My wife and child are leaving for an annual trip to visit his grandparents up in Hong Kong this week. I’m not going this year. It’s a bit bummer….I’ll admit, I miss them both already and they haven’t even left yet. I’ve only had both my wife and child leave me on a trip once (well, twice if you count a trip when she was...
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It’s hard to be interested in graphic design and not have noticed or taken part in discussions about Yahoo’s new logo. Personally I’ve cared very little about Yahoo for a while now and so any news coming from that company only got about a second’s worth of attention from me at first. But then the discussions started amongst friends...
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A funny thought occurred to me recently how I’ve aged and I think I’ve gotten wiser about certain issues in life. Oddly I feel part of being wiser is the recognition that I don’t know everything. I feel I understand much more about life than I did when I was 20, but at the same time I recognize now that 20 years from now I’ll look...
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We had a farewell picnic for a couple of friend who were leaving the islands this past weekend. It was a nice little casual pot luck affair at the park. The highlight of the event for me was the fact I got to bring Kingston along to play with my best friend’s kids who are 3 and 6 years older. What I found really cool was the fact that my child is now...
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Don’t read any further if you can’t stand someone lusting over material things. I recognize in this day and age with all the shit happening all over the world, my desire for material things that serve no other purpose but to give me a day’s worth of gratification is shallow. But hey, it’s ok to WANT something, it doesn’t mean...
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It’s been a bit slow on the news lately. After coming back from Disney a month ago I guess “real life” can’t really live up to castles, sugary treats and thrill rides. My Summer has been spent staring at empty school campus parking lots. During this part of the year it’s dead slow as all the faculty are off on vacation. All my...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.