Yousuf Karsh

I went to the Art Institute of Chicago today saw a gorgeous collection of portraits by Yousuf Karsh. Defiantly want the Catalogue. During his career he held 15,312 sittings, produced over 150,000 negatives, and left an indelible artistic and historic record of the men and women who shaped the twentieth century. He was lucky to photograph so many amazing people. Some of my favorites were: Frank Lloyd Wright, Audrey Hepburn (both above), Helen Keller, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Albert Einstein.... so good. see more of them here.

SPRING BREAK

My friend Chris sent me a link to these awesome old beer cans that were posted on Kempt. Look at the entire set HERE! This post is for all you losers going to cancun for spring break.

Graphics::Merit

Looking at merit badges for senior project, I ran into the GRAPHIC ARTS BADGE for Boy Scouts. Pretty Sweet! See the requirements to earn this badge HERE

Naps & Tiny Whiskers

I puppysat a cutie today. we cuddled.

Visual::Geometry

A small folded book I created for class. Reverse side folds out into a small poster. Text inspired by Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Luis Borges.

Info Graphics

I was doing a little research for senior project on info graphics and came across the lovely world of motion graphics. Here's some that I liked... They have been posted around a million places but they were new to me. If you've seen them before sorry.

50 & Fabulous

Forms and Fiction

Some sketches for my typographic fiction. 

See them all (well most) on My New Flickr

Bitter::Tastebuds

I went to have lunch today and the bread of my sandwich had fennel seeds in it. Ugh... shiver. Whoever thought to add fennel seeds into a perfectly good sandwich has forgotten how to use their tastebuds. Yuck!

one :: down

Goodness from the design presentations number one. I thought I might die, but I gave my presentation and it was good. I did ok, got a direction. It was good. Good stuff. Time to work. Working hard.