Graphic Strategist
Horsepower To the untrained eye, a serif is a serif is a serif. They all look like the letters you see in textbooks, novels, and newspapers. It is not until you study just how exquisite this typeface is can you appreciate its complexity. It is versatile. It is robust. It is timeless. It is elegant. […]
This post is part of a series called Hypefaces, where we explore the history around popular (and not-so-popular) typefaces. Road Trip Season Ever notice the typefaces on highway signage? How about interstates across the USA? How about all of North America? Did you notice it’s all over the world? With international adoption, the typeface received […]
Type is probably my favorite part of design. Many are old as dirt and transformed with the times. Take Garamond, for example. This sucker was invented in the sixteenth century! Over time, type designers and foundries modified it to suit emerging printing technologies. It was used in the Gutenberg press and continues in its open-source […]
Blood Orange Blonde (BOB) Ale Destin Brewery had been brewing and serving in their tasting room a blonde ale infused with blood orange for quite some time. For short, they called it the “BOB” ale. It was tasty, and had a cute nickname. In 2019, they began canning it, and the can needed a label. […]
With the spread of the Coronavirus, people are spending more time than ever consuming streaming media. And thank goodness for our creatives, keeping us entertained as we gobble up their media. Confined to our homes, apartments, condos, and broom closets, we gaze from our bedroom windows with despair. A world outside, vibrant and bustling with […]