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2016

Word of the Day

carapace (noun) A thick, hard shell made of bone or chitin found on animals such as turtles, crabs, and armadillos. To survive + more

Poetry Break

shizukasa ya iwa ni shimiiru semi no koe the stillness— soaking into stones cicada’s cry Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) From The + more

Le Sigh

There’s a particularly obnoxious trend I’ve been meaning to write about for a while now, but hadn’t yet found an example + more

Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Over the last couple of years I’ve striven mightily to reduce the level of snark directed at public grammar/syntax/spelling/usage errors. No, + more

ALI, ALI, ALI…

The passing of Muhammad Ali reminded me not only of watching some of his great boxing matches as a kid + more

Our Annual Politics Post

Twice this past weekend, I was asked who I was going to vote for in the upcoming presidential election. Both of my + more

Six Years in the Making

In 2013, one of the most ambitious projects our firm has ever produced opened at the Northwest Museum of Arts + more

HB, FDM

Famoudou Don Moye, drummer and percussionist for the Art Ensemble of Chicago, turns 70 today. What better way to celebrate than + more

Q&A with Aaron!

Leave it to Linda to ask the pertinent, pressing questions of the day. Like, “Should I wear the Manolo Blahniks or + more

Revenge of the 80s

Big news here at helveticka world headquarters: a MacGyver revival is in development. The setup from CBS Studios is almost + more

55, 56…and counting…

In the summer of 1988, the year our firm was founded, we landed two very important projects: annual reports for + more

Print Is Dead! Long Live Print!

“There are no two ways about it,” wrote John C. Abell in a 2011 article over at Wired. “E-books are here to + more

Bubble Circus!

If any of our readers out there feel compelled to compensate me for all the work I do to deliver fresh, + more

Spokane Scene no. 18

I know what you’re thinking: that I’m about to take these poor folks to the woodshed for hyphenating a compound formed + more

Quote of the Day

E. B. White, from an interview conducted by George Plimpton and Frank H. Crowther for the Fall 1969 issue of the + more

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