Best of New York, Vinyl Wall Lettering
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
New York Magazine's "Best of New York" issue has just been released and this year, like in the past, the magazine has invited several artists/designers to submit proposals for the special edition of this cover. This year's proposed artists included Brooklyn-based street artist KAWS, book-jacket designer Evan Gaffney, Stefanie Barth and Julie Hirschfeld, from Stiletto NYC, Mother Design, from the ad agency Mother, and magazine and book designer Tom Brown.Eventually, the Kaws cover got green-lighted.
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Construction slated to begin in 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the expenditure of funds from airline passenger ticket taxes to pay for the design and engineering drawings of the first phase of the planned modernization project at Chicago's O'Hare Airport (ORD).
O'Hare Modernization Project includes replacing four runways, decommissioning three runways, and extending two runways. The reconfiguration of the airport is estimated to increase the airport's capacity to over 3800 operations daily and cut delays by 79%, according to Airport-Technology reports.
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Anna Holdaway is an interior designer who specializes in creative home decor, and often times uses vinyl lettering, sometimes referred to as wall words, to achieve breathtaking designs for her clients.
Some may be asking, Why add wall words, or wall lettering to the walls our home or apartment? The answer is simple; Wall Words can create an inspiring, calming, or uplifting effect to any room in your home. They also give your home a touch of personality, and can bring your own personal charm into your decorating.
Once you've seen some examples of how wall words can enhance the look and atmosphere of your home, you'll be hooked! You can see examples of Wall Words at vinylwalllettering.com, or vinylcraftlettering.com.
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Lord of Design has some amusing clip art for you to grab up. These are all about hand gestures and yes my friends, some of them are crude.
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Please do not miss out on the downloads and freebies offered by LollyChops. Everything from tags to stationery and cut out decors are offered for those of you who enjoy paper crafty goodness.
Labels: architecture, clipart, interior design, magazine, paper art, typography, wall lettering
Design is kinky and other links
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Design is Kinky is a online Graphic design magazine acting largely as a gallery of artwork. Also includes commentary, interviews, profiles, mug shots. There is a portion of the site where you can connect with other designers and register yourself as an artist.*~*~*
Creature Comforts posted a great, inspiring photo on their site this morning. It is a photo of a girl taking a photo and she is standing in front of a huge poster which states "Replace fear of the unknown, with curiosity." I love it!
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DIY store B&Q sells prints and canvases of retro portraits and scenes for you to decorate your home or office. They're a great place to shop if you are running under a tight and slim budget. They also sell more intricate items you might need for working on your own projects at home. They offer great tips, ideas and inspirations to those of you who like to get crafty whether big or small.
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For our web gurus who use Dreamweaver, there are so many resources out there for adding extensions to the software which make y our life easier. Who do you listen to and where can you find them for free? Easy, head over to Woork's web site and they have a list of 16 Outstanding Free Dreamweaver Extensions with explanations of why they rock.
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Last but not least today we have a font post from Sitepoint. There is a discussion on user friendliness, different font categories, lists of options and talk about hierarchy in terms of visual flow. Eight font stacks are listed, combining Windows, Mac, Linux, and Adobe fonts in groups that are relatively similar among themselves.
Labels: b q, creature comforts, design is kinky, diy, dreamweaver extensions, fonts, magazine, photography, sitepoint, woork
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