Grungi frutti.
Near Fell's Point in Baltimore, on my way back from taking Michaela to work. She's learning to drive. I figure the East Coast is a good place to learn how to drive defensively, as long as you don't get killed in the process. East
Callie Neylan
Silica cluster.
On the steps of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC. This taken with my Holga (I think), on one of my lunches. My gym is right across the street. Lately, I’ve been thinking about cities and use cases….
I’ve also been intrigued by this new social media service
Pomegranate gourmet.
Testing the Typepad app. Me making hor d'oeurves and a peach and berry cobbler tonight (Pacific Northwest style!) for our first ever dinner guests, Tom and Polly. Before dinner of salmon, sautéed kale with garlic and walnuts, and brown rice, we had crackers with goat cheese produced on
Jovial spice.
Will's mother, Pat, chatting with Hans at Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. Hans, a colleague of Will's brother-in-law at Johns Hopkins, was alone for the holiday while his wife and child are in India. So, he was invited to spend the holiday with us on Poplar Hill Road.
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In case you're interested, I started a new photo blog. I started it because I love blogging my iPhone photos but needed a quick way to do it from my iPhone. I tried via the Typepad app, but the photos aren't uploaded in their original size
Espresso, typography, and the Four Ms.
Photograph of a type assignment submitted by Cécile Ingarao for my Typography II course at MICA, Spring 2009.
Have you ever noticed that most designers share a few common preferences? Wearing lots of black, for example. And funky glasses. And for riding fixies and drinking artisinal espresso?
I have noticed.
White space and the city.
My post using Omm Writer – beautiful white space for writing in.Â
I have always, always loved snow, having spent most of my childhood knee-deep in it. So this recent post on Design Observer about snow, cities, and white space deeply resonated with me.Â
The author talks about snow as the
Teaching Portfolio
Urban pattern libraries.
In the morning the city Spreads its wings Making a song In stone that sings.Â
In the evening the city Goes to bed Hanging lights About its head. -Â Langston Hughes
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How to navigate a city? Let me count the ways. In some cities, there are many more ways than
No design is good design.
Last semester, I taught a course on visualizing information at MICA. I used Tufte's first book, The Visual Display of Quantitative information. I love Tufte. I love his simple, Swiss modern approach to design. His strict belief in form following function. His unwavering defense of content and firm