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Minimalistic site wins design award.

Minimalistic site wins design award.

Posted by on Apr 17, 2013 in Design Finds, Design News, Inspiration, My Business Adventures, Typography, Webdesign | 0 comments

Interesting to find that this site, Gov.UK, is getting so much coverage by sites like Gizmodo and Wired lately. Why?  Well, it was named “2013 Design of the Year” by the London Design Museum not because of any bells and whistles. In fact, it has very little in the way of graphics or flash. What it is does somewhat effectively is present a LOT...

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Ink Dot Drawings

Ink Dot Drawings

Posted by on Mar 1, 2013 in Art, Design Finds, Inspiration | 0 comments

[vimeo id=33091687] Here’s yet another example of an artist’s ability to make a photo-realistic photo comprised of nothing but ink dots. This technique I’ve actually practiced before…one of the basic staples of art instruction. For the life of me I can’t remember the point of learning this technique in class other than to...

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I want a wood table. Why is that so hard?

I want a wood table. Why is that so hard?

Posted by on Feb 28, 2013 in Art, Design Finds, Inspiration, Interior Decorating | 0 comments

My wife and I had completed our remodeling ordeal at our home for almost 2 months now. We love the results but I don’t feel like we’re completely done just yet. There are a couple of boxes that remain sitting outside our kitchen and some pictures and paintings waiting to be hung. I still have to work from our kitchen countertop because my...

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Lego Riddles

Lego Riddles

Posted by on Feb 13, 2013 in Art, Design Finds, Humor, Inspiration, Toys | 0 comments

I’ve obviously been on a big Lego kick recently. I got another one coming in the mail. What’s especially nice is that Kingston is starting to show an interest in those toys so there’s less resistance from the spousal unit. What…is that a bad thing to call her? 😉 Anyway, there’s a fun series of Lego inspired riddles I ran...

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Amazing pencil artwork

Amazing pencil artwork

Posted by on Feb 12, 2013 in Art, Design Finds, Inspiration | 0 comments

Yet another example of pencil art. These are pretty unbelievable…the fact that artist Paul Cadden drew these photorealistic pieces of art with nothing but a pencil and paper. Pencil is one of my favorite mediums…somewhat the same practice I used as a kid drawing ninja turtles between homework assignments (yes, geeky I know) What inevitably...

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