Archive for the ‘just for fun’ Category

Visiting New York’s High Line

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Hand rail typography

Early this year, I discovered a really cool initiative to re-purpose an out-of-use freight railway and turn it into a beautiful, raised walkway. You can see images and videos of this project in it’s concept stage in my original post.

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“New logo design for twitter” Design Contest

Friday, May 15th, 2009

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The good folks over at ANTREPO are holding a little design competition to design a new twitter logo. The prizes include “our Movie Poster Set+Container Color System Poster set+Citycab Poster Set+Sans serif Poster set (19 posters, limited edition, hand signed) Also maybe twitter [will] see our effort and they may want to use one of them.” Not too mention a chance to flex your logo muscle a litle and have some fun.

Deadline: May 27, 2009
International voting begins: June 1, 2009

The Addictionary, word creation and more

Monday, March 16th, 2009

lumostilitynoun Fights caused directly or indirectly from common problems with Christmas lights.

And that’s just my first word! Check out Addictionary and see what you can come with or vote, comment or add to other submissions. Thank you exljbris for the excellent display face,  museo (which by is what I used to set my logotype).

The NYC High Line Project

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Stretching 1.45 miles long and rising 18-30 feet above such neighborhoods as Hell’s Kitchen/Hudson Yards, West Chelsea, and the Gansevoort Market Historic District, The High Line (built in the 1930′s) was originally just a freight train line connecting factories and warehouses.

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