Category Archives: My Reflection on Design

Saving Photography

Photography has been on mind lately but it seems rare when I find new artistic images I am really interested in. Probably because there are now a lot more amateur photographers around with the coolest new digital gadgets. And, clearly, photos of friends and your pets photoshoped to look “distressed” or “vintage” is just getting really old and [...]
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Pop-up Book Meets Film

Perhaps this project stood out for me because of my recent interest in film titles, or maybe because of my obsession with 3D paper art. But more likely because it combines the two in a very original and artistic presentation. Certainly paper art has been thoroughly explored and is an art form on it’s own [...]
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Letterpress: Labor of Love

Before coming to London I didn’t have the opportunity or even the knowledge to try letterpress. In the last few weeks I have had amazing insight to this 500 year old typesetting system. I have a new appreciation for the history of design because of the precision and attention to detail needed to operate the [...]
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The London Design Festival

Cheers from London everyone! I have officially survived in London for a month now! And I couldn’t be happier. Before school started and thesis writing and conceptual thought began, I took in all of London I could. When I arrived it just so happened that the London Design Festival was starting up. I enjoyed a [...]
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DIY Graphic Design

Generic logo/ business card generator, created with http://www.logosnap.com/
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