Ohio Design

I came across the design work from a designer working at Pentagram - clearly a previous resident of Ohio. I found the design very playful and fun as well as promoting Ohio as a good place to be. Ohio often gets a bad wrap from it's coastal cousins as farm country-bumpkins but the state is actually quite populated by small cities and a diversity of academia propelling young people off to bigger and better jobs. But anyway, I digress. This post was only meant to capture the pro-ohio sentiment coming out in some designer's work these days that I'm happy to see!

Inspirational Typography from Veer

This young upstart stock photo house has been really catering to the design audience with great online and offline design to sell their photos. The Gettyimages giant which used to rule the roost has definitely had to step up to compete. Getty has even launched a new more 'designed' site to give it an edge. Although it is not only the nice design that Veer has going for it. Corbis also has had excellent design from the design firm T26 but yet they are still lagging as well. There is something about the simplicity of the pages, the ease of navigation and page load times that is seamless about Veer's integrated approach. All of their print mailers are also very smart and reflect in tone of voice and design the same feeling as the web site evokes.

Coney Island Mermaid Parade

This is the last year for Coney Island... AGAIN. Well so they say -- apparently this parade is a tradition that won't go away that easily. People just enjoy dressing up in strange aquatic themed costumes and walking along the boardwalk on a summer day. It never fails to draw a huge crowd. We watched from the fringes, sneaking some photos where we could and drank the yard long summer cocktail... which for unlimited refills was pretty good, some sort of Koolaid spiked drink.

world traveler visits

Our globetrotting friend Lisa made a pit stop in NYC to catch up with old friends and work a spell before heading back out on the road in Africa. It was great catching up on old times, although I miss her dog Darwin! Lisa was a first grade teacher here in NYC and put her career on hold to chase her dreams of adventure. She likes to keep everyone guessing.. where in the world is Lisa?... Somewhere in Africa right now!