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2014

A Newly Minted Designer

Today, I have the honor of attending my daughter’s college graduation. Haley Anderson is receiving her Bachelor of Design from the University of + more

Miscellany

Remember a while back when I linked to a story about the Dyatlov Pass incident? Mystery solved! Confessions of a TV + more

Writing in the 21st Century

Interesting thoughts on writing from Steven Pinker, who, in lamenting the “robotic” adherence to style manuals, says, “…if you follow + more

Zu-Zu! Pow!

It’s Cole Porter’s birthday today, which I’m totally using as an excuse to dig into my Esquivel! collection. From 1962’s More of Other Worlds, + more

A Tribute to a Unique Artist

I just learned that a friend of mine, Bernard Perlin, passed away in January. He was 95. I met Bernard in 1995 when he + more

The Sky Is Falling!

Big news in the world of typography: Apple has dropped Lucida Grande—its font of choice in every operating system since 1999—like + more

Spokane Scene no. 12

Took the dog for a walk yesterday evening after the rain and hail. This is part of the newly improved + more

Esa-Pekka!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4msNKgRQDc Apple’s bloom has faded for me over the last couple of years, in part because it seems they can + more

Oh, hi.

Yes, I know, it’s been a while. No, I don’t have an excuse for our absence. What I have instead is a + more

Mark your calendar, you don’t want to miss this…

helveticka will be hosting an open house on Friday, June 27. An official invitation will be arriving soon. Over a + more

Tattoo You

http://vimeo.com/86606975 Is tattooing art? We’ve asked that question before, but I’m not sure we ever landed on a satisfactory answer. + more

5 maj

Before you ask, no, I won’t be going out tonight to quaff a dozen tequila shots in honor of a minor Mexican holiday that, + more

New Music!

How about some tunes for the weekend? Elbow released The Take Off and Landing of Everything, their sixth studio album, back in + more

“The Least Understood of All Major Art Movements”

Amid Amidi over at Cartoon Brew has compiled a list of 25 Cartoonists You Should Know. Three of my favorites + more

Al Feldstein, RIP

Former Mad magazine editor Al Feldstein died yesterday in Montana. Back in the 1970s, I must’ve read every issue at + more

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