Monthly Archives: January 2010

4 easy steps towards socially responsible design

By admin | Published: January 31, 2010
There’s been a lot of talk recently — and by recently, I mean in the last few years — about social responsibility, and how it relates to a slew of different industries. With some industries (big auto, big oil, big pharma, mining, defence; need I go on?) the respective implications and implementations are obvious. And [...]
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Identify this face #1

By admin | Published: January 19, 2010
I saw these specimens on a mop bucket in my brother’s laundry, and my interest was piqued. Does anybody know what typeface this is? It appears to be in transitional cursive style, or maybe oblique transitional serif.
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From whence my muse cometh, Pt. 1 – Typography

By admin | Published: January 17, 2010
Oh no. Dilemma. It’s 2am. It’s two days past my post-per-week deadline, and I still don’t know what I’m going to write about! I know. I’ll have a look at my Google Reader account, and maybe I’ll be able to draw some inspiration therein. Two hours of reading, viewing, laughing and ooh-ahhing follow. Ok, so [...]
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Country town signs and lettering

By admin | Published: January 8, 2010
January ’10 brought with it the highly-anticipated, fourth annual Broulee Coast Trip – a pilgrimage to the small coastal town 20 kilometres south of Batemans Bay on the New South Wales ‘South Coast’. Armed with alcohol, money for alcohol, swimwear and high spirits (the non-alcoholic kind), I piled into a car with my closest compatriots, [...]
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The Quinntessential fashion blog

By admin | Published: January 2, 2010
Earlier this year I discovered that one of my old high school friends has an online publication, titled Kings & Quinns. Miss Quinn’s charm has always been in her ability to combine her impressive intellect with a disarming wit and sense of humour (not to mention an infectious smile, but that has less to do [...]
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