Annual Appeal Season
This time of year I work on many annual appeals for local nonprofits. In this increasing digital world, it’s ironic that direct mail still seems to still be the best way to communicate your message and spur donations. Even as a driver to an online giving campaign, direct mail is a valuable component. […]
Updating this Year’s Turkey Plunge Graphic
Just spending some time today on a fun project: I’m adding some critters to the Turkey Plunge logo I created a few years ago. We’re working with the theme “Join the Team for #15!” So I added some sea creatures: flounder, lobstah, penguin, starfish, and some scallops. For this kind of project I stay away […]
Chelsea through a Small Lens
Chelsea photo essay (Flash) As a expatriot New Yorker I often feel a pronounced disassociation when I return home. Neighborhoods evolve, landmarks disappear, buildings are razed, new ones aspire, and I continue to sag and age and gape. My memory is challenged by the new, my vision tested, but my heart is perplexed. What I […]
WISCONSIN IN BLACK, WHITE and cheddar
It was just a week ago I attended Wayzgoose 2014 at the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. What a fair feast for type geeks and font hogs alike! The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum is the only museum (I know of) dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. This […]
HOTEL POOLS AT NIGHT
I’ve long held the belief that design and art are all around us, but sometimes as hard to find as Ms. Cheeze in a field of Belted Galloways. Those of us who live in tourist towns often find the ending weeks of summer filled with melancholia. As visitors leave the shore and head back to […]