realistic. There are 14 or so months to go and still feeling it out…
  _Plan. Like any other design project, planning is an essential first step. Using a pencil and paper is my preferred method first step and some like to just [...]

  Posted on Oct 14.07 to classes, web design   

• ‘Light Food’ by Photographer Kenneth Chen

  Mmm… I love it when I get food promos in my inbox around lunchtime.
  Photographer Kenneth Chen’s images of fruits and veggies bring to mind Lite Brite, Kaleidoscopes and candy. They were made for Time Out’s Eating and Drinking Guide 2008.

  ©2007 Kenneth Chen Photography
  On a gray day such as today (and almost every other day so [...]

  Posted on Oct 10.07 to food, photographers, photography   

• 2007 Lowell Thomas Award Winners

  Congratulations to all the Lowell Thomas Award Winners!
  A special nod to my former employer, National Geographic Traveler for scoring Gold for Best Travel Magazine and to our dearest friends, Jamie Francis for “Less is S’More” and Torsten Kjellstrand for “34 Miles of Heaven“. Both photographers work for The Oregonian and my better half, Mike Davis [...]

  Posted on Oct 08.07 to asides, friends, photography   

• The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web

  Keep an eye on webtypography.net as Richard Rutter helps us to bring the lessons from Robert Bringhurst’s Elements of Typographic Style to practice using css and html.
  I’m not sure how long it has been since the last update and I discovered it via 31Three’s blog mention of Web Typography Sucks, a session from SXSW 2007 [...]

  Posted on Oct 08.07 to asides, typography, web design   

• Randy Olson and the Toyota 2008 Land Cruiser

  National Geographic photographer Randy Olson is featured on the minisite of the 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser.

  Once you get to the panorama, look for Randy (hint: person with tripod) as you mouse over the pano left or right. Click on that image and it will take you to more goodies.
  “Great things seldom happen twice.” — Randy [...]

  Posted on Oct 05.07 to friends, photographers, photography   

• More Lessons About Type on the Web

  I was hoping there would be a magical and contradictory answer to my realization that there are not many typefaces available when designing for the web and using CSS.
  The realization, if memory serves, happened while searching for themes for this wordpress-powered blog. Not only did I notice very quickly that themes used a limited list [...]

  Posted on Oct 05.07 to design, typography, web design   

• Finally, New Rollers for the Table top Press

  It has taken me nearly 8 months to get around to getting new rollers for the American Equipment Printing Company 6-1/2 x 10 table top press. Even more, it took 4 months to even know I needed new rollers!
  Sigh.
  With Lynn Russell’s gentle push and encouragement, I finally sent one of my rollers and a truck [...]

  Posted on Oct 04.07 to letterpress